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Latest Video Of Taraporewala Fish Aquarium A Short Clip Mumbai India November 2015 [1080p]

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SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/JB23Ss - I visited this aquarium in November 2015 months after renovation and made this video and you will find my review at the bottom. If you are planning to visit this aquarium then you can read my review before you visit it. Do remember to SUBSCRIBE + LIKE + SHARE if you like my video or review. Source of information is Wikipedia: Taraporewala Aquarium is India's oldest aquarium and one of the city's main attractions. it hosts marine and freshwater fishes. The aquarium is located on Marine Drive in Mumbai. It was re-opened after renovation on March 3, 2015. The renovated aquarium has a 12-feet long and 360 degree acrylic glass tunnel. Another attraction is the special pools, where children can touch fish which are harmless. The fish will be kept in large glass tanks, which will be lit with LED lights. 2,000 fishes of over 400 species and has been renovated at a cost of Rs 22 crore. The exotic fish from overseas has been introduced at the new aquarium the number of new varieties of marine fish at 70. Helicopter,Arowana,Gruppen,yellow-striped tang, blue-spotted stingray, star, clown, hark, trigger, Grouper, Moorish idol, Azure Damsel, Blueline Demoiselle, Purple Firefish, Cloudy Damsel, Copperband Butterflyfish, Schooling Bannerfish, Raccoon Butterflyfish, White Tail Trigger, Clown Triggerfish and Blue Ribbon Eel. The 40 new varieties of freshwater fish would include Red Devil, Jaguar, Electric Blue Jack Dempsey,Frontosa and Catfish. These fishes will be housed in larger tanks than before with imported flexi glass for better visibility. It also has sharks, turtles, rays, moray eels, sea turtles, small starfish and stingrays. In the aquarium's 16 sea water tanks and nine sweet water tanks, there are 31 types of fish, while 32 tropical tanks contains 54 kind of fishes. The tropical section of the aquarium already feature different ecosystems such as the “moss aquarium” for pregnant fishes, “plantation aquarium” that features imported varieties of water lilies and other aquatic plants and “island aquarium”. Aquarium is open for visitors From 10:00 am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm for Ground Floor only, except Monday Adults Rs.60/- Kids below 12 yrs Rs.30/- Additional charges for photography Damselfishes: territorial fish species including golden damselfish, moon tail, cocoa, striped, electric blue, talbot, and sergeant major damsel Butterflyfishes: chevron, copper band, long-nose, eight band, red perl Angelfishes : blue ring, regal, wraft and emperor angel fishes Triggerfishes : undulated, bluetooth, picasso and clown triggers Marine eels: yellow head, white ribbon, black ribbon, blue ribbon and moray eel Marine touch pool with sea cucumber, sea urchin, brittle star, tube worms, star fish and more Groupers: sweetlip, panther, orange spot and black spot groupers Tangs: yellow, powder brown, naso, orange shoulder, and powder blue Unique species: oranda, stone, red cap, rukin, and black moor Other species including bat fish, squirrel fish, golden travery, puffers, jelly fishes, kombada, lion and turkey fish, dwarf lion, whimple, moorish idol, marine coral reef, wrasse, sea anemone, negro, clarkii, and arowana Paludarium aquarium with Indian carps: rohu, catla, mrigal Tropical aquarium fishes, red tail, sucker, upside down and Asiatic cat fishes Other species include: octopuses, seahorses, alligators, catfishes, giant gourami, cichlids, koi, gold fish, sea turtles, red-eared slider and Singaporean turtle I recently visited this aquarium in November 2015 and the aquarium is not maintained properly because of which many species of fishes are not available to see which were available earlier after renovation and the building has 2 floors but only ground floor is available to visit and the fees charged for photography is way high than the standard of aquarium. Its not worth to watch if you are coming from out of Mumbai as a tourist. This is not the right place to spend your hard earned money and time.