Market to buy (Nano) aquarium / fish tanks / Caridina shrimps Posted Mar 27, 2013 2:34pm by plorf Beijing AttractionsBeijing Great WallTiananmen SquareForbidden CitySummer PalaceMing TombsTemple of HeavenNational StadiumYonghe LamaseryTemple of ConfuciusBeihai Park Beijing ZooFragrant Hills ParkShichahaiHutongBell & Drum Towers 798 Art Zone Home / Destinations / Beijing / Attractions / Aquarium Located in Beijing Zoo with the address of No. 137, Xizhimen Outer Street, Xicheng District, Beijing Aquarium is the largest and most advanced inland aquarium in China, covering a total area of 30 acres (12 hectares). It is designed in conch shape with orange and blue as its main color, symbolizing the mysterious vast sea and endless vitality of marine life. Beijing Aquarium has seven halls: Rainforest Wonder, Bering Strait, Whale and Dolphin Bay, Chinese Sturgeon Hall, Seabed Travel, Feel Pool and Ocean Theater.Visitors will be fascinated by the beautiful blue world upon entering Beijing Aquarium and where the unforgettable journey of getting close to ocean creatures begins.

One will also feel like returning to mother nature upon entering the miniature rainforest that consists the primary jungles of the Amazon Basin, home to over 100 species of rainforest fish and fresh water fish. Sea elephant, man-eating fish, variegated carp, glass catfish and many other rare and precious fish are some of the species found here.From the movie "Shark Tale", sharks were depicted to be voracious and powerful as they feast on other creatures in the ocean. However, what the shark world is really like is for visitor to find out in the Shark Hall. They are not as depicted in the movie but somewhat serene instead!Whale and Dolphin Bay is the home and school for whales, dolphins and sea lions. It is here that they are being trained by professional trainers for performances to entertain visitors.The Feel Pool measures 39 yards long, resembling the long and winding coastline. Many mollusks such as trumpet shells and echinoderm such as holothurians, sea stars and sea urchins live there.

Visitors can gently caress them, though with caution as some are rather timid while others are poisonous. Green turtles also swim about in the pool without a care.fish tanks for sale in north carolinaSeabed travel takes visitors to a wonderful trip to the bottom of the sea. fish tanks for sale in bridlingtonThe undersea tunnel leads you into a colorful and calm ocean world, with all kinds of fish swimming inside the circular tank. where to buy aquarium lightsVisitors can virtually touch the belly of the furious white sharks and shake hands with turtles. The 32 fish tanks exhibit fancy fishes from home and abroad and visitors are sure to gain much knowledge about them at the end of their visit.

Finally, the Ocean Theater is a venue where animals perform their tricks. It has a capacity for 3,000 viewers, with hot and romantic Hawaii scenery in the background. The incomparably superior performance from these animal stars win rounds of applause from spectators every day.So, please come by. All the stars of the ocean are awaiting you!  By Subway:Take subway line 4 to Dongwuyuan (Beijing Zoo) Station, get out from Exit B, and you can see the south gate of Beijing Zoo. Walk to the north gate, buy the ticket of the zoo first, get in and then walk to the aquarium. Take bus 16, 26, Express Line 35, Yuntong 103 or Yuntong 105 and get off at Beijing Jiaotong University. Then walk south for 150 yards (140 meters) to the north gate of the zoo. Buy the ticket of the zoo and get inside to find the aquarium.2. Take bus 7, 15, 16, 19, 27, 45, 65, 87, 102, 103, 105, 107, 111, 332, 334, 347, 360, 362, 534, 563, 632, 695 or Express Line 49, Special Line 4 or 19, Yuntong 104, Yuntong 105 or Yuntong 106 and get off at Dongwuyuan or Dongwuyuan Hub Station. 

Bus / Subway Search CNY 150 for adultsFree for children under 3.9 feet (1.2 meters).Note: Beijing Aquarium is inside Beijing Zoo, so visitors need to buy the entrance ticket of the zoo to get in. The price is:Apr. 1 - Oct. 31: CNY 15Nov. 1 - Mar. 31: CNY 10 Apr. - Oct.: 09:00 - 17:30Nov. - Mar.: 10:00 - 16:30Note: Ticket sale stops an hour before the closing time.  Animal Performance Ocean Theater White Whale Performance Bering Strait Sea Diving and Feeding Performance Seabed Travel Snailfish Performance Seabed Travel Archerfish Performance Rainforest Wonder Feeding Elephant Seal Performance Rainforest Wonder Feeding Chinese Sturgeon Performance Chinese Sturgeon Hall  Show Timetable April to Jun Animal Performance 11:00, 15:00 from Mon. to Fri. 11:00, 13:30, 16:00 at weekends White Whale Performance White Whale Performance 09:30 from Mon. to Fri. Sea Diving and Feeding Performance 10:30, 13:30 (not available on Tue.) Snailfish Performance 11:30 Archerfish Performance 09:30, 14:30 (not available on Thu.)

Feeding Elephant Seal Performance 14:40 on Wed. and Fri. Feeding Chinese Sturgeon Performance 11:00 on Tue., Thu. July to August Animal Performance 11:00, 13:30, 16:00 from Mon. to Fri. 10:30, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 at weekends White Whale Performance 10:00 from Mon. to Fri. Sea Diving and Feeding Performance 10:30, 14:00 (not available on Tue.) September Animal Performance 11:00, 15:00 from Mon. to Fri. 11:00, 13:30, 16:00 at weekends White Whale Performance 10:00 from Tue. to Sun. Sea Diving and Feeding Performance 10:30, 13:30 (not available on Tue.) October Animal Performance 11:00, 15:00 White Whale Performance 10:00 from Tue. November to March Animal Performance 11:30, 15:00 White Whale Performance 10:30 from Tue. Snailfish Performance 13:30 Archerfish Performance 11:00, 14:30 (not available on Thu.) Suggested Itinerary:1 Day Family Tour to Zoo & Museums: Beijing Zoo - Beijing Aquarium - Planetarium - Paleozoological MuseumMore Beijing Tours“If there was nothing wrong with the fish, they wouldn’t have cleared them out,” Ms. Zhu said.

“Something is wrong, and in fact it’s not only about fish, but all kinds of food. Food safety is a fundamental concern of the ordinary folks.”The Beijing Food and Drug Administration has denied that there was any outbreak of pollution that had tainted fish. It said any decision to halt sales was “normal commercial behavior” by retailers voluntarily adjusting to changing consumer demand over many months.In a country where contaminated food is a chronic worry, removing the fish so swiftly from sale has seemed highly suspicious to shoppers.“I don’t know whether it is because of water pollution or to evade inspection,” said Yu Huaying, 64, a retired worker. She said she had gone to her local supermarket to buy carp.“Either way, something is wrong with the freshwater fish,” she said. “It certainly concerns me since I love eating freshwater fish like carp. What I want to know most of all is what happened.” The city’s newspapers have also been demanding answers, though heavy state censorship prevents them from investigating bigger scandals.

But the vanishing fish have become a powerful story, and a morality tale of the enforced ignorance and uncertainty that frustrates Chinese citizens.The front page of The Beijing News newspaper on Thursday was dominated by a picture of the empty tanks at a supermarket.“When the live fish mysteriously disappear from some supermarkets, when there’s a plethora of public explanations, when rumors and doubts abound, in the end it all comes down to having no sense of psychological security,” the paper said in a commentary published online on Thursday.Not all supermarkets have removed their live freshwater fish. Visits to supermarkets across Beijing on Thursday found some were still selling carp, northern snakehead and other freshwater fish, which many Chinese prefer to saltwater fish. They often braise or steam the fish; chopsticks make it easy to deal with small bones.But in many other stores in Beijing, freshwater fish are gone with no explanation, especially in recent days. At a supermarket in Sihui, a neighborhood in the city’s east, decorative gold fish were swimming in one tank that sales assistants said had been brimming with freshwater fish until a few days ago.

“We’ve been to a couple small and big supermarkets in the neighborhood, but there are no fish,” said Han Yi, a 24-year-old technology professional who was shopping with her boyfriend.“Before, I always bought from the big supermarkets, so I thought they would be safe,” Ms. Han said. “Now I’m not so sure.”There may be a perfectly sound explanation for the disappearance of the fish. But residents have been befuddled over whose explanation to believe.Caixin, a respected business magazine, reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous source, that supermarkets had removed their fish after word leaked that national inspectors would begin a wide-ranging check for banned chemicals and additives in foods. Southern Weekend, a weekly newspaper published in Guangdong Province, reported on Thursday that some retailers appeared fearful of heavy fines for using excessive amounts of antibiotics and other additives in water to keep fish alive and free of disease.The Beijing Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that rumors of an outbreak of pollution that left lingering toxins in fish were groundless, and there had been no directive telling retailers to stop selling live freshwater fish.

Calls on Thursday to branches and consumer hotlines for Carrefour, Wumart, Jingkelong and other supermarket chains in Beijing went unanswered or brought claims of uncertainty about the reports. Some managers and sales assistants have told Chinese newspapers that they were simply changing suppliers of live freshwater fish, or were shifting to sales of frozen fish.There have been no health reports that would suggest a spike in poisoning from fish. And at a wholesale market for fish and aquatic products in Dahongmen, south Beijing, business was reportedly normal. “I don’t know why some supermarkets aren’t selling live fish,” said Huang Minsheng, a wholesaler of fresh and saltwater fish. “Maybe they want to switch to frozen fish.”But Chinese consumers have a long memory of food scandals, including episodes involving filthy recycled cooking oil popularly called “gutter oil”; meat saturated with artificial coloring and additives; and pigs that died from disease being sold for human consumption.