Visit at Cologne Zoo/Aquarium/Pictures/Part 3

[Lars K]

Brackish water tank with Smallscale Archerfishes (Toxotes microlepis):

Big Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans):

A tank with Cardinal Tetras (Paracheirodon axelrodi):

Saltwater tank with a huge Leather-Soft Mushroom (Sarcophyton glaucum), Purple Tangs (Zebrasoma xanthurus) and Redtoothed Triggerfishes (Odonus niger):

Asian aquarium with the beautiful Red Line Torpedo Barbs (Puntius denisonii) in it:

Tank with Short-tailed Pipefishes (Microphis brachyurus ssp. ?):

A huge tank with African Tanganyika cichlids (Cyphotilapia frontosa) etc.:

Huge amazon aquarium with Piranhas, young Discus Fishes etc.:

A tank with big Australian Lungfishes (Neoceratodus forsteri) and
Boesemann's Rainbow Fishes (Melanotaenia boesemani):

And this big guy was hungry and ate a complete (Pista stratiotes)
with one big snap, hehe.

Some beautiful Discus fishes:

A breeding pair:

And last but not least:

A mighty tank with a huge Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) (size around 5' 5") and some black Pacus and
Motoro Sting Rays (Potamotrygon motoro):

And a short video of this big Arapaima:
[video=youtube;AssYooOZsXg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AssYooOZsXg[/video]

 

[Smellie]

that arap is freaking huge! not to mention an unattractive bugger! Nice photos Lars

 

[chrisso81]

That breeding pair of discus and the Amazonian tank with the Geo's are stunning, I'd knock the wall out of my lounge room for that tank any day! It looks like an awesome aquarium, is it a part of the zoo, or a seperate establishment?

 

[Lars K]

Thank you Smellie!!!

It looks like an awesome aquarium, is it a part of the zoo, or a seperate establishment?

Yes, the aquarium/terrarium is part of the zoo.

 

[Tsubakai]

Thanks for the pics. Some of my dream fish there (the aussie lung and the arapaima particularly)

 

[Lars K]

Thanks for the pics. Some of my dream fish there (the aussie lung and the arapaima particularly)

You're welcome!!!

I love those fish species too.

 

[callith]

Awesome pics, love the lung fish and lion fish

 

[porkosta]

Great photos there. Thanks

 

[Lars K]

Thanks for the nice comments guys!!!