Alushta aquarium Photo: Alushta aquarium

Alushta aquarium is located in beautiful round building. This building is located in the center of Alushta, and is shaped like a flying saucer aliens. Alushta aquarium is an amazing, amazing passers-by with its beauty and tourist attraction of the city. Currently he is one of the youngest and the largest on the territory of Ukraine. He appeared in 2003. While here the professional ichthyologists, at the head of which stood Viktor Zhilenko, opened the first exhibition of fish.

From the beginning there was only one room, where fish were exposed habitats of the two seas: the sea of Azov and the Black. From everywhere drove the exhibits to replenish the Maritime Museum of the city of Alushta. Came here exhibits the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Indian ocean, Mediterranean sea, red sea, and the waters of the Azov and Black seas. Such exposure can be found only in larger aquariums. Throughout Ukraine such aquarium, distinguished by its uniqueness, as the aquarium of the city of Alushta, is not found.

Alushta aquarium today is an underwater Kingdom, which has 250 species of all kinds of fish, and there may be more that live on our planet. In the Museum of Alushta aquarium is home to not only fish, but also amphibians: three species of crocodiles, turtles live – eight species and five different species of crabs.

Alushta aquarium consists of four halls filled with aquatic animals, and the Museum where the exhibition of the most beautiful corals and unique shells.

When you get inside, before you open the door to a beautiful tale, which has its heroes and the plot. Upon entering the first hall, we find ourselves in the Crimean cave in the center of which there is quite a large reservoir. Here we are enjoying the beauty of the fish that dwell in the Black and Azov seas. The second and the third hall was flooded with freshwater fish, which were taken from the whole water world. Here you can find a bloodthirsty piranha Natterer and a very big fish, which live in freshwater waters - Arapaima Gigas, the length of which reaches 9 meters and more, and will also see freshwater eels. Many species of fish Alushta aquarium now listed in the Red Book. If You are not shy, then be sure to look at these blood-thirsty crocodiles. Among them is considered the most aggressive Cuban crocodile. Here too are the kindest turtle, the life expectancy of some of them is almost 250 years.

In the fourth hall is the fish of the Indian and Pacific ocean, and fish of the red sea. They amaze the audience with their amazing varied coloration. In this room You can enjoy the graceful movements of hazardous lionfish or enjoy the fish clingy, whose head has a suction Cup, through which she travels everywhere with sharks and sea turtles. Still a lot of fun waiting for You in Alushta aquarium, where everyone will find something interesting for yourself.

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