Siam Paragon Aquarium - Bangkok

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CubanB

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I've just been to Bangkok with a few mates and managed to go look at the Siam aquarium there. the salt water displays were impressive but what caught my attention was the freshwater tank. There were 3 or 4 large freshwater tank with tankbusters including arrowanas, tiger shovel nose, paroon shark?, red tail cats, gigas, datnoids, channa, gars, and also smaller freshies like silver dollars and african cichlids.

I apologise in advance for the quality of most of the photo's as i didn't take my DSLR on the trip, but i thought i'd throw them up anyway so you get the idea.


This was their monster tankbuster tank. The biggest gigas in there would have been close to 2m in length. For scale, my shoe size is 11.5US
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This tank had a unusaul mix, including Clown Knife, Datniod and Channa. i'm not sure what the silver fish are??

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This tank was mainly arrowanas.
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This tank was their 'prehistoric tank' not sure on any of the species in it
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And a couple of their other displays
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We also went to a Monastery where they had this dirty old pond that we thought nothing of when we walked in. Upon closer inspection though i noticed just a couple of fish LOL
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The 'pre-historic tank' has paddlefish and sturgeon - basically cold water fishes.

Paragon's FW aquarium is pretty cool ^^ i go there whenever i can when i am in BKK

They used to have asian aro exhibit some years ago ... not sure what happened to it (probably sold secretely lol)

Surprisingly they do not stock motoro type rays - only himantura types
 
hmmm they must have change the set=up with jar. Last time i was there, jar was housed with tarpons and baras. Silvers were in the main exhibit with paimas
 
The silver fish in that setup are tors
not just any the the golden mahseer they are
 
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