is a

public aquarium A public aquarium () or public water zoo is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo, which houses living aquatic animal and aquatic plant, plant specimens for public viewing. Most public aquariums feature tanks larger than those kept by home aquarists, ...

located on the 5th and 6th floors of the

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. It opened in 2012 at the same time as Tokyo Skytree itself. It is managed by

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real estate corporation.

Exhibits

According to the aquarium's website, they use artificial seawater in all of their tanks, making it easier to sustain the aquarium year-round and removing the costly requirement to transport natural

seawater Seawater, or sea water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, 35 ppt, 600 mM). This means that every kilogram (roughly one liter by volume) of seawater has approximat ...

inland. This is done using a seawater production system developed by

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and

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. The "Ogasawara Sea Tank" is a tank deep designed to represent the ocean around the

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, a World Natural Heritage site. The aquarium worked with the village of Ogasawara to create the exhibit, and more than 50 different species of fish, including

sand tiger shark The sand tiger shark (''Carcharias taurus''), grey/gray nurse shark (in Australia), spotted ragged-tooth shark (in South Africa), or blue-nurse sand tiger, is a species of shark that inhabits subtropical and temperate waters worldwide. It inhabit ...

s, were transported from the islands. At its opening, the aquarium displayed a tank of 634

spotted garden eel The spotted garden eel (''Heteroconger hassi'') is a species of heteroconger belonging to the family Congridae. It is native to the Indo-Pacific. Description The spotted garden eel is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of . Its body is ...

s, representing the 634 metres of the Tokyo Sky Tree. Later,

gorgasia ''Gorgasia'' is one of the two genera that belong to the subfamily ''Heterocongrinae'' (common name: garden eels). This genus is classified by the behavioral pattern of burrowing 75% of their bodies in the sandy substrate they live in and protrud ...

and whitespotted garden eels were added to the exhibit. The

penguin Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...

pool in the atrium is wide and deep, making it one of the largest indoor penguins pools in Japan. It is home to around 50 Magellanic penguins. The Edorium is a

goldfish The goldfish (''Carassius auratus'') is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of the order Cypriniformes. It is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums, and is one of the most popular aquarium fish. Goldfish released into the w ...

exhibition zone, designed with an

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theme. Following renovations in 2016, the Edorium is now one of the largest goldfish exhibits in Japan. Tanks long exhibit about 1,000 goldfish of over 20 varieties.すみだ水族館「江戸リウム」がパワーアップ！～幻想的な金魚が揺れる江戸の夏祭りも開催
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Gallery

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References

External links

Official site

2012 establishments in Japan Aquaria in Japan Buildings and structures in Sumida, Tokyo Amusement parks opened in 2012 {{zoo-stub

Exhibits

Gallery

See also

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