The Biological Resources Aquarium is made up of a combination of small stand-alone and larger production scale recirculating systems.
Presently our aquarium contains the following RAS aquariums:
Zebrafish
Adult
720 x 1L tanks
1200 x 3L tanks
Holding capacity for juvenile to adult zebrafish
Nursery
210 x 1L tanks
120 x 3L tanks
Holding capacity for larvae to juvenile zebrafish rearing and transition
Zebrafish Adult
(Fitted with automated Tecniplast Tritone feeding system)
700 x 3L tanks
ZebrafishAdult
100 x 3L tanks
320 x 1L tanks
384 x 3L tanks
Small MarineStandalone
Currently housing a number of different cone-snail species
This aquarium has a number of possible tank combinations depending on individual animal housing requirements
Class 7.7 Live Laboratory Fish
16 x 1L tanks
10 x 3L tanks
Class 7.6 Live Laboratory Xenopus
20 x 35L tanks
4 x 7L tanks
Holding capacity for adult females
48 x 3L tanks
48 x 10L tanks
Holding capacity for 150 animals depending on species, age and sex
(max. density 1 male frog per 3.33L)
