Here you can see Senior Aquarist, Paul, acclimating and releasing Butterfly splitfin fish into their new habitat in Deep Blue One!
Acclimating new arrivals involves carefully matching water parameters such as temperature and pH to ensure a habitat exactly meets a species' requirements. This process can take time with water changes being undertaken very slowly. Once everything is exactly perfect, we then allow them into their new home. 💧
Butterfly splitfin fish used to be prevalent throughout the Ameca River drainage in Mexico but they are now a Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as their wild population has drastically reduced.
Mature females produce live young and can give birth every 6 – 10 weeks! The males can be identified by a yellow band across their tail. Come and find out more about this species in Deep Blue One! 🐟
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Volume up! 🔊🐸
Male Green mantella frogs use short, clicking calls to attract females. Their calls last less than 30 milliseconds!
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Our penguin chick loved getting a small splash of water from the hose our Aquarists use to clean down the habitat. 🐧
Just look at those flippers go!
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The Paris Olympics kicks off today! 🏅
Check out #TeamDeep! 👇
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This #CoralReefAwarenessWeek, we thought we'd share a flashback to the night dive one of our Aquarists undertook a few years ago in Curaçao, as part of the SECORE International project! 🪸
The SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) project is a global collaboration between many research and aquarium institutions, with the aim of protecting and restoring coral reefs around the world.
Night dives involved collecting coral gametes, which were then settled in laboratory conditions, and replanted out onto protected vulnerable reefs. 🤿
The SECORE projects are still ongoing in 9 different Caribbean locations!
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It was great to receive so many questions on our last post about the saltwater mixing process, so we decided to answer them in a video! 🌊
Seb, one of our Senior Life Support System Specialists, talks in more detail about the process below. 👇
Read more on how we make our salt water here: https://ow.ly/lmZ150SCl7n
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Did you know, July is Shark Month, this week is Shark Week and today is Shark Awareness Day? 🦈
Take a read of our latest blog to find out some truly FIN-tastic facts: https://ow.ly/OTOV50SAj9Q
Don't forget, you can join us for themed talks and artefact handling sessions today as part of our Shark Awareness Weekend event! We hope to 'sea' you soon. 👋
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That's a proud dad stance 🥰
Stan and Nessie's chick hatched just over 3 weeks ago, and look how much it has grown already! 🐧
#TheDeepHull #Aquarium #PenguinChick #BabyPenguin #GentooPenguin
Don't forget, you can join us every Tuesday term-time for #TranquilTuesdays. 🤫
From 3pm until closing, the lights will be brighter and the audio turned down, creating a more calming environment for our visitors. 🪼
https://ow.ly/b91Q50Soh1W
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#ChickCam 📽
Watch some of the sweet first moments proud penguin parents Nessie and Stan have with their chick, including the first nest swap and feed from Nessie! 🐧
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Rounding off this year's Volunteers' Week, we're spotlighting the fantastic help our Volunteer Aquarists provide behind-the-scenes. 💙
This includes food preparation, scatter feeds and more! Thank you for all you do. 🐠
#TheDeepHull #Aquarium #BehindTheScenes #VolunteersWeek #Volunteer #Aquarist
Happy World Ocean Day, a day to celebrate and take action for our ocean. 🌊
Read Isla & Samu's latest blog to discover more about World Ocean Day and why ensuring the protection of our ocean is so important. 💙
https://ow.ly/Zui750SbQtI
#TheDeepHull #Aquarium #Conservation #Education #OceanDay #WorldOceanDay
📣 Our bookings calendar for educational visits is now OPEN for the next academic year!
Experience amazing marine life and gain a greater insight into the aquatic world with your class. 🦈
Our experienced Education Team offer National Curriculum based workshops and hands-on activities, tailored for all Key Stages from EYFS to Post-16 and SEND! 📚
Book here: https://ow.ly/fpTy50S8fVa
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#FloatToLive 🌊
#FloatToLive 🌊
We caught up with Liam from the RNLI Water Safety Team, explaining more about the RNLI's lifesaving summer #WaterSafety campaign.
Divers Graham and Tom demonstrate how to stay afloat. 🏊♂️
- Tilt your head back with ears submerged.
- Relax and try to control your breathing.
- Move your hands to help you stay afloat.
- Once you are over the initial shock, call for help or swim to safety.
📞 In an emergency call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard.
Remember, you can join us for our H₂O Heroes event until the 2nd June, to discover more about water safety: https://ow.ly/Jurn50S02rU
#TheDeepHull #RNLI #H20Heroes #MayHalfTerm #Lifeguards #RespectTheWater
It's World Turtle Day! Let's meet Sensa and Mabouche...🐢
Take a look at the video below to find out more about these two Loggerhead sea turtles and our conservation work. 👇
We are very fortunate to be able to provide our rescued turtle duo with a forever home here at The Deep. 🌍
#TheDeepHull #Hull #Aquarium #TurtleDay #WorldTurtleDay #Conservation #LoggerheadTurtles
1 minute of mindfulness for Mental Health Awareness Week. 💭
Studies have shown that spending time around blue spaces has been linked to a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing. 🌊
Why not visit us during our off-peak times, and enjoy a relaxing and immersive experience? 💙
#TheDeepHull #Hull #Aquarium #MentalHealth #MHAW #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #BlueSpaces
Each standard admission ticket is an Annual Pass, which allows unlimited FREE return visits for 12 months! 🦀
As a charity, your valued visit helps support our conservation and education work. 💙
Book your next visit today 👉 https://ow.ly/jvij50RvuQI
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Behind-the-scenes, our team of Aquarists have been checking out our Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) eggs, using a technique called candling. 🥚
This process involves shining a bright light into an egg to look for signs of development and monitor the growth of embryos.
As you can see, there’s plenty of movement! 🦈
The egg cases, otherwise known as Mermaid’s Purses, provide protection for the embryo. They can be found washed up on beaches, and are a good indicator of the species that may be breeding nearby. Small-spotted catsharks have a small egg case (5-7cm), that can be identified by the curly tendrils at each corner.
Small-spotted catsharks are a native species commonly sighted on UK shores as they live close to the seabed, and can be seen in our North Seas exhibit. 📍
Our team will continue to monitor the embryo's development and we will keep you posted!
#TheDeepHull #Hull #Aquarium #Catsharks #SmallSpottedCatsharks #Sharks #EggCase #MermaidsPurse #NativeSpecies
This weekend marks 1 year since the newly revamped Cool Seas gallery was opened! 🥳
Thanks to funding from Biffa Award, this exhibition was transformed into an exciting and innovative space that celebrates native biodiversity. 🌊
Cool Seas now features an ambient jellyfish laboratory, immersive wave wall, rockpool, and more! 🦀
Let us know how you've enjoyed the space over the past year 👇
🎵 Fin Callender & Emory Hoskins
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'Tanks' to everyone who shared their lovely nostalgic memories and photos with us!
There were so many entries, it was hard to choose a winner. 🐠
Here are just some of our favourites from the comments, with the winning photo featured at the end... 📽
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