Sea World Jakarta

Sea World Jakarta or also known Sea World Ancol is a marine aquarium suited in North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. It consists of 1 Main tank, 1 shark tank, and several other tanks, also the white crocodile exhibit. The Main tank of the Sea World Ancol is the biggest aquarium in the Southeast Asia. Sea World Ancol was closed at September 2014 but since 17 July 2015 has been reopened to the public. The owner company is currently expanding to turn the facility as the world's largest sea park.[1]

Sea World Jakarta
Date opened1980
LocationAncol, North Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
No. of animals3500+
No. of species500+
Major exhibits8+
Websitewww.ancol.com/destination/sea-world-ancol

The aquarium used to own a couple of dugong named Doel and Diana, they died in 2016.[2] In 2018, Sea World rescues a baby dugong that was separated from the mother and caught by fishermen. After being treated intensively and being able to start eating seagrass, the baby dugong was able to be released back into its natural habitat.[3] The dugong aquarium now become a sea turtle aquarium.

Parni the giant stingray was a former icon of Sea World Jakarta. Although it was a freshwater species, Parni was caught by fishermen from Palabuhanratu, Sukabumi Regency, West Java. The aquarium rescued Parni and placed in the main aquarium. Parni lived in the aquarium for nine years until it died in 2008 due to old age. Parni's body was preserved and placed in the Sea World's museum.[4]

During the 2010s, Sea World Jakarta considered making a reptile exhibit called HerpetoZone and a Humboldt penguin exhibit, but they were cancelled due to lack of funding and space. They also considered introducing Ocean sunfish and Mahi-mahi to their main tank exhibit, but it was canned since these two species required large, open exhibits with no rocks nor reefs. A plan for a Raja Ampat Islands thematic exhibit that would've featured species such as Indonesian speckled carpetshark was canned as well. The penguin exhibit plan was transferred to Ocean Dream Samudera back in 2018, which they managed to build and open in 2019.

Sea World has drawn controversy among Indonesian environmental activists when they plan to bring in a whale shark from the water of Berau Regency, East Kalimantan to the main aquarium. They worry that the whale shark will be stressed and eventually die when kept in the aquarium.[5] The refusal was submitted via an online petition at Change.org.[6] The Sea World manager denied the whale shark plans, saying that the whale shark was not in the cooperation agreement with the Berau Regency government.[7]

The Park

The Sea World Indonesia exhibit and animals as of 2020

Mixed freshwater aquarium

Arapaima aquarium

Arowana aquarium

Sea turtle aquarium

Lungfish aquarium

Piranha aquarium

South American terrarium

Mangrove aquarium

Gar aquarium

Moray eel exhibit

Venomous fish aquarium

Pufferfish aquarium

Deep sea aquariums

Garden eel aquarium

Seahorse aquarium

Aquascapes

Coral Reef aquarium

Sharkquarium

Touch Pool

Jellyfish exhibit

Misteri laut dalam (Deep sea museum)

Interaction tank

Bakery aquarium

Gelora Bung Karno aquarium

Telephone booth aquarium

Car aquarium

Antasena Tunnel

See also

References
  1. "Ancol to Build World's Largest SeaWorld Park in Two Years' Time". Tempo. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
  2. http://scorpionmonitor.org/news/quality-of-life-of-a-dugong-in-seaworld-ancol-needs-to-be-maintained-30-january-2016-117.html
  3. https://de-de.facebook.com/ancolseaworld/photos/halo-sahabat-laut-ini-adalah-dugong-atau-duyung-seekor-bayi-duyung-ini-terlepas-/2146379468948639/
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCJqnAL9iTM
  5. https://www.mongabay.co.id/2018/04/02/hiu-paus-akan-masuk-akuarium-raksasa-di-ancol/
  6. https://beritagar.id/artikel/berita/ramai-ramai-menolak-rencana-berau-kirim-hiu-paus-ke-ancol
  7. https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2018/03/17/13500171/pihak-ancol-bantah-pengiriman-hiu-paus-berau-ada-dalam-mou
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