Berlin aquarium

The world's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium, hosted in a Berlin leisure complex, burst early on Friday. The aquarium was home to around 1,500 ...

The aquarium was last refurbished in 2020, according to the website of the DomAquaree complex. During the upgrading work, all the water was drained from the tank and the fish were moved to aquariums in the basement of the building, where there is a breeding care facility for the fish, it said. - The aquarium was home to around 1,500 exotic fish and spilled 1 million liters of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district.

At least two people were injured when a massive aquarium inside a hotel in Berlin burst, according to local police, as roughly 1,500 tropical fish and ...

In a statement, Sea Life Berlin, which operates the aquarium, said it was “shocked” and looking into what caused the incident. local time, and that the hotel was lucky to avoid “terrible human damage.” [AquaDom](https://www.visitsealife.com/berlin/en/), was known as the world’s biggest cylindrical fish tank, housing more than 1,500 tropical fish and more than 100 unique species.

An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1500 exotic fish burst early this morning, spilling one million litres of water and debris onto a major road ...

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Two people injured by broken glass as 1m litres of water pour out of 14-metre-high tank.

Operators said the aquarium was the biggest cylindrical tank in the world, containing 1,500 tropical fish of 80 different species before the incident. First opened in 2003, the aquarium was overhauled as recently as 2020. The neighbouring DDR Museum, which depicts life in the former East

The catastrophic rupture sent 1 million liters of salt water — and fish — pouring into the street. Berlin Police say two people were hurt, the result of ...

Its owner had touted the AquaDom aquarium at Sea Life Berlin as "the world's largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium," according to [Deutsche Welle](https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-massive-aquarium-home-to-1500-fish-bursts/a-64119337). But in the early hours of Friday morning, it burst — and all of the roughly 1,500 fish it had contained are dead, officials say. They also say there are no signs of a crime.

German police say a huge aquarium in the center of Berlin has burst, causing a wave of devastation in and around the popular tourist attraction.

The aquarium, which was last modernized in 2020, is a major tourist magnet in Berlin. Brightly colored Lindt chocolate wrappers were scattered in front of the building where the chocolate shop had been damaged. A fire service spokesman said building safety experts were assessing the extent to which the hotel had sustained structural damage. Police said there was no evidence the incident resulted from a malicious act. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, two colorful species known from the popular animated movie “Finding Nemo.” “Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky,” she said.

Reynolds Polymer Technology, which says it manufactured and installed the cylinder component of the aquarium tank 20 years ago, said in a statement that “at ...

The local government said that nearly all of the 1,500 fish that were inside at the time of the rupture died but “a few fish at the bottom of the tank” were saved. The aquarium opened in December 2003 and was modernised in 2020. A US company that helped build a huge aquarium in Berlin says it is sending a team to investigate the rupture of the tank, which sent a wave of debris, water and tropical fish crashing through the hotel reception it was located in and on to the street outside.