Coral island on clean ponds. Exhibition “Coral Garden” - Marine Aquarium on Chistye Prudy. How to get to the aquarium on Chistye Prudy

The marine aquarium on Chistye Prudy is nothing more than an acquaintance with the majestic underwater kingdom, about which there are many myths and legends.

Drawn by deep secrets, humanity has managed to study quite well the countless underwater inhabitants inhabiting rivers and seas, lakes and oceans.

At the same time, modern people have a great opportunity to personally get acquainted with such a diverse range of animals and learn more about their lives.

Chistye Prudy. Seawater aquarium

An excellent example of an artificially created underwater world is the Marine Aquarium, located on Chistye Prudy (not far from the station of the same name). After all, on its vast areas (about 800 sq.m.) you can find almost everything!

It is not for nothing that coral reefs are one of the most amazing creations of nature, providing shelter to countless living organisms, from the giant shark to the smallest plankton. Moreover, each of its inhabitants is interesting in its own way.

Current exhibitions

When embarking on an independent journey through the Marine Aquarium, you should understand that it is divided into separate aquarium complexes.

And they copy the following biotopes:

African lakes - the deep, freshwater Lake Tanganyika (or Tangayika), located on the site of a tectonic depression, and Malawi - a striking example of the specialized evolution of endemic fish species;

the Amazon basin, where both predatory piranhas and many “classic” aquarium fish - angelfish, gupia, swordtails - are found in abundance;

shelf and pelagic zones of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

and of course tropical coral reefs.

Of particular pride is the unique aquarium (its length is no less than 6 meters), in which it was possible to reproduce the picture of the real seabed in the smallest detail.

The only thing that can compete with it is a circular 25-ton aquarium, where a school of reef sharks has settled down with all the amenities.

Walk through the Coral Garden

What is the exhibition called “Coral Garden”, which you can visit on your own or by booking an organized excursion at the Marine Aquarium?

The first thing that catches your eye is a very realistic picture, personifying the eternal “sea tragedy”. We are talking about a huge aquarium that greets visitors at the entrance to the largest hall, in which fanged piranhas decorously swim past a human skeleton.

The only thing missing is the chest and the ringing piastres scattered along the bottom...

Less elaborate aquariums inhabited by:

toothy moray eels (leopard, giant), not particularly attractive - few people will like their naked, elongated bodies, devoid of any scales;

the most dangerous lion fish (also known as lionfish) - amazingly beautiful inhabitants of the underwater kingdom, whose poisonous needles cause paralysis of the respiratory and skeletal muscles (not having time to get to the shore, a person can easily drown);

cichlids and “parrotfish”, whose fused mouths vaguely resemble a bird’s beak;

sea anemones (aka sea anemones) - close relatives of jellyfish and corals, whose curving bodies are crowned with oral discs with poisonous tentacles (an effective tool for defense and attack);

special shrimps (they are also called doctors) that can cure most “fish” diseases;

funny “horses” - amazing “animals” that were feared for a long time, considered chthonic creatures (in ancient times they personified all the power of wild nature and the underground kingdom). Perhaps this is due to their extraordinary appearance and innate ability to change their color;

tropical fish and reptiles, whose usual habitat is the waters of the Caribbean;

Some of the more popular ones include flying fish and sea devils, angelfish, tarpon, sardines, grouper goliaths and spiny lobsters, barracudas, wahoo, marlin, and turtles (for example, green, olive and leatherback turtles).

tiny and colorful “fish girls”, cheerful schools of which frolic between the corals;

funny “clown fish” and “surgeons” - funny owners of long noses;

spherical sea urchins - very beautiful and dangerous “porcupines” of the underwater world, which have chosen the rocky bottom of the Red and Mediterranean seas;

colored jellyfish and predatory reef sharks, the edges of whose fins are “painted” white;

amazing underwater “birds” or electric stingrays - leisurely, flat relatives of sharks, whose “devilish” reputation is highly exaggerated (only certain species are armed with electric charges);

fanged piranhas, famous for their jaws, studded with small sharp teeth-plates, which make it easy to tear out a piece of meat, bite off a finger or bite through steel;

porous sea sponges that extract food from the water itself;

pulsating corals “Xenia”, which takes root in almost any habitat;

poisonous stone fish - masters of camouflage that do not have a striking appearance, which are quite difficult to see on a sandy or rocky bottom;

sea flowers - amazing animals known as ricordea;

all kinds of coral formations - individual compositions include hard, soft and hard corals of unimaginable colors and shapes.

A kaleidoscope of fish swimming past will please the most sophisticated audience!

P.S.

At the Marine Aquarium, hundreds of little ones get their first unforgettable biology lesson by looking at sea life, touching an old turtle and stroking a wish-granting starfish.

Here children are instilled with a kind and caring attitude towards wildlife, the amazing underwater world and all its inhabitants.

The Oceanarium on Chistye Prudy is the first oceanarium in Moscow. Its full name is “Oceanarium - Sea Aquarium”, but Muscovites simply call it “Oceanarium on Chistykh”. You can have a great time with children at the Marine Aquarium - here recreation is combined with interesting and educational programs.

Address of the aquarium on Chistye Prudy

Moscow, Chistoprudny Boulevard 14, building 3

How to get to the aquarium on Chistye Prudy

The oceanarium is located in the center of Moscow. The nearest metro stations are Chistye Prudy or Turgenevskaya, Kitay-Gorod or Kurskaya.

Opening hours of the aquarium at Chistye Prudy - summer 2019

Every day from 10:00 to 20:00

Ticket prices for the Chistye Prudy Oceanarium - summer 2019

On work days

For adults – 500 rubles
For children under 12 years old – 300 rubles
For students (upon presentation of documents) – 300 rubles
For pensioners before 12:00 - 250 rubles, after 12:00 - 500 rubles.

On Saturday and Sunday

For adults, students and pensioners – 600 rubles
Children under 3 years old have free admission
For children under 12 years old – 400 rubles

For adults, students and pensioners – 200 rubles
Free for children under 3 years old
For children under 12 years old – 100 rubles

When purchasing tickets online on the official website, significant discounts are provided.

Description

The marine aquarium was opened in 2000 and became the first in Moscow. Its total area is 800 sq. m. meters. The complex has more than 300 pools, which are home to more than 1,000 species of exotic fish and marine invertebrates from all over the world.

The aquariums have created complexes with biotopes (environments) of tropical coral reefs, the Indian and Pacific oceans, the Amazon River basin, and the African lakes Malawi and Tanganyika. We can say that in the center of Moscow there is a branch of the World Ocean.

In Moscow, on Chistye Prudy, there is a mini-oceanarium, the Coral Garden Aquarium.

In fact, this is an exhibition of small aquariums with inhabitants of coral reefs, as well as representatives of marine and river ichthyofauna.

The entire exhibition fits into the basement of a house on Chistoprudny Boulevard.

Essentially, each room has a set of medium-sized aquariums and a bunch of “cages” for fish along the walls. How have they not gone crazy yet?

The inhabitants of the cages can be roughly divided into 2 groups: those who happily swim towards you (maybe they haven’t been fed for a long time), and those who get scared and immediately retreat deeper into the depths.

The approach to all more or less large aquariums is fenced; you cannot go closer than a meter.

There are few visitors, but there are a lot of employees walking here and there, bawling with those in the back rooms.

The wardrobe is a couple of hangers on the wall behind a curtain, self-service, and it is located almost at the exit. Those. First you need to evaporate, walking in clothes through 2 halls to the third.

There is a feeling that this is not organized at a professional level, but amateur creativity, moreover, from the last century. It’s very dirty, there are stained, peeled-off signs on the walls, full of rust and pipes - should visitors really see this? In the toilet, for example, there are simply 2 pushes without stalls with closing doors.

This home-grown museum may have been just the thing for the provinces, but it’s strange to see something like this in the capital.

Ticket for adults on weekdays 400rub, 500rub. on weekends, for photography without flash another 150 rubles. (Not a word about this on the site). In the end, I paid 550 rubles. for visiting the “Coral Garden”, and essentially an exhibition of aquariums - which is a very dubious pleasure, taking into account my visit to the Moskvarium at VDNKh for free and the giant Oceanarium in Crocus for 400 rubles.

The Coral Garden is perhaps suitable for school trips, for parents of small children (who live nearby) or for those who like less visited places and who are not particularly fussy.

In terms of showing a minimal set of the underwater world - fish, big fish, sharks, stingrays, turtles - it will do just fine.

Agree that what captivates us most in aquariums are the huge 2 or 3 pools with bathyscaphe options, tunnels and a lot of windows to snuggle up to. But this is not the case here.

I took a private excursion from a family with a 4-year-old. Where did they get such a guide, rude lady, I wouldn’t let someone like that near the children. This would look natural at the back exit of a grocery store with a cigarette in her mouth. Honestly.

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In fact, this is an exhibition of small aquariums with inhabitants of coral reefs, as well as representatives of marine and river ichthyofauna.

The entire exhibition fits into the basement of a house on Chistoprudny Boulevard.

Essentially, each room has a set of medium-sized aquariums and a bunch of “cages” for fish along the walls. How have they not gone crazy yet?

The inhabitants of the cages can be roughly divided into 2 groups: those who happily swim towards you (maybe they haven’t been fed for a long time), and those who get scared and immediately retreat deeper into the depths.

The approach to all more or less large aquariums is fenced; you cannot go closer than a meter.

There are few visitors, but there are a lot of employees walking here and there, bawling with those in the back rooms.

The wardrobe is a couple of hangers on the wall behind a curtain, self-service, and it is located almost at the exit. Those. First you need to evaporate, walking in clothes through 2 halls to the third.

There is a feeling that this is not organized at a professional level, but amateur creativity, moreover, from the last century. It’s very dirty, there are stained, peeled-off signs on the walls, full of rust and pipes - should visitors really see this? In the toilet, for example, there are simply 2 pushes without stalls with closing doors.

This home-grown museum may have been just the thing for the provinces, but it’s strange to see something like this in the capital.

Ticket for adults on weekdays 400rub, 500rub. on weekends, for photography without flash another 150 rubles. (Not a word about this on the site). In the end, I paid 550 rubles. for visiting the “Coral Garden”, and essentially an exhibition of aquariums - which is a very dubious pleasure, taking into account my visit to the Moskvarium at VDNKh for free and the giant Oceanarium in Crocus for 400 rubles.

The Coral Garden is perhaps suitable for school trips, for parents of small children (who live nearby) or for those who like less visited places and who are not particularly fussy.

In terms of showing a minimal set of the underwater world - fish, big fish, sharks, stingrays, turtles - it will do just fine.

Agree that what captivates us most in aquariums are the huge 2 or 3 pools with bathyscaphe options, tunnels and a lot of windows to snuggle up to. But this is not the case here.

I took a private excursion from a family with a 4-year-old. Where did they get such a guide, rude lady, I wouldn’t let someone like that near the children. This would look natural at the back exit of a grocery store with a cigarette in her mouth. Honestly.