Blue Reef Aquarium Newquay is an aquarium in Newquay, England. It is home to over 40 living displays from tropical sharks and lobsters to seahorses and tropical fish.
At the Aquarium?s heart is a large ocean tank where an underwater walkthrough tunnel offers close encounters with the tropical coral reef fish.
Other displays are home to giant Pacific octopus, triggerfish, nautilus, cuttlefish, turtles and terrapins.
in 2008 the aquarium opened “Tropical Shark Lagoon”
Themed as a mangrove lagoon new display is home to a variety of tropical shark and ray species.
Close-up views from both above and below the waterline of stingrays, zebra sharks and blue spotted rays as well as exotic fish.
The display is also home to a variety of juvenile species which use the mangrove as a nursery before moving on to the open ocean.
In 2009, a four-foot polychaete worm, nicknamed Barry was eventually captured after months of trap laying. The monster had been ravaging the coral reefs in one tank of the aquarium, in some cases ripping them in half, and injured one of their Tang fish. Contact with the venomous bristles at the mouth of the worm can cause permanent numbness, and it has now been moved into its own tank.