sazarac
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"Four sharks found dead at Moody Gardens Aquarium"
I heard this on the news Tuesday. It's sad.
Sharks are about my favorite marine critter, right behind any cephalopod. However it does prove that even seasoned professional with a lot of money and a large staff can have serious problems with their setup.
"GALVESTON — Four sharks on display in a popular Galveston aquarium attraction died after the ozone level in the water spiked overnight, officials said.
Divers at Moody Gardens Aquarium tried for almost an hour to revive two of the sharks by injecting them with steroids before declaring them dead with the other pair, said Jerri Hamachek, a spokeswoman for the aquarium.
No other aquarium animals were affected. Ozone is pumped into the tank to kill bacteria and parasites and to clarify the water, but aquarium staff members are unsure why the ozone levels rose to dangerous levels.
"The exhibit has been open for nine years, and we've never had this issue happen before," Hamachek told the Galveston County Daily News.
The sharks, collected in the Gulf of Mexico, were two blacktip sharks, an Atlantic sharpnose shark and a blacknose shark."
More on the story.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5704321.html
Saz
I heard this on the news Tuesday. It's sad.
Sharks are about my favorite marine critter, right behind any cephalopod. However it does prove that even seasoned professional with a lot of money and a large staff can have serious problems with their setup.
"GALVESTON — Four sharks on display in a popular Galveston aquarium attraction died after the ozone level in the water spiked overnight, officials said.
Divers at Moody Gardens Aquarium tried for almost an hour to revive two of the sharks by injecting them with steroids before declaring them dead with the other pair, said Jerri Hamachek, a spokeswoman for the aquarium.
No other aquarium animals were affected. Ozone is pumped into the tank to kill bacteria and parasites and to clarify the water, but aquarium staff members are unsure why the ozone levels rose to dangerous levels.
"The exhibit has been open for nine years, and we've never had this issue happen before," Hamachek told the Galveston County Daily News.
The sharks, collected in the Gulf of Mexico, were two blacktip sharks, an Atlantic sharpnose shark and a blacknose shark."
More on the story.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5704321.html
Saz
