Tropiquaria is a small tropical house and zoo in
West Somerset, sixteen miles from Taunton and nine miles
from Minehead. We are based in a 1930’s art-
transmitter hall, which is now a grade 2 listed bulding. A zoo has
been run from this site since the early 1990’s and the current
owners took over in 2007. Since then, efforts have
been made to develop a slightly more African
theme to the tropical hall and aquarium. As
well as the animal displays, we have a number
of other attractions based here. Including a Radio
Museum, the Shadowstring Puppet Theatre, and a range
of indoor and outdoor children’s play areas.
Tropiquaria Zoo is pleased to announce that
it has signed up to the Big Fish Campaign.
This campaign seeks to stop people buying
species of fish at aquarium shops that
outgrow the sizes of aquarium commonly
kept in the domestic home. The campaign
was set up by the NAW (National Aquarium
Workshop) and the BIAZA (British and Irish
Association of Zoos and Aquaria) Aquarium
Working Group when they heard that over a
four month period 11 selected UK public
aquaria were asked to house 144 fish that had outgrown their owners tanks.
The Big Fish Campaign aims to:
• Encourage the public to research properly the fish species that they wish to own as pets
• Overturn the notion that fish will never outgrow the size of their tanks
• Reduce the sale of these species in pet stores to protect their welfare
• Alleviate the problem of public aquaria being pressurized into accepting these big fish.
Tropiquaria's Zoological Director Chris Moiser, said “As a member of BIAZA, and a member that has an aquarium as part of its display we wanted to take part. The country's leading aquatic retailer, Maidenhead Aquatics have also signed up to the campaign. Their local branch at Blackdown Garden Centre, Wellington Taunton have teamed up with us and generously helped sponsor the poster.
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