Third Largest Aquarium in the World - Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

In this series, I will count down the largest aquariums in the world from the third to the largest.

Third largest aquariums in the world is Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (1,98 million gallons). It is located within the Ocean Expo Park in Japan and was opened in 2002.

The main tank of the aquarium, called the Kuroshio Sea, holds 7,5 million liters (1,981,000 gallons) of water and features an acrylic glass panel measuring 8.2 by 22.5 meters (27 by 74 feet) with a thickness of 60 centimeters (24 inches), the largest such panel in the world when the aquarium was opened. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept alongside many other fish species in Kuroshio Sea. As of July 2010, there have been a total of four manta rays born in the aquarium.

See the Kuroshi Sea:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7deClndzQw