Hastings Blue Reef Aquarium is asking youngsters to come up with a name for their newly-arrived baby blacktip reef shark. The tropical shark, which is less than a year old and measures just 60 centimetres in length, is settling in well to his new home in the aquariums giant ocean display. He has formed a … Continued

A bizarre cowfish, which resembles an armour-plated box and spits water when it’s hungry, has gone on display at Hastings’ Blue Reef Aquarium.  The exotic species is also known by a bewildering number of different common names including the humpack turretfish, the helmet boxfish and the camel cowfish.  It is found from East Africa to … Continued

Eight rare fish babies have gone on display in a special nursery tank at Hastings’ Blue Reef Aquarium – complete with its own sea urchins. The Banggai cardinal fish have all been captive bred, however in the wild the babies spend a lot of their early lives among the long spines of a sea urchin … Continued

Keith, the giant iguana, is making the most of the recent spell of hot weather by enjoying going for walks on Hastings beach. The exotic one-and-a-half-metre-long reptile was re-homed at Blue Reef Aquarium after its owner could no longer look after him. Just like humans, iguanas need vitamin D to keep them fit and healthy … Continued

Hastings Blue Reef Aquarium is hoping to hear the splash of tiny fins in the coming months with the arrival of four small-eyed ray egg-cases, with more expected in the coming days. The small-eyed ray gets its name from its conspicuously small eyes which are surrounded by tiny thorn-like structures. The species is classified as … Continued

A species of gecko, thought to be extinct until a single specimen was rediscovered following a tropical storm in 1994, has gone on display at Hastings Blue Reef Aquarium. The crested gecko is originally from the isolated island of New Caledonia in the south west Pacific. It was believed extinct until the discovery in 1994. … Continued