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GALLERYhicksadmin2019-10-16T03:46:00+11:00
Our gorgeous girl Kalahari just loves coming up for cuddles! She has her head right up on Keeper Shaz's knees!
Wow ~ how fast everything can change. This should be a celebratory post about how amazing it is we are all in our new home, how amazing the staff and the community, our friends, the volunteers have been helping us with this big move! Instead it is bring the news (as you can probably guess) that Irukandji will not be opening on the first of April as we promised, Irukandji will not be opening for the foreseeable future due to the infamous COVID-19. Instead of being so excited for our grand opening and hiring a new staff for the future we are scrambling to figure out how we can survive with no income. We can’t just pack up, turn off the power, lock the doors and return in 3-6months, we have over 250 animals to feed, clean, provide heating and cooling, provide fresh flowing filtered water for and staff to pay to look after them. Having just spent all our money on our amazing new facility and now, without being able to open, we are in dire straights. As a small business we have been planning it for 5 years and have put every everything we have into it. We have worked so hard and cannot give up now, please look up our #gofundme when it becomes live and share with anybody who may be able to help or who still has a job! Thank you so much again to everybody who helped us with the move. This community is absolutely amazing and we are proud to be apart of it! @gofundme @portstephens #irukandji #saveirukandji
These are Eastern Potbelly Seahorses. One is male and one is female! Can you tell which is which?
**FISH FACT FRIDAY**
**FISH FACT FRIDAY**
Who wants to feed our largesse sharks? At our new venue you will get the opportunity to feed our big beautiful tawny nurse sharks! You need to be over 12 and there’ll be scheduled times so check out our website for more info when we open in April. #tawnynurseshark #feedtheshark #sharkfeeding #sharkencounter #sharklovers #portstephensiloveyou #destinationportstephens #oceanlovers #naturelovers #saveoursharks
As we close our doors today we come to the end of an era. It's been a great a time here but we are looking forward to bigger and better things. We can't wait to start a new era in our new aquarium. Thank you so much to all of you who support us in what we do, we couldn't do it without you. See you all at the new aquarium! #irukandji #bigmove #movingtime #moving #seeyousoon #newaquarium #bigthings
Today is our last day open at the old place. From tomorrow we will be extremely busy prepping to move! Hope to see you all at the new aquarium! #lastday #bigmove #move #movingtime #gonnabegreat #lookingforward #newthings #new #biggerandbetter #growing
Our clownfish have started laying eggs! We're not expecting any babies yet though as they have only just started laying. Quite often the first couple of batches of eggs aren't fertalised properly and won't produce any young. But it will hopefully be something else to look forward to in our new aquarium!!
When we do net conditioning with our animals, we don't leave any of them out! Our female Eastern Potbelly Seahorse definitely sees the net as a positive thing, which is amazing! She is all ready for the move! Just wait till you see her new enclosure 😱😱
**FISH FACT FRIDAY**
Hands up if you love zebra sharks? These guys are amongst our most loved species here at Irukandji, and in our new venue you will get the opportunity to feed them in small groups! Who’s excited??? #zebrashark #sharkencounters #portstephensiloveyou #destinationportstephens

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