Aquarium in Berlin Bursts, Killing 1,500 Tropical Fish

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9 points·f1shy··6 comments

Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34013000 which links to the guardian; this source is a little odd.

TLDR: Cause unknown, maybe related to freezing temps.

I heard that too, but it’s in the hotel, it’s in a tropical aquarium doesn’t that mean tropical temperatures?

Germany has made an effort to reduce electricity usage, and I’d imagine this would require huge amounts.

Had they removed the fish and let it cool? I guess its cylindrical shape is dependent on it being full of water, so they could drain it.

I am not any sort of expert by the way. Perhaps I should put that caveat at the top of my reply.

No you are right. All the fish were in there (and most now dead :(), this is a hotels lobby that maybe was a few degrees colder than previous winters, but still comfortable - and the fishes also need their temperature.

Except

> I guess its cylindrical shape is dependent on it being full of water

no, or how do you mean that?

This is really nonsense, and it was already nonsense shortly after it happened, why does such rumor even stick on HN? Most likely, and officials assume it too, is material fatigue.

I simply quoted the linked article to save you some reading time. AP News also mentioned temperature as a possible cause.

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