ah ok... that pic was the lake. re: aquariums in the zoo, not likely, they have talked about it for years, and all their resources have gone into the new elephant enclosure.

Speaking of the zoo. We go up their pretty regularly with my 4 year old. Given the space they have, they could do more with it. I find the selection of animals to be pretty run of the mill. The African Plains is good, but there is very little on the Garda HQ side of it which makes the walk back pretty boring.

I suppose it all comes down to funding.

i agree ken they never seem to exhibit any unusual animals nowadays and there are almost no birds and the extra space in the african plains is badly used. i was at belfast zoo recently and there is a lot more to see and great enclosures such as sealion and penguin underwater viewing. you should bring cian up there sometime as its not too far from you. one other important point though for the less fit like myself belfast zoo is very hilly.
derek

Those fish are definitely Rudd or Roach.

Difficult to tell when they are in the water but my money would be on Rudd. (I have caught hundreds of both species in my time).
They look like very good sized fish.

The lakes in the zoo also hold large carp & other species such as Perch - I am told some of which are of record proportions.

If anyone is ever in Salthill in Galway there is a sea life centre that has an excellent native species tank with some large pike. The place in Bray had lots of native species last time I was there too.

i was in the zoo recently..it began raining as soon we walked inside the gates and never stopped for the duration. the only things on show outside were the people


and i didnt see any fish

They look like Bitterling

YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!


googled pics of these and ye thats them !!!

what, Bitterling???

the fish in the photos are 100% rudd and are very big for their size,in the large lake as you go up to the african plains there are carp here and also rudd and roach

but as reguards the fish in the small pond i havnt seen these so wouldnt know,but the only species i can think of that stays small are gudgeon,dace,stickle backs of both kinds and not sure if there are any others

but nice pics of the rudd wouldnt mind taking out my rod and catching them all day

and i remember years ago when i was a kid so im 34 now so we say 28/29 years ago there was a tank in the turtle enclosure
and they had cichlids in the tank which species at that age i couldnt tell you but do remember hearing somebody say they were cichlids

most definately Rudd or Roach or a cross breed of both, very common coarse fishing species, caught them many a time as a nipper even kept them at home till they got too big
Seamus