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The Parc Aquarium animals come from 4 great aquatic ecosystems: the St. Lawrence River and its tributaries, and the Atlantic, Arctic and North Pacific Oceans. |
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Over 15,000 physico-chemical analyses on water quality are done each year. |
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Parc Aquarium is the only establishment of its kind in Québec and it specializes in cold-water specimens. |
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In the main building only there are a total of 61 pumps, 53 reservoirs, 59 filters, 51 sterilizers, 64 heat exchangers, 52 degassing columns, 25 protein skimmers and 123 bio-filters. |
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The water in Parc Aquarium's various indoor and outdoor basins comes from 3 different sources: an artesian well, water from the Québec City aqueduct system, and the St. Lawrence River. |
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The salt- and sea-water treatment and manufacturing plant filters 1,300,000 litres of water every 45 minutes, which is enough water to provide a shower for every person in Québec City each day. |
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The reason the water in the Arctic Sector basins is such a dazzling blue is because the water is treated with ozone. |
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