tropical aquarium

American  

noun

1. an aquarium designed for the maintenance and breeding of tropical fish and kept at a suitably warm temperature.

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Etymology

Origin of tropical aquarium

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The research, the environmental impact of keeping a tropical aquarium in Northern Europe, is published in the Journal of Fish Biology.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2023

A huge tropical aquarium burst in a hotel in downtown Berlin on Friday morning, sending waves of seawater through the lobby and onto the street.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022

One of these organisms, Ancoracysta twista, was discovered in 2017 on tropical aquarium brain coral by Keeling and others, but it was so weird compared to other microbes that it was considered an "orphan."

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022

Barnes’ and Liskey’s rearing ponds, part of a complex called Gone Fishing, where Barnes raised tropical aquarium fish until that market crashed in 2008, have been so successful that the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Originally intended as a permanent museum to the French colonies, it still houses a tropical aquarium in the basement.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2017