The exploding aquarium: What you weren't told (but should probably know)

Recently a huge aquarium in Berlin ruptured, killing 1500 fish and making headlines all over the world. Most reports haven't gone into detail, and even got some of the details wrong; in this video I try to fill in a few of the missing details and give you a better understand of what happened.

Watch the Slow Mo Guys' @theslowmoguys video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAO1i9Z9GpQ

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:01 About the aquarium
02:44 The Sea Life exhibition
03:42 The incident
05:27 The aftermath
06:08 Theories about the cause
07:45 Who's responsible?

For those worried about what happened in the closing credits: nothing broke. There is a skylight just above my head, and because it doesn't have a blind I can close I block the light while filming by jamming a couple of insulating panels cut to an exact size in the frame. The cold weather must have caused the window frame to contract slightly, and just as I was recording that final bit one of the panels fell out. It's made of a lightweight material so there was never any danger of injury or damage. But it was quite fitting for this video, and I couldn't have scripted it better if I'd tried.

Music:
"Local Forecast - Elevator" and "Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attribution licence

Data for street maps:
OpenStreetMaps https://openstreetmaps.org

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