Divers, mostly volunteers, hop into the tank with scrub brushes every day. They're charged with scrubbing our colorful new corals so they can remain vibrant and lovely. It's a job that has to happen every day. After all, if you have bright lights you're going to get some happy algae.
In this video, Daire has a curious onlooker while he's scrubbing the algae at the top of the reef.
This bridled burrfish is related to all of our other spiky puffers: balloonfish, porcupinefish, spotted burrfish and striped burrfish. But perhaps he thinks this brush is his kin!
Giant Ocean Tank Divers Blog
12/18/13
A curious onlooker: The bridled burrfish
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balloonfish,
bridled burrfish,
Daire,
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