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The Regal Tang is bright blue fish from the tropical reefs of
the Western Atlantic Ocean. Curiously the young Tangs
start out a bright yellow in colour, the adult
fish retains some of the yellow colour in the
tail. Another point of interest is the Regal Tangs ability to
change colour to reflect its mood changes.
Our little Regal Tang can be quite shy of noise and often takes to the refuge of the reef to hide.
He is 7 years old. |
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The Purple
Tang is related to the Regal Tang but is a deep purple in colour.
Both the Tangs are armed with a sharp barb set forwards
into the tail fin which can be raised and flicked
at other fish when it is under threat.
Our Tangs although different species still like to swim
together and can often be seen darting at speed in
and out of the lower part of the reef. |
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The
Clownfish will almost always be seen swimming together in
the top right part of the Aquarium. In the wild these fish are
famous for their ability to hide in the poisonous tentacles of
anemone without being harmed.
As they are not good swimmers they never stray far from the
protection of the
anemone. They are originally from the warm clear waters of the
Pacific Ocean. |
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There
are some fine and interesting fish in the Aquarium, some are
quite shy and will wait for still moments to appear. The
Aquarium has proved a popular distraction for visiting families.
In the right
column are some interesting facts about some
of the fish
that live with us at the Dental Surgery.
The Aquarium is a tropical salt water design decorated with live
reef rocks carefully stacked to provide caves for the fish
to swim in. The total capacity of the Aquarium
is some 350litres
of water that's enough to make around 1400 cups of tea!
It is a difficult balancing act to get the water to the correct
state to enable all of the tanks life to flourish. The
cupboard base unit houses the necessary filtration units
to
extract to waste products. |
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The green
and blue colour effects on the
rocks are produced by various types of algae that grow upon them.
This is indicative of a healthy Aquarium.
The Corals are alive and interestingly eat tiny particles of regular fish
food, these are captured with miniature tentacles.
They may look pretty but Corals can use
force to take over new territory by shooting tiny poison
darts into the adjoining plants. This weapon also
provides good
defence against hungry fish. |
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These
clustered plants are just one of the many types of sea
plants that are called mushrooms.
The Mushrooms usually live in shallow water to
allow sun light to promote growth, they close themselves up at night rather like
Daisies or Buttercups.
It reproduces itself by dividing, the first visible sign is the
appearance of another hole coming from the centre of the
plant. |
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