Sadly my placement with the Seaquarium came to an end at the beginning of January. The 2 months I was lucky enough to spend there flew by quickly. As I’ve documented throughout my blog, I’ve learnt many valuable skills and gained knowledge about working with the marine mammals and aquatic life that live there that I hope to take with me throughout my career.
On my final day I cleaned out the pump baskets that were taken out of the plant room containing the pool filters. I cleaned them as thoroughly as I could so that the gaps between the baskets were unclogged of the dirt they had stored. They must be cleaned quite regularly to keep the filtering systems working as effectively as they should.
Later in the day, I cleaned tank pools rocks within the aquarium using brush tools. I was able to the take the rocks out of the pool and scrub them to get the dirt and algae off. I ensured I kept a look out for aquatic life living within the tanks whilst I was brushing and moving around the rocks so no harm was accidentally caused.
Below are images of myself with the harbour seals (plate 1) and Solo one of the African fur seals (plate 2) that I had the privilege of being able to care for.
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