corals are the currents – the
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influx of nutrients that feeds
soft corals thriving on
the life on the reefs, while
the reef
simultaneously creating
fantastic visibility. Currents provide basic needs
for flourishing fan corals, which, in turn, are
home to many creatures like the exquisite pygmy
seahorse, featuring on many a guest’s bucket
list. Other usual suspects include dogtooth tuna,
bumphead Maori wrasse, octopuses, winged
pipefish, scorpion leaffish, nudibranchs, moray
eels, banded sea kraits, barracuda – and the list
goes on and on.
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