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Coral Reef Room

Coral Reef Closeup

Explore The Deep

We all know the Earth if more than 70% covered by water (71.11% to be exact), but did you know that coral reefs only exist in a small percentage of all that water?  The reefs left around the underwater world are home to 25% of all ocean life, and they are shrinking every day. 

Our reef room here at Potter Park may be small, but it's packed with life!  We have a collection of small focus tanks, and medium sized mixed tanks showcasing all kinds of fish and corals that can be found in the oceans.  Below are just some of the residents you'll find when you visit:

Invertebrates

  • Banded Coral Shrimp
  • Chocolate Chip Sea Star
  • Emerald False Coral
  • Green Reef Crab
  • Hawaiian Cleaner Shrimp
  • Mushroom Coral
  • Pistol Shrimp
  • Red Anemone Pistol Shrimp
  • Redlined Cleaner Shrimp
  • Red Spike Sea Star
  • Sea Cucumber
  • Sea Urchin
  • Staghorn Coral
  • Striped Hermit Crab

Fish

  • Angelfish
  • Banggai Cardinalfish
  • Blenny
  • Bluegreen Chromis
  • Blue Tang
  • Chinese Zebra Goby
  • Fairy Basslet
  • Flameback Angelfish
  • Greenbanded Goby
  • Green Clown Goby
  • Neon Goby
  • Orange Clownfish
  • Orchid Dottyback
  • Pajama Cardinalfish
  • Peacock Clownfish
  • Purple Cap Firefish
  • Purple Tang
  • Tomini Surgeon
  • Yellowtail Clownfish
Clownfish
Great Barrier

The Great Barrier Reef

is the world's largest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 1,600 miles!