[mistergreen]

I went to the Cincinnati Zoo today. This is the manatee exhibit.

Imagine if you have to put on scubba gear and use this gravel vac every week.

 

[vespers_]

i've always wanted to work at an aquarium and get to dive in the tanks. looks like fun to me :red_mouth

 

[jmowbray]

I would love to dive/ clean tanks at work. I wonder if it counts as a dive towards you certification level???

 

[WallaceGrover]

I wonder what manatee poop looks like...

 

[karatekid14]

I wonder if they suck on the hose to get it started...

 

[deleted_user_12]

I wonder what manatee poop looks like...

wow usually someone would say "that is a cool vacuum"
but no you ask about the poop, so here you go

 

[vespers_]

I would love to dive/ clean tanks at work. I wonder if it counts as a dive towards you certification level???

you don't get to do this as a job without having a cert and a few dives under your belt already :icon_wink

 

[mistergreen]

There were fish in the tank too, mostly alligator gar and sunfish.

 

[JRMott]

I bet you Tom Barr has done this

 

[wetworks]

A friend of mine used to have an aquarium maintenance business. He had several accounts that had to be cleaned this way, and according to him it looks like a lot more fun than it actually is. (Of course being bitten by moray eels and stung by lionfish, which has happened to him, did not sound like too much fun to me...) Still, I have always been very impressed by the huge tanks at Seaworld and Disney, and the pics in the OP look pretty impressive, especially with the diver for scale.

 

[kamikazi]

I wonder if they suck on the hose to get it started...

lol!

 

[Elrodg]

I would love to dive/ clean tanks at work. I wonder if it counts as a dive towards you certification level???

No it doesn't. You have to be certified to even go near a tank at an aquarium. Your certification consists of an assisted dive and one free dive in which you have a couple of tasks to perform. You can get certified for around 300 bucks. It's quite easy.


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[Elrodg]

I used to work as a diver for a lot of diff ppl. Everything from washing the bottoms of yachts to underwater plumbing at the ripleys aquarium in gatlinburg.

 

[10gallonplanted]

I wonder if they suck on the hose to get it started...

And get some of that water in your mouth... I would puke my brains out.

 

[AirstoND]

I wonder what manatee poop looks like...

I seen it float while snorkeling with them in Fl's Blue Springs. Thankfully it wasn't one with an intestinal virus.

That there diver is someone who does get his hands and body dirty to make a living

 

[kingdave]

I wonder if they suck on the hose to get it started...

Good one! I laughed out loud when I read your post!

 

[Madfish]

I use to be a diver at the Aquarium in Kuwait City in Kuwait. Yeah the first few dives cleaning then it became like work. Having to go in there to clean so very large tanks really takes all of the fun out of it. But I always did have fun diving and cleaning the shark tanks. Nothing like keeping a boom stick in your hands while the other person cleans.