The members of the dive teams are all certified divers who volunteer to enter the tanks and hand-feed the fish. More delicate eaters, such as the Hawksbill turtle and the puffer fish, are fed small squid earlier in the day. The divers take squeeze bottles filled with brine shrimp. When squeezed, each bottle releases a spray of shrimp and the fish swarm around the divers providing a brilliant display of colors. Visitors gather in front of the gulf tank at the Aquarium of the Americas for the Thursday feeding.
Divers prepare to enter the tank.
The Thursday dive team is one of the attractions of the Caribbean tank.