Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre undergoes spring cleaning

Oliver Browning
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Aquarists at Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre have been sprucing up the attraction using specialist kit this week.

Cleaning and maintenance actually happens year-round and is not seasonal, with staff at centres across the country spending over 36,000 hours per year keeping animal habitats, including 756 glass windows, in tip-top condition for 16,700 creatures.

Back in January, aquarists at Sea Life London conducted its annual “count and clean”.

Wearing wetsuits and armed with a range of tools and cleaning equipment, experts at the famous South Bank attraction counted more than 6,100 of its fascinating creatures.

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