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(See pictures of the astonishing wildlife of the coral triangle.)

This striking environment is the product of a rare phenomenon that sees a large volume of seawater forced through the narrow, shallow passage that is the Somosomo Strait. The pressure creates strong currents brimming with nutrients eagerly anticipated by the marine life, in particular the soft corals, which expand to their most enchanting at feeding time. "The best time to dive it is at low slack tide, when there is no current and the wall has been fed with nutrients for seven hours," says Jon Piepkorn, an instructor at Taveuni Dive. "It's the reason they call this place the soft-coral capital of the world."

Taveuni Dive runs its operations from the Paradise resort in Taveuni's south — a 20-minute boat ride from Rainbow Reef. With dramatic jungle and volcanic backdrops, the property features 11 luxurious bure, or bungalows, built from natural materials using traditional techniques and decorated in indigenous style. They leak a little during flash downpours, but, like the overattentive staff (there are 58 in total), that's part of the charm.

"Before opening Paradise, my wife and I worked at some of the larger resorts on the main island of Viti Levu," says Australian owner Allan Gortan. "The most common thing we heard was that it was all very beautiful but not very Fijian. So we decided to make our resort part of the land. When people say they love what we've done with this place, we tell them all we did is let the locals do what they do best."

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Here is a video of the Parrot Fish feeding 

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Here is a video of the Parrot Fish feeding 

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Listen to the scraping sound as this Rainbow ParrotFish eats the algae off the coral with it's powerful beak-like teeth. Also notice the beautiful pectoral fins and how they use them like 'wings' ....

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The Rainbow Reef is a barrier reef located between the islands of Taveuni and Vanua Levu in northeast Fiji. This video is a combination of 2 different dive sites on Rainbow Reef: Fish Factory and Jerry's Jelly. Both dives are relatively shallow at 20 meters (60 feet) maximum depth.

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The fish with the mouth that looks like a beak, helps keep the reef alive. These fishes are known as a " Parrot" fish.

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Coral reefs are being degraded by an accumulation of stresses arising from human activities.  Overfishing, pollution and coastal development top the list of chronic stressors. In many situations chronic stresses are overwhelming the resilience  Fishing with dynamite, cyanide and other methods that break up the fragile coral reef are highly unsustainable.

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The reef is used for touring, and for fishing.