Magic Mirror on the ocean floor, who is the cutest one of all? Whether admiring its cuteness, looking for a mate or just checking that nothing is out of place before a big date, this Magic Mirror seems most welcome. It’s usually not nice to see junk thrown into the ocean. Plastic bags, damaged fishing […]
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Who’s following who here I wonder as this school of Zebra Fish (Girella zebra) cruise through the pylons of Rapid Bay Jetty. These fish are mostly juveniles but near the front of the school there are a few adults who seem to have things in hand leading the young ones from pylon to pylon. On […]
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Dive the shallows of the old Rapid Bay Jetty at the moment and you can expect to be stalked. This school of Zebra Fish (Girella zebra) started following me around as I searched the general area for other critters. Soon I was so caught up in their antics and carry on that they had me […]
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These yellowtail seemed so regimented into their ‘march on by’ that I could not help but imagine they had been given their marching orders. Although this looks like a night shot it was actually created in full daylight by using a combination of bright strobe lighting to ‘drown out the daylight’ and then pulling back […]
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A few weeks ago I first noticed the behavior of a male toadifsh (Omegophora armilla) collecting objects and filling a discarded bucket with them. On this dive I found another toadfish behaving in a similar way but this time filling a large sponge. I wonder if they have completed their collections yet? What happens when […]
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