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Unread 03/29/2007, 09:02 AM   #126
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Alrighty,
I'm back again. Went to Magnetic Island on Saturday. The weather was great, thankfully, but the vis was not so good.
Magnetic island is a fairly close reef, so there is never really brilliant vis, but that's what the outer reefs are for.

Anyway, here are some shots from the trip, enjoy!








This is my friend Jamie at our snorkelling site, looks nice doesn't it?






More coming soon.....


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Unread 03/29/2007, 09:04 AM   #127
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Arthur Bay at Magnetic Island:







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Unread 03/29/2007, 09:08 AM   #128
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And now for some tank shots!

Some mushrooms,


A purple, and a green staghorn, with a pesky wild caught black and white occelaris getting in on the photo.




You can see the coral beauty and the 3 stooges (chromis) in here.


more on the way...


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Unread 03/29/2007, 09:12 AM   #129
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Yes, this is where i'm supposed to do my work...needless to say i'm often distracted.



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Unread 03/29/2007, 10:13 AM   #130
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great pics keep them coming


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Unread 03/29/2007, 04:08 PM   #131
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Thanks again! Those corals in your tank look great! Quite a nice tank, I'd say .

Have you gone back to the spot where Bluey lives?


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Unread 03/30/2007, 01:04 PM   #132
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Yeah, Id love to see some more pics of bluey!!! My mother in law made grouper for dinner recently, and I just couldnt eat it, I kept thinking about bluey!!


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Unread 04/05/2007, 03:53 AM   #133
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Wow! I just finished the thread and have got to say how lucky you are. Some of the pics of all the SPS makes me want to go SPS on my tank, lol. I'm loving the pics, keep em coming!


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Unread 04/05/2007, 07:59 PM   #134
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I know you have already heard this but, Thank you! Thank You! Thank you! My wife and I are avid divers in the Carribean but it has always been a dream of ours to dive the barrier reef. PLease keep the photo's doming. I truley mean it when I say, you will never be able to post too many.


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Unread 04/05/2007, 09:45 PM   #135
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Amazing pictures, I have to agree keep them coming! Have any more of clownfish/anemones? Thanks for sharing
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Unread 04/05/2007, 09:48 PM   #136
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Wish I had 10k to take myself and my wife to Aust for some diving.


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Unread 04/12/2007, 09:40 PM   #137
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i just wish i could go there and do some collecting


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Unread 04/12/2007, 09:57 PM   #138
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Thanks for all the compliments guys, the weather's been a little iffy lately, so the reef trip will be in a week or two just to make sure the water's cleared up. I'll see if i can dig out some more pics in the meantime.
Stay tuned.


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Unread 04/12/2007, 10:45 PM   #139
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Keep those pics commin.
Nice tank too.


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Unread 04/25/2007, 05:36 PM   #140
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I could die there and be in perfect peace for all eternity!


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Unread 04/25/2007, 05:42 PM   #141
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Any updates? Recent trips? Photos? Anything!? Argh!! lol jk

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Unread 04/30/2007, 10:38 PM   #142
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wowowowowowowowowow please post more pics!!!!!!!!!!


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Unread 05/01/2007, 12:36 PM   #143
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Great pics, I can't wait for my cruise


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Unread 05/03/2007, 05:22 PM   #144
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ok, time for an update.

Things are good up here, but my camera has an issue with the batteries (liIon rechargable canon) it has. Anyway, that shouldn't be an issue by the time i get out to the reef again.

Stinger season has now ended officially, so there will be much more activity in the near future.
There will be some pics up from a recent trip to Lord Howe Island off the coast of New South Wales. Those of you who know about Lord Howe will know how special it is.
Those wide banded clowns that are so incredibly rare in the reefing buisness are EVERYWHERE out there, then again they are an endemic species restricted to Lord Howe.
Anyway, the photos should be ready to be uploaded by about the middle of next week at the latest.
Stay Tuned!

Oh, and thanks again everyone for the comments


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Unread 05/03/2007, 10:42 PM   #145
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Can't wait for Latz pics.
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Unread 05/09/2007, 12:19 AM   #146
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Time for an update i think, so here's some more photos.
New additions to the tank include a rather large GBTA that is recovering from it's stint in the LFS, but is doing quite well.





More photos soon!


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Unread 05/09/2007, 12:26 AM   #147
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These are a few teaser photos from Lord Howe Island until i get them all sorted out:


Green Turtle in the shallows.


McCullochs Clownfish (endemic to Lord Howe Island)


Some peckish silver drummer looking for their daily ration of bread.


LHI Lagoon




Some lurking heavyweights, the spangled emperors and kingfish are hand fed at the beach.

The whole lot will be up in the near future, so stay tuned.


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Unread 05/09/2007, 11:05 AM   #148
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Great teaser pictures! I want the clownfish
Thanks for sharing.


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Unread 05/15/2007, 01:40 AM   #149
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Ok, the Lord Howe Island photos are sorted.
There are around 150 of them, so i'll post a chunk at a time.
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Unread 05/15/2007, 01:43 AM   #150
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