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    Highland Beach Submarine?

    I heard about this story on the Paul and Ron Show this morning. Somewhat interesting. To me given the growth on it that i see in the pictures, it appears to have been down for a little while. I am thinking its a piece of industrial machinery that was jettisoned from a passing vessel...
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    Orbicular Batfish..........kill it or leave in peace.

    Greetings, Orbicular batfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia So I know where one if these is off Broward County. Pacific species. My pal says leave it in peace. It will just get old and die. REEF has nothing bad to say about it, other than they hang with Atlantic Spadefish. The one...
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    LOCAL (Broward) dive watch battery replacement

    I have a few watches that I do actually dive with, and the batteries are dead. The time and aggravation of packing them up and then schlepping the US Post over to stand in line for shipping @ the US Post Orifice is not my thing. Does anyone know of a reliable repair/battery replacement facility...
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    Oh just great.....

    Well apparently the Lions are "Race-Mixing". Photographic proof here: Lionfish + Parrotfish = Lie-pie? Pie-Lie? Beaked Lion? Mac-Lion? Chug Believes everything found on the internet.
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    Lionfish Marker? What is this?

    Uhhhhhh.................. 5 Lionfish Markers | eBay :confused: :shocked2: :rofl3: Chug Befuddled but Laughing.
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    Kill the LION FISH or catch 'em in SoFla?? Input needed.

    This is a post that I have been toying with starting for a while now, and just finally got around to it. In case you were unaware....... And are just back from Mars.... Or just learned to read.... We are overrun with the LION FISH Bastages down here. Elsewhere also..... This being...
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    Longer/Taller Steel Tank boot needed

    HELP! I need a longer/taller tank boot for an 8" steel tank!! I have a Faber Steel 149cf tank that desperately needs a longer/taller boot. I cannot seem to find a source for these boots locally or on-line, and I am about certain they are out there but I cannot seem to nail down the proper...
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    Navy SEAL/UDT Museum visit

    Today I am off to Vero to the SEAL/UDT Museum with my son. He is 11 today! Any lunch, tourista suggestions, or anything else I ought to see up there suggestions are appreciated. Other than the Driftwood Inn, I know little or nothing about the town and it's environs. Chug Too blind to have...
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    What Drift Boat Fishing is good in SE Fla

    My son and I (he is 10) are going to have a go at going out on a drift boat this weekend. I know of the following: Bud and Mary's in the Keys The Flamingo in FTL Helen S. in Pompano Blue Heron Fishing Fleet. What boat would you folks recommend, and or what web sites might I hit for...
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    Ebay listing. Supposed 149CF LP tank.

    Quote from the listing: "This is a 149 Cubic Foot SCUBA tank. The tank is rated as Low Pressure (2250)" Steel 149 CF LP SCUBA tank - eBay (item 250675215447 end time Aug-29-10 21:36:19 PDT) I could be very wrong on this, but I do not think there is a LP 149 on this planet. I do own a...
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    Slurp gun for Lion Fish??

    OK... For the little guys, What about a slurp gun? Need to figure out a way other than a bare hand over the intake obviously. Flop top, slide lid...something. Puncture/stick medical gloves. Deal death blow somehow within the tube possibility. Just riffing here..... I have never personally used...
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    Dive manual and books for kids.

    So my son who is 10 years old wants to learn to dive. And I am talking proper training, and then onto a 12' reef escorted by me and other people that know their stuff. Let us just call it a beach drag or grassy flats and patch reefs inside Carysfort Light type stuff. Does anyone have...
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    Smooth Tail Lobster sighting today

    Soamelt and I did a shore dive from the Oakland Park Blvd. area today and we happened upon a "Smooth Tailed Spiny Lobster". This is only the second time I have seen one around these parts. I caught one about eight years ago from the same area and ate it, because I am such a freaking redneck...
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    Key Largo Reef Fest...What's that???

    Key Largo Diving, Key Largo Wrecks Can someone enlighten me as why I just heard about this event this morning from my wife, after she saw something about it on channel 10 in Miami this morning early. Apparently, the story is that they were expecting 300-3000 divers for this event, and...
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    05/29/10 Lionfish sighting at Vista Park today

    Soamelt, BruceT and I went a beach diving today from Vista Park in Fort Lauderdale. Soamelt found a Lionfish on the reef today. I have posted a photo album in my member pictures of what the little monster looked like, surface shots of where we were, and a lousy shot of my computer showing our...
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    Wth????

    :debby: The Debby....is a Monkey Butt?? :onespeed: The adventures of ONESPEED?? How did you two get your own freakin' smilies?? Chug :furious:
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    So I took my son to Jimbo's. Does that make me a bad parent?

    Yesterday I had to go into Miami and work for a few hours. I took my 10 year old son along for the ride. He grabbed his Nintendo DS, a book, some Capri Suns, and we both brought swim trunks (Why are they called "trunks"). We got outta' work around 2 pm and headed for the Rickenbacker...
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    Oli spill solutions.

    (Harvested from the AP news wire...) 5 wild schemes to stop the oil spill. Concerned parties are proposing some "out-there" solutions to the Gulf disaster — from nuclear weapons to the subtler power of absorbent human hair. Use human hair to clean up the oil spill? Really? As BP...
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    Greater Fort Lauderdale Ocean Fest? Dead or alive?

    Hi Folks; It would appear that Neil Watson's Ocean Fest is dead, or hibernating in the greater FTL area. It used to be in April about now....but all seems quiet. Does anyone know anything? Is it sleeping, or just plain dead? The website is dormant as near as I can tell. Thanks...
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    Iq-700 acting up

    Hello; I have a Tusa IQ-700 that has gone a little bonkers. Up to now this unit has been a great product. This computer has a nice new CR-2032 fresh battery, fully charged according to my volt meter. It inexplicably is giving me an error code all of a sudden. When in TIME Mode...
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