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    Unknown triple fin

    [/URL][/IMG][/URL][/IMG] Taken in Little Cayman, in 10 to 25 ft of water. It is a triple fin...it does match any of the known members of the family I can find images of, it is fairly common, but difficult to get images of. Anyone know the actual species here? As common as it was, I have to...
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    Free Iphone/Ipad Fish ID applications

    If you happen to have an Iphone or Ipad, there are currently two FREE apps from the Smithsonian. You will find them in the App store under FISHES: Greater Caribbean and FISHES: East Pacific. These are very large apps (around .5 gig) so it might be wise to check how much room you have before...
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    Unknown goby/blenny from Little Cayman

    http://Already know this is not a common species...but to ID it, need a more lateral view. If anyone has one, please post. Was taken in around 45 ft of water, on the non-wall side of the island. Just under 1 inch in length. While it looks a lot like a goby, the continuous dorsal fin would...
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    So, anyone care to ID these guys

    This has been a great month for shooting images of things one normally never gets to see, most of which have been identified by people far smarter than me... but these guys have me stumped. Was shooting images of Lysmata rathbunae (well they seem to be, but as there are no photos of them, it...
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    Destin trip report for the first weekend in August

    Ok, just so everyone knows, a west wind is not your friend when it comes to vis. What was 40 -60 was down to maybe 15, with all kinds of junk in the water and easy to kick up on the bottom. Still, diving was fun (just not as pretty). No trip report is a report without a nudi pictures...
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    Panama city dive report for last weekend

    Went out on Pat's boat this last weekend. Seas were calm, very little current and the water surprisingly blue. I have all the big fish pictures I will ever need, so went looking for blenny images. But before that, I have been trying to get pictures of the shrimp that live in gorgonian...
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    Trip report Destin last two weekends.

    I have been neglectful, and not done any trip reports the last two weekends....me bad. Water is slowly warming, vis (when not dark from storms) has been pretty good... 40 -50 ft (until someone messes it up). I've been shooting a lot of macro images (kind of fun for a change).. Got...
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    July 4th weekend dive report...Destin and Pensicola

    Did 6 dives in the Destin area and 4 dives in the Pensicola (including the big "0") this last weekend. Where the week before was octopus, this weekend was frog fish and new species (well, to me anyway). After seeing Hetland's fish pictures on the Big "O" of a bunch of species I don't have...
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    Anyone besides me bothered by how little we know about sea life?

    So, I get a picture of this: I know from Humann and DeLoach it is a Lined Tube-Dwelling Anemone (unidentifed). Their image is from Venezuela. They are common here in the northern gulf of Mexico. It is not like people just started diving here. So a good guess on the range is Venezula...
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    Dive report - 25th and 26th...morning, night and both Destin and Panama City

    Managed to get a lot of diving in this last weekend... morning trip out of Destin, night dive out of Destin and off shore dive out of Panama City. Water is sort of ok vis, but terrible for photo's... have never had such difficulty with backscatter. Sat morning dive involved lots and lots...
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    Ok Crab and shrimp experts...anyone got names?

    This image was taken in around 90 ft of water, on a wreck, off of Panama City Florida. The wreck is sitting in around 104 ft to the sand I have known for a while that these crabs live in this coral, did not know the shrimp were there. First time I have tried to get an image of them...
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    Trip report..Destin and Panama City

    Sadly have been taking students out and not taking pictures the last couple of weeks... oh, and I took time out to do a graduation picture for the latest Special Ops class... But am now back diving with a camera. Conditions have been, well spotty....some areas have ok vis, others...
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    Species of Scorpion fish

    I have always assumed (I know, bad idea) that the scorpion fish in the south florida/keys are the same species we have up here in the northern gulf... Ours live in much deeper water....typically 70 to 150 ft (might be deeper, just don't go there)... Would not be the first time that the...
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    Trip report - Destin May 8th and 9th

    Had to teach a class on Sat, so that meant I could only dive this Sunday. But thankfully a friend asked if I would like to dive on Monday also... Was very sad to hear that there was an IPE event at the Jetties on Sat..very scary event and one that thankfully did not result in a death...
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    Nudibranch sex - not for minors

    Last year I happen across an event that happens once a year, for roughly 2 minutes. In talking with a nudibranch expert, it seems that the details of this event are, well, not exactly known. The species is the Florida Regal sea Goddess, the location off of Destin Florida It starts each...
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    Destin April 9 -10th dive report

    Interesting weekend..conditions that were supposed to be good on Sat ended up foggy the whole day and Sunday had a pretty good wind from the east blowing. Did the triple ledges (ok, but not great)..then the main stack of the rubble, and Sunday did Anna's reef with the lovely and talented Miss...
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    Two new (to me) animals?

    Well, have two new animals that am not sure of the species. The first is obviously a cowie....looks sort of like a spotted cyphma, except the color is all wrong... and I am not aware that they live in the northern gulf: You can see that the animals body is a darker red than the matle...
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    First weekend in April Destin dive report.

    Well the water is warming faster than normal... so am out of the dry suit... Sat was a couple of small reefs (as we only had three divers on the boat), one of which I don't remember ever being on. Grey snapper were everywhere... This video shows how they are effected by divers... when I...
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    March 20th, Destin dive report.

    Ok, I am sick, have a swollen ankle and really should not have been diving.... but, boy was in nice out...and I had camera gear I wanted to test out. We dove two spots....Liberty rock (love that place if one likes to spear fish), and they had checkout students... so the lovely Miss Louse (which...
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    YS110 -Can they be repaired?

    One of my YS110's burned out (seems to be one of the capacitors)...can it be repaiired. And if so, can it be repaired cost effectively? Would hate to have a repair bill that was more than a new strobe... Thanks.
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