How is Palancar Horseshoe doing?

[fishi]

Is the contaminated area getting better? Worse? Staying the same?

 

[mjatkins]

contaminated area?? Please explain.

 

[Zman96]

contaminated area?? Please explain.

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[cvchief]

Ok, I thought maybe I missed something....

 

[fishi]

contaminated area?? Please explain.

I'm surprised this is the first you've heard of it. You are one of the people I was hoping could tell me what it is, and why it's there? Maybe contamination is the wrong word.

If you get in at the horseshoe and drift for about a hour there's a section of reef covered with a thick mucus like stuff. I don't know how else to describe it. It's reddish in color, and pretty slimy looking. The vis got bad too. It was like a big cloud of yuckiness that you just want to swim out of.


I was hoping someone knew more about it, and what it was doing.

 

[deeper thoughts]

first I heard of it

 

[ggunn]

Algae, maybe?

 

[fishi]

I googled around a bit, and I think it is algae. I think it's Red Slime Algae, which according to About.com isn't a "true" algae at all, but a bacteria.

 

[Mossman]

That's what happens when divers ignore the marine park rules and use regular sunscreen!

 

[mjatkins]

I googled around a bit, and I think it is algae. I think it's Red Slime Algae, which according to About.com isn't a "true" algae at all, but a bacteria.

Interesting. This is the first I'm hearing about it. How long ago was this?