Scuba Diving
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The more a person learns, the more they can help others including the environment. Steve continues to advance his knowledge of fresh and saltwater aquatics with his on going studies. At this time, an "Underwater Naturalist" certification is in the works. Future endeavors will include Cavern, Ice, Wreck, and Search and Recovery. We are now stocking Saltwater fish. If you would like to enjoy the beautiful colors and variety that salt has to offer please stop in. You should have at least a 35 gallon tank. Bigger is better! We suggest at least a years of successful freshwater fish keeping as a prerequisite first! We buy and sell only fish that are carefully captured. This is Steve's "playground" lets not wreck it! |
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Steve and Deb feel that understanding and protecting coral reefs is extremely important.
Here a Yellow tail Damsel protects her young
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Approaching the Superior Producer. A freighter in 110 feet of water of the coast of Curacao.
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displeasure at being disturbed. We met this good natured fellow on the deck of the Superior Producer. Approximate size six feet. Diet anything he wants! |
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Nature can adapt and correct mans mistakes in time, and convert unwanted ships to a place called home. |
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Note the brain coral and other formations that have taken over Tug Boat |
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A Sting Ray moves in to check out the action. In the Caymans, Rays can be fed while swimming with them. They have no teeth. If you hang on to a fish too long, it will feel like your hand is in a shop vac. Don't go in too far... There are large grinding plates that crush any food before swallowing! In respect to the unfortunate death of the "Croc Hunter" It should be noted that rays do not attack and are not aggressive. Their poisonous barb is at the base of the tail. Sadly Mr. Irwin was swimming above a school of rays. What happened after that is subject to debate. did he go to far, or simply bump into them?
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A Blue Tang grazes the reef for dinner. Do you know where your fish come from? Sadly in many parts of the world reefs are blown up and sold, or fish are caught using cyanide. A practice that destroys the underwater eco-system. Reefs take millions of years to develop, and are irreplaceable |
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I had the disappointment of seeing a group of 100 plus Blue Tangs in the distance swimming away from me. As they faded off in the distance, an even bigger school surrounded me. Beautiful aren't they? Imagine the color of your very own saltwater aquarium!
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Andy in the pursuit of a Sea Turtle.
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After watching Andy, I turned and spied three squids checking me out! Underwater they looked like glass bottles. It was extremely difficult to focus and snap a shot. |
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A Stop Light Parrot at Night. During the day Blue is the dominant color since it was a longer wave length. The dive lights and camera strobes show the "true colors" amazingly, the human eye can perceive most color to 40 feet. Parrots by the way scrape the coral with their teeth in the quest of algae and past the crushed coral through their system as waste. One off many ways that natures provides a soft ocean bottom and beach! |
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Can you spot the Poisonous Stone Fish? |
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A Butterfly seeks cover. |
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French Angel. |
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An Emperor Angel about the size of a dinner plate begins her dance to decoy me from her fry.
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Her dance is furiously aggressive and desperate as she bumps into me, at flashes me and attempts to make me follow her. |
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Can you spot the Eel waiting for me to leave? Look dead center! |
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The "Williamson Estate" often mistakenly referred to as the "Hilma Hooker" that is actually the point that she went down in over 130 feet of water. |
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Before you go out to buy Nemo, please think! We specialize in selling farm raised fish, or those that are harvested with out endangering the environment. |