When Sailfins Shoal

This is my second post about Zebrasoma desjardinii, a fish that is quite a stunner in captivity, but is even more impressive in the wild, where it can demonstrate its natural behavior; in this case, coming together into a large...

Reef Threads Podcast #278


It’s always a treat when Alex Rose joins us to share her underwater exploits. This time she takes us from Orca hunting in Norway to the Philippines, and then to Australia. Don’t miss the stories this week and be sure to check out her photos below. Download the podcast here, or subscribe to our podcasts at iTunes. Also, follow us on Twitter at reefthreads.—Gary and Christine

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Large male orca in Tromso, Norway

The Northern Lights

Pair of commensal shrimp on a whip coral.

Tomato clownfish showing off.

Reefscape with lots of anthias.

Pair of Coleman shrimp on a fire urchin.

Great Barrier Reef at low tide.

Most of the carpet anemones were bleached on the Great Barrier Reef.

Health outcropping of Acropora on the Great Barrier Reef.

Bleached Acropora at around 60 ft. on the Great Barrier Reef.

Bommie Inspiration – here are two Beauties

There was a time when marine aquascapes came in one flavor, and one flavor only: A wall of dead coral and live rock, piled up at the back of the tank. Thankfully, aquascaping became far more of an art form as aquarists started experimenting with more minimal systems,...

What on Earth is That?

So I’m finning along a well-lit Indo Pacific Reef. I’m enjoying myself and just ‘takin’ it all in’.  The sunlight is streaming down onto the coral wall, the anthias are swimming in and out of the coral heads, and I’ve one eye out...

Blue-Light Goatfish

aiting Good morning friends, we had another super fun blue-light diving adventure under the pier at Caracasbaai last night and didn’t end up getting back till around 10:30, that’s late for me! Our evening started out with our clutch quickly going out on the car and after the dive we just barely made it back home, thankfully Stijn followed us the whole way. Aimee and I left the house at around 7:30 with all the dive gear and met Stijn at the tugboat dive-site at around 7:45. The whole area was completely deserted last night (pitch black) and we had major doubts about leaving our cars there unattended in the dark. As we were unloading our stuff we found out that there is a security guy and his dog that stay in the little house there at the pier and he will watch your stuff for a few guilders, that could not have worked out better. I think we got in the water around 8:15 and managed to hang out under the pier for close to an hour and although the water was cold there was a ton of cool stuff to look at