by Barry Brown | Jun 1, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning all, we had a busy morning of feeding and watering the birds, walking the dogs, carrying water out to the desert to water our baby agaves and taking out paint and brushes to re-paint my bridge on the Frangipani trail, all this was done before 8:30!! About three years ago Stijn and I built this long bridge for the mountain bikers and hikers on one of my trails and it’s now time to re-paint it so I at least got the paint and brushes carried out there and ready. The dogs are now home asleep and Aimee even gave them all baths, a tired dog is a good dog in our book! Curacao is once again getting slammed with high winds and crazy heat, still little to no rain has fallen since the first of the year?? In a few minutes I will be jumping into the sea to continue my search for a cooperative lionfish but I’m not holding my breath, I may have to just go do a dive on the North coast were they are easier to find. by Barry Brown | May 22, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good afternoon, I just got out of some really rough seas making the entry and exit a bit sketchy, I’m sure my mother would not approve! I again went in search of Lionfish but unbelievably only found two, they must either be hiding or are finally fished out from this area?? I’m still in need of a nice front view shot of a lionfish above the reef with just water and no coral in the background, I thought it would be the easiest shot in the world to get but boy was I ever wrong!! While searching the reef for the lionfish I came across these two beautiful Scrawled Filefish (top photo) and what I believe is a male and a female. Usually these fish quietly swim away if I get to close but today they were either so into each other or so intent on something to eat that they paid very little attention to me and just did their thing. Not sure you can see the insane patterns these fish have because of the small photos but trust me it’s amazing! by Barry Brown | May 19, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning from Curacao. We have a new resident that moved into our little sub basin last week and each time I have jumped in I have found him. This is a small Flying Gurnard, one of the most bizarre fish I have ever seen! NEWER POST: by Barry Brown | May 15, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good afternoon gang, I had a submersible dive first thing this morning meaning, we had paid guests onboard and I met them underwater for a photo shoot which is included in the $650 ticket price. Tomorrow I’m in search of lionfish to photograph and like always when you want one you can’t find one, even earlier today when I was underwater I only saw two. So above I have a very hidden, pink Longlure Frogfish that I found on the back of the tugboat at Caracasbaai, can you spot her?? The reason I say her is because most of the larger frogfish are females and the males are much smaller. Typically if you find one frogfish there is a good chance another is close by but good luck trying to find it, they are true masters of disguise! Sorry so short, a lot going on today!! by Barry Brown | May 13, 2016 | Fish, Reef, Science
Good morning from the Caribbean, I trust all the moms out there had a wonderful Mother’s Day??? I tried calling mine but was unable to get a line out, this happens quite often when so many are trying to the same thing from such a tiny island. We went to a major Mothers day party last night over at Stijn’s grandparents house. She made multiple white asparagus dishes, steaks, soups, potato yumminess and on and on, we went to bed fat and happy!
