Under the Surface

[Cichlid2010]

A few shots from my Hawaii trip last week...
Camera: Nikon AW100

[Cichlid2010]

[gklaw]

Amazing shot ! Can't wait till I go there in March. What camera do you use?

[Cichlid2010]

Amazing shot ! Can't wait till I go there in March. What camera do you use?

Nikon AW100

[gklaw]

Oooo. You are sending me out shopping. If I cannot find a good price, I may try to talk you into renting it for my trip

[Cichlid2010]

Oooo. You are sending me out shopping. If I cannot find a good price, I may try to talk you into renting it for my trip

lol..there is boxing day coming up...

[Mferko]

lol..there is boxing day coming up...

awesome shots man!
did you see lots of bleached corals around there or are they looking pretty healthy?

[Cichlid2010]

awesome shots man!
did you see lots of bleached corals around there or are they looking pretty healthy?

I didn't see a lot of corals, mostly rocks with algae/food (what attract fish to come). The corals I saw mostly look like the one in one of my pictures above.

[Mferko]

I didn't see a lot of corals, mostly rocks with algae/food (what attract fish to come). The corals I saw mostly look like the one in one of my pictures above.

i was just wondering cuz i just read a book called Sea Sick and it was saying that already 80% of the corals in the caribbean are gone and that lots of the ones around hawaii are dead/gone too

really eye opening book tbh, good read if your interested in whats going on in the oceans.

[cichlid]

Hawaii is totally different ( reef wise ) They do not have soft corals, califlaur coral, finger coral, antler corls are the main ones, black urchants and slate pencil urchants ( beautiful! ) are everywhere. Im not sure if it has to do with the rock type, hawaii is all volcanic rock, were as some other reefs are extrusive sedimentary based like limedtone ( with is why reef rock buffers PH higher naturally) thats why base rock is awesome in cichlid tanks it makes your water hard, PH higher without chemicals! I was in maui back in may, we did the molokini snokle trip, saw white tip reef sharks, wildvtangs, triggerfish, 2' chubs, its was spectacular! Ibrought rock from the beach back, and a co worker is getting me more this week for my nano reef!