A ~19,000 Gallon Aquarium

[Monkeyfish]

That sounds better than my last vacation!

 

[nahham]

Diving Trip (Dibba Rock)

Diving Trip (Dibba Rock)

I went diving this past Thursday and wanted to share some pictures with you:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1621036/2/Diving/2010-10-15 Dibba Rock?h=d06601

Enjoy..

 

[auem]

is it local reef...seem some solid livestock to fill your monster...:beer:
what's the angel in the picture of purple tang...is it asfur?

 

[dave.m]

Can you describe the areas you are diving in? There don't seem to be many corals. I don't even see much coraline algae or sponges or anything else on the rock. Perhaps I am misunderstanding what I am seeing.

Thx,

Dave.M

 

[Monkeyfish]

Nice pictures. Do you have to take a boat out or do you go in from shore?

 

[maroun.c]

Had the pleasure of seeing the tank yesterday. It really is a tremendous project, something one really doesn't realize looking at pics.
Can't wait to see the few issues of water clarity and minimal alga outbreak solved and see this tank filled with fish and coral.
Apprecviate the great hospitality Nahham and hoping to be in UAE for the Grand tank Opening.

Mr Wilson do take that trip on row 33 aisle seat but do insist on a trip to a narrow and short mall parking entry in Nahham's monster car!!!

 

[bdbyace28]

wish i could have a tank like that

 

[nahham]

is it local reef...seem some solid livestock to fill your monster...:beer:
what's the angel in the picture of purple tang...is it asfur?

Yup: there were a couple of Yellow-bar angelfish aka asfur angelfish next to the purple tang. I am always confused to why people call them asfur though. The ones I see around here does not have that distinctive yellow tail I see when looking up Asfur Angelfish, rather they have a blueish tail. I believe the Latin name is pomacanthus maculosus

Can you describe the areas you are diving in? There don't seem to be many corals. I don't even see much coraline algae or sponges or anything else on the rock. Perhaps I am misunderstanding what I am seeing.

Thx,

Dave.M

You are absolutely correct: there are not a lot of corals like you could probably see in the Red Sea or the Maldives. It is a bit different driving the the Arabian (aka Persian) Gulf and the Gulf of Oman though. Most of the photos you see here are from the Gulf of Oman. The diving site there is mainly rocky.

Nice pictures. Do you have to take a boat out or do you go in from shore?

It depends on where we are diving. Dibba Rock, for instance, is a 5 minute boat trip in a small blow-up boat. Other places I've been to is a bit farther though.

Had the pleasure of seeing the tank yesterday. It really is a tremendous project, something one really doesn't realize looking at pics.
Can't wait to see the few issues of water clarity and minimal alga outbreak solved and see this tank filled with fish and coral.
Apprecviate the great hospitality Nahham and hoping to be in UAE for the Grand tank Opening.

Mr Wilson do take that trip on row 33 aisle seat but do insist on a trip to a narrow and short mall parking entry in Nahham's monster car!!!

I'm glad you could make it Maroun. I hoped we had more people but weekdays are usually a terrible meet-up time.

The truck Maroun mentioned is my official collection truck: I'm fitting it with an 2000w inverter and a 50ish gallon igloo-style tank at the back to transfer fish and corals from the diving site to the tank. If anyone is interested, I could post a couple of pictures when that project is done .

wish i could have a tank like that

Welcome and I'm glad you liked it.

 

[TenKreefer]

The truck....INTERESTED!

 

[asacopoo]

^ i second that

 

[mr.wilson]

Yup: there were a couple of Yellow-bar angelfish aka asfur angelfish next to the purple tang. I am always confused to why people call them asfur though. The ones I see around here does not have that distinctive yellow tail I see when looking up Asfur Angelfish, rather they have a blueish tail. I believe the Latin name is pomacanthus maculosus

Yes, you have what I call a "Maculosis angel", and others call "Half moon angel". They are talking about its cousin the Asfur angel, common in The Red Sea (Pomacanthus asfur) and endemic to the region.
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/angels/Arabian.php

 

[mr.wilson]

I just use one of these to move my water... http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/141957.html

 

[TenKreefer]

E-Wiener mobile assemble!

 

[syedjilani]

I went diving this past Thursday and wanted to share some pictures with you:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1621036/2/Diving/2010-10-15 Dibba Rock?h=d06601

Enjoy..

Thanks for sharing.... Beautiful pics.. Like the blue gro..

 

[nahham]

Leopard Flounder

Leopard Flounder

This is more interesting than pretty, here is a video of a leopard flounder I shot in Dibba Rock:

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[dave.m]

That's almost like looking at one of those 3D images.

Dave.M

 

[areeftank]

this thing is better than sea world..... good job

 

[Haplochromine]

Are you having any algae problems with how shallow it is?

 

[Zero Cool]

Geez, that's huge

 

[nahham]

this thing is better than sea world..... good job

Thanks, I really enjoy sitting in front of it.

Are you having any algae problems with how shallow it is?

I do have some algae problems partially because of the amount of sunlight the tank gets right now. What will happen though is that it will decrease once the seating area shading goes up and the partial coverage over the tank as well.

Geez, that's huge

I never thought it would look this big. I just hoped it would be a bit taller.