Dive Video

[Peter Eichler]

Found this while looking at another video that was posted here. Prett cool dive video but the one thing that struck me was the Maroon Clown about 3:40 in. I can't recall ever seeing that coloration before. Does anyone here have one like it or have you seen them available in the trade?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0grabtkptDA&NR=1

 

[Nicholas89]

That yellow pipe fish was awesome, whats the name of that?

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10058675#post10058675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nicholas89
That yellow pipe fish was awesome, whats the name of that?

It's a Trumpetfish.

Has anyone ever seen a Maroon like that before?

 

[Reef'in Colorado]

That is the 1st time I've ever seen a clown like that. Pretty amazing video!

 

[davefan13]

i liked the tangs in the begining and how they like mimicked each other

 

[coralmkr]

I love the trigger.

 

[iatuscitizen]

That clown is really nice. Never seen one like that before.

 

[drummereef]

Great video! That trigger was massive.

 

[edwing206]

Wow, that clown was awesome. I really liked the garden eels though.

 

[newman330]

One of my friends scuba dives alot around Malaysia, Bali, other parts of Indonesia, etc (based in Singapore). He followed me to a LFS a couple of months ago. He saw a trigger and called me over and said "Those are the worst b@st@rd fish in the ocean". He said he and everyone he dives with have been bitten at least once and the way it happens is always the result of sneak attack.... One minute you see the trigger, you realize you shouldn't get close, you move away, the trigger is happily minding its business 15 meters away and the next thing you know someone in the group gets hammered.

Based on his experience, if I ever scuba dive and see a trigger that big, I will be back-pedaling as fast as I can

 

[koyoteturtle]

trigger fish suk!

trigger fish suk!

I'm a commercial diver in the gulf of mexico, And I can confirm that about the trigger fish. We call them "salt water piranah"

If you're doing decompression on a rig leg, and minding your own buisness, accidently knokin off some barnacles or coral,(because thats what these large oilrigs become over time, giant reefs) You will notice these little bastards swimmin around you all "I wouldnt hurt a fly" like. munchin the coral and barnacles falling 100 feet below you. When suddenly, out of no were..........BAM they hit you like a pack of starving wolves. fins, fingers, wetsuit, or skin, doesnt matter, theyll even munch on metal. Yea, they're real demons. I know people who have little dime to penny sized holes bitten out of there wetsuits and into their skin. I really dont like these guys. but thats me............Just thought I'd share.

 

[newman330]

The same friend had to go do diving qualification again a couple of weeks ago. He's certified so Im not sure why he had to go for more certification. Anyway, he and his partner are doing some kind of navigation using compass as part of the certification. They were working together when they noticed a 'large' trigger about 30 ft below them. They knew they needed to be wary. A few minutes later he looks to his partner for assistance with the navigating and finds him flailing wildly at the trigger as the trigger takes a plug out of his wet suit. He said it was kind of funny because it was happening to someone else.

 

[LargeAngels]

That is just a maroon that has lost its stripes. Pretty common for breeding females. One female I had lost all of her stripes, except for a dot on her head, over a period of 5 years.

 

[Peter Eichler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10081534#post10081534 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LargeAngels
That is just a maroon that has lost its stripes. Pretty common for breeding females. One female I had lost all of her stripes, except for a dot on her head, over a period of 5 years.

It doesn't look like it has lost its stripes, they just look black to me.

 

[LargeAngels]

Sometimes dark areas are there after they loose their stripes.

 

[dodgersfan25]

its really cool to see things in their natural habitats..............as opposed to in our tanks

 

[frederickk]

nicely done!