Eel Shots off the coast of Kona...

[Ron Leversee]

A few eel shots off the coast of Kona

Garden Eel shots in 80-130 ft. of water...

 

[thor32766]

he sure was posing!!!

 

[Ron Leversee]

Yep...all the eels I saw there were very uninterested in me and not bothered a bit.....

 

[lifesworksataol]

i love those garden eels

 

[Ron Leversee]

They are very interesting.... They were just thick in that area...

 

[lifesworksataol]

anyone keep these in there tanks?

 

[billsreef]

They are very tricky to keep in aquariums. A very, very deep sand bed is required so they can make their burrows.

Ron,

Those are some good pictures. I really like that fist eel shot.

 

[Ron Leversee]

Thanks Bill.... It was fun taking these shots as well!!!

 

[lifesworksataol]

i have seen them in the Georgia aquarium, but never in someones home tank - if anyone has had them or still does now let me know please - i think they are really cool - i love pearly jawfish as well - they do the same thing with borrowing and moving up and down in there holes

 

[Ron Leversee]

It would be very hard to keep them....you need a very deep sand bed...deeper than most tanks could support!!!

 

[Bluey101]

Hey Ron...again great pics....I just got back from Maui and was able to snorkel but did not get to dive on this trip....Saw a few eels myself but none as curious as the one in your pictures...

 

[Ron Leversee]

Bet you had a great time... I love Maui....we stay at the Kaanapali Beach Resort when we go...right up close to Black Rock...Great snorkel area.... Can't wait to go back again....

 

[Bluey101]

I've heard that is a great place to snorkel...My brother is there right now....I think he is staying at the Sheraton??? We stayed at the Grand Wailea....If you get a chance....Visit the hotel....It is the NEATEST hotel....

 

[Ron Leversee]

Yes...I think I have been in that hotel...It is in the whalers villiage if I remember correctly....lots of interesting things there.... I love that coast of Maui...so beautiful...the water is so clear!!! Amazing...Now...look what I have done...I want to go right Now!!!!

 

[Bluey101]

I just got back last month and would return tomorrow if I didn't have a mortgage to pay...heheh...BTW did you see the news about the HUGE ferry they started using today to travel between Honolulu and Maui? I wonder how much more comfortable it is to go by boat versus those tiny island hopper planes....?

 

[Ron Leversee]

No I didn't know that...but sounds like a lot of fun.... I have done the Cruse between the Islands and love that....