How rare is this?

[Lewy]

Nice blue sponge.

Galaxia

Stinging Hydroid?

Lobos.

Two different coloured leathers next to each other.

Look how tough they are.

 

[Lewy]

This is the hole of our local Jawfish.

 

[Lewy]

This is one "special" pool which is always full of large Fluoro Heliofungias.

 

[Lewy]

Brittlestar.

Cool fluorescent growth.

 

[Lewy]

We found this piece of Duncan and decided to "rescue" it as it was a bit battered.

Lying nearby was this large colony. Tossed around by the large tides and bad weather. We left it as it was upside down. You can see the polyps around the sides starting to turn up to the light.

 

[Magga Pie]

Amazing photos as always. Glad to see that your back, That carpet anemone is awsome!!!!

 

[Iwishihadgills]

keep the pics coming!!!! Everyone loves eye candy!

 

[FOSELONE]

glad to see you back Lewy...keep the pics coming

 

[amore169]

Thanks for the great pics!!!

 

[ReefingIt]

Lewy,

Was the blue sponge out of the water during low tide? I thought sponges can't be exposed to air in order to survive. Also, any idea what is that flourescent blue thing that you captured in the picture?

Love the pics, keep them coming.

 

[OrionN]

Were there any clownfish in that Gigantea carpet? Thanks for all the pictures.

 

[Azumi]

Nope, no clownfish were found in the anemones, shortly after the photo was taken the tide dropped even lower and the anemones were exposed, so if there were clown fish hosting they would have gone out with the tide.

Have only ever seen clowns hosting in one anemeone out at the location (as seen in the earlier photos) But we for some reason we saw more anemones on this trip than any other.

 

[dc]

More amazing pictures.

 

[NaClCrocodile]

Good lord that anemone is awesome! How big is your mantis? That looked like a huge crab!

 

[Rickinferno]

VEry lucky you are to be able to collect your own corals for your tank!

Very nice to see that some of those corals are very strong in the wild and can take alot before dieying.

Keep the pictures coming

 

[DThompson]

Wow! lol, tired of hearing that yet? Thanks a million times for sharing your part of the world with us. I can not wait to see more.

 

[wah-zoh]

those pictures are amazing!!!!! great finds

 

[basser1]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread and seeing your pics! Thank You! I also voted this for Feb. thread of the month!

You know what's funny? I always wondered how my corals would do while I'm doing water changes because the corals are out of the water for a while. But after seeing some of the corals and anemones after low tide, I'm not too concerned!

 

[SunnyX]

Fantastic thread! :thumbsup: I wish I lived in Australia!

 

[acrodave]

well thats it. im selling everything i own and moving...hows the smell out there with all those corals cooking in the sun