How rare is this?

[Niles]

Went trough the whole thread, absolutely stunning! My local sea is brackish and has ''ugly'' fish in it, want to trade?

It would be nice if you could make a new thread where you just post all pictures so that people who doesn't have the time to go trough the whole thread will see all of the pictures in about 3 pages.

 

[Lewy]

Google "Box Jellyfish"

Excuse my finger.

 

[chrisqueenz]

Google "Box Jellyfish"

Excuse my finger.

Would not want to be in the water with that..... Thanks for the pic Lewy

 

[OrionN]

Bluering octopus, salt water crocodiles, box jellyfish, sea snakes.... How do people live there?
I only have to worry about snakes here in south Texas

 

[ryanrid]

Bluering octopus, salt water crocodiles, box jellyfish, sea snakes.... How do people live there?
I only have to worry about snakes here in south Texas

dont forger the land snakes, spiders and drop bears. :hmm5:

 

[Praslin]

Love this thread of yours, have been following from the start.
Thank you for all nice pictures.
Greetings from Sweden
Peter

 

[Dxpert]

Wow - What a fantastic thread! Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ssc]

Thats Great

 

[clownfish123321]

Any updates?

 

[BuckeyeFrags26]

Awesome Thread N deed

Awesome Thread N deed

This was a great read and awesome pix. Like the comment before me, Any updates?

:fish2:

:debi:

 

[koko maung]

Wow. Thanks for sharing

 

[tidus10]

wow sooo cool thanks for sharing! makes me want to some how make it there....

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Lewy, I'd like to thank you for sharing your exploits with all of us from around the world! Hats off to you mate!

Now I'd like to address some of the people that are "following" this thread.

FIRST, very few of you noticed that Lewys tank literally fell apart due to some nasty worms. I believe only a few people even commented on it.

Not many noticed that Lewy had issues with his life going on, only that he wasn't around to post pictures.

Not many noticed that Lewy lives in Brisbane Australia, sure some did but there are still those who are asking where this is.

Several people wonder how Lewy can go out and catch this stuff for his aquarium. Most of which he doesn't keep, only out for the enjoyment of taking pictures and sharing it with others. He keeps nothing accept for some live rock and frags.

Many have asked about the laws where Lewy lives pertaining to taking life from the tidal reef. Again you didn't read the thread. It's all been posted.

There is no way that any of you read 50 pages or so in an hour or two. IMPOSSIBLE. You may have skipped through to the pictures and then in that case makes sense that nobody pays attention to what has been written. So lets say you as you claim to "read" the thread there were some 1250 posts in 50 pages. No speed reader alive can read and comprehend 1250 posts in 50 pages in 60 minutes or so. Give it a break.

I've also seen pretty much all of the 7 deadly sins posted here by people, and much more than once. AMAZING

Lewy this thread proves one thing, nobody actually reads or comprehends what they've just "read" You have been a good sport with sharing for so many years since 08 of your field trips to the wonderful tidal pools of OZ.

Australia is an amazing country and I've been all up and down the east coast. I was there for 6 weeks back in 1998 and found it to be a wonderful welcoming country. Many strange, beautiful, delicious and dangerous things to see and do. I loved every minute of it. I especially enjoyed the Great Barrier Reef.

In closing I'd like to say that I'm embarrassed for all of the people that only cared about "seeing more pics" So selfish to keep taking and only wanting more.

Lewy God Bless you man and hopefully you find the spark that got you into having your own piece of the tidal reef of your beautiful country so you can create another work of art from God!

 

[skippy2]

Well ok then :rolleye1:

 

[collegemermaid]

FINALLY MADE IT. you rock Lew

 

[AkoAung]

FIRST, very few of you noticed that Lewys tank literally fell apart due to some nasty worms. I believe only a few people even commented on it.

Not many noticed that Lewy had issues with his life going on, only that he wasn't around to post pictures.

yeah silicone eating worms are pretty bizarre eh? It's like every aquarist's nightmare creature.

good points dkuhlmann. let's thank Lewy for sharing his experiences without which many of us are poorer for.

This thread is invaluable in teaching us about reefs. I hope it will encourage other hobbyists who live close to reefs would share their experiences.

Cheers!

 

[addictedreefer]

Lewy, I'd like to thank you for sharing your exploits with all of us from around the world! Hats off to you mate!

Now I'd like to address some of the people that are "following" this thread.

FIRST, very few of you noticed that Lewys tank literally fell apart due to some nasty worms. I believe only a few people even commented on it.

Not many noticed that Lewy had issues with his life going on, only that he wasn't around to post pictures.

Not many noticed that Lewy lives in Brisbane Australia, sure some did but there are still those who are asking where this is.

Several people wonder how Lewy can go out and catch this stuff for his aquarium. Most of which he doesn't keep, only out for the enjoyment of taking pictures and sharing it with others. He keeps nothing accept for some live rock and frags.

Many have asked about the laws where Lewy lives pertaining to taking life from the tidal reef. Again you didn't read the thread. It's all been posted.

There is no way that any of you read 50 pages or so in an hour or two. IMPOSSIBLE. You may have skipped through to the pictures and then in that case makes sense that nobody pays attention to what has been written. So lets say you as you claim to "read" the thread there were some 1250 posts in 50 pages. No speed reader alive can read and comprehend 1250 posts in 50 pages in 60 minutes or so. Give it a break.

I've also seen pretty much all of the 7 deadly sins posted here by people, and much more than once. AMAZING

Lewy this thread proves one thing, nobody actually reads or comprehends what they've just "read" You have been a good sport with sharing for so many years since 08 of your field trips to the wonderful tidal pools of OZ.

Australia is an amazing country and I've been all up and down the east coast. I was there for 6 weeks back in 1998 and found it to be a wonderful welcoming country. Many strange, beautiful, delicious and dangerous things to see and do. I loved every minute of it. I especially enjoyed the Great Barrier Reef.

In closing I'd like to say that I'm embarrassed for all of the people that only cared about "seeing more pics" So selfish to keep taking and only wanting more.

Lewy God Bless you man and hopefully you find the spark that got you into having your own piece of the tidal reef of your beautiful country so you can create another work of art from God!

Someone wasn't hugged as a child . . .

 

[Dkuhlmann]

yeah silicone eating worms are pretty bizarre eh? It's like every aquarist's nightmare creature.

good points dkuhlmann. let's thank Lewy for sharing his experiences without which many of us are poorer for.

This thread is invaluable in teaching us about reefs. I hope it will encourage other hobbyists who live close to reefs would share their experiences.

Cheers!

Thank you for seeing it the way that I did. What I saw was Lewy spent years posting this very educational thread and did so with gusto in the beginning. As time went by he slowed down very much with posting. Then towards the end he would only post once every 4-6 months. That kind of told me something. Then when I read what everyone was saying and the way they were all about me me me me just kind of hit me the wrong way.

Hopefully we hear back from Lewy and he gets another amazing tank. I'm sure everyone in their own way was appreciative of what Lewy posted but there was just too much take and no real give. Especially when tragidy hit. I don't think I saw more than 4 to maybe 6 people acknowledge this. That to me was sad.

Anyway have any of you seen the guy that posted about finding a blue ring octopus in the lr he collected Crazy that he could have been killed and it was living as a hitchhiker in the lr he picked up. Hope he catches it soon out of his tank.

Thank you Lewy and everyone like you that takes the time to let us live vicariously through their lives and their way of life, especially in the reefing world.

 

[JARJOZ]

Super thread !!!
Followed you from the start.

Thanks !

Oooo !!!

found your spot on google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.5536535,130.8751978,17z?hl=en

 

[Carrera75]

This is an amazing thread! Thanks for sharing all those beautiful shots with everyone. I have a question for you. Is it legal to collect fish, coral, invertebrates...etc in Australia? Can anybody just grab whatever it's that they want?