Magnifica heaven! video

[sonofgaladriel]

If only I could replicate this in my 240!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp2lEEdryMU&mode=related&search=

 

[E.J. Coral]

fantastic! thankyou

 

[Aaarrrggg]

Wow!

 

[55semireef]

Wow, what a sweet video. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mikigo]

Incredible. Thanks for showing it.

 

[rssjsb]

Beautiful! I especially enjoyed the display of clownfish bravado. I wonder if the diver got bitten.

 

[shred5]

Nice..

wow some of those clowns are brave and getting pretty far from their anemone...


Dave

 

[Flighty]

Neet, looks very different from the magnifica habitats we saw in Fiji. All of our diving was off the northern tip pf the main island.

The magnificas were mostly singles or small groups of 2 or 3 clones mostly in deeper water. We only saw a couple up on the top of the reef. some were in strong current from one direction
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail/Anemones7Oct4/photo#4993389351723663378"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/image/FlightyMail/RUwVKMa1ABI/AAAAAAAAANc/Q-kjxDjGjEM/s400/DSC03019.JPG" /></a> and some were in quite still water. <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail/Anemones4Sept30/photo#4993386863832727570"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/image/FlightyMail/RUwS5YTaABI/AAAAAAAAAG4/bw6ZUNiYtMM/s400/DSC02651.JPG" /></a>

It seems that they can be in a wide range of habitats in the wild. It makes you wonder if there is lots of genetic diversity in the babies, so some are able to thrive in high light or flow and some do better in deep water. Then we get them to our tanks and don't know the conditions they were suited to in the ocean.

feel free to browse the photos from that trip. The anemone photos are in the albums marked with a date and the word "anemones" http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail

 

[Flighty]

Here is one that was on the vertical wall of the reef. It couldn't get that much sunlight in that position, and it was in very strong one direction, almost laminar flow. I couldn't swim fast enough to stay in one place. Not at all the conditions I would expect for a magnifica.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/FlightyMail/Anemones8Oct5/photo#4993390964885225490"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/image/FlightyMail/RUwWoF6hABI/AAAAAAAAARY/dYKZwzYXKtc/s800/DSC03141.JPG" /></a>

 

[adtravels]

nothing in my long diving career beats the sheer number of hmag at sw pinnacle in the gulf of thailand.
if you like pink skunks and nems you are in heaven.

 

[SDguy]

Drooling over those bicinctus! ...nevermind the larvatus butterflies in the background! So cool!

 

[kh6sat]

Wow! That's fantastic!

 

[redvipe2010]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

 

[acrodave]

i would have to say mother nature knows what she is doing

 

[adtravels]

i need to elaborate poor pics `i took them

 

[55semireef]

Wow that's awesome.

 

[ahullsb]

Wish I could have been there! That looks relaxing...Thanks for sharing

 

[cook]

I like the carpet at the end, nice!