copps
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Hey guys, getting caught up on threads, here are some images of some diving and collecting I did in January with friends Frank Baensch of RCThawaii and Bill Crook, a professional collector buddy of mine... I was only in Hawaii for two days on my way back from Japan and Guam to home... I arrived in the morning on a flight from Japan, and was luckily upgraded to first class on a 747 up top... I arrived to Hawaii refreshed and ready to hit the water... despite not getting in the water until lunchtime, we rocked out three ~100 foot dives back to back to back on Nitrox... you experienced divers that are not Nitrox certified what are you waiting for? While everyone else is offgassing at the surface you could be underwater again... Nitrox mixes a much higher percentage of oxygen over nitrogen (up to 40% oxygen as opposed to standard air which is about 19%). This slows the build up of nitrogen in your blood allowing you to dive much longer... you are limited however to not much over 110 feet depth because there is a risk of oxygen poisening... this is the reason you need to be certified separate for Nitrox... unlike the bends, oxygen poisening is almost always fatal... you spit you reg out and convulse basically!
Anyway, most all of you know Frank Banesch as the first aquarium breeder of angelfish (www.rcthawaii.com) and the only one to do multiple species (he's up to 11 and one hybrid). We met years ago when Frank was getting started... naturally I flocked to him as we share a certain passion! Anyway, Frank has become a near professional photographer (his personal photography website is www.bluereefphoto.net). He picked me up at my hotel with his plethora of camera equipment and gear...
Bill Crook is an accomplished professional collector in Hawaii, and the collector of the only known Centropyge potteri/C. fisheri hybrid ever known to science... anway, basically when we meet up I destroy his profit for the day as I butt into the barrier net for my own selfish needs...
) Thanks Bill for putting up with this!
Anyway, some shots... here's a shot from topside... Frank is to the right and Bill to the left... in the background is a little known crater called Diamondhead...
Here's a shot of Frank and I in his living room... notice the plush Holacanthus ciliaris pillow...
Me anxious to get started... in my shorty with a surface temp of 72 degrees... I was looked at like an eskimo...
For the most part I tread lightly... but I'm sorry... octopus are fun!
More to come...
Anyway, most all of you know Frank Banesch as the first aquarium breeder of angelfish (www.rcthawaii.com) and the only one to do multiple species (he's up to 11 and one hybrid). We met years ago when Frank was getting started... naturally I flocked to him as we share a certain passion! Anyway, Frank has become a near professional photographer (his personal photography website is www.bluereefphoto.net). He picked me up at my hotel with his plethora of camera equipment and gear...
Bill Crook is an accomplished professional collector in Hawaii, and the collector of the only known Centropyge potteri/C. fisheri hybrid ever known to science... anway, basically when we meet up I destroy his profit for the day as I butt into the barrier net for my own selfish needs...
) Thanks Bill for putting up with this!Anyway, some shots... here's a shot from topside... Frank is to the right and Bill to the left... in the background is a little known crater called Diamondhead...
Here's a shot of Frank and I in his living room... notice the plush Holacanthus ciliaris pillow...
Me anxious to get started... in my shorty with a surface temp of 72 degrees... I was looked at like an eskimo...
For the most part I tread lightly... but I'm sorry... octopus are fun!
More to come...
