Well, we have now returned from our vacation. Had an absolute blast in Orlando and the Keys. We were lucky enough to snorkel at Sombrero Reef (worlds 3rd largest) and also spend a lot of time snorkeling off the beaches in the Keys, we encountered a host of amazing creatures including Tangs, Stingrays and Barracuda's, oh and I'm now engaged!
I will update the post with a few dive photos as I took my SLR underwater with me, but most of them will go into a new thread, so keep your eyes peeled.
I made sure to visit World Wide Coral's before we departed today, great looking store and a huge variety. I was keeping my fingers crossed for a Copperband Butterfly as my LFS will not sell them and I wanted to inspect any specimen myself, in person before puchashing.
They must have had 5-7 to chose from, the first one I asked to watch feed ate frozen mysis immediately, a good sign. He travelled 6 1/2 hours back with me and had a 1 1/2 hour acclimation. He seemed quite content when I left him in the quarantine, so we will see how he has faired in the morning.
Here are a few (cell phone) photos of him along with the cleaner crew I picked up from a few of the Key beaches........early in the morning before anyone noticed........:hmm2:
