Rose Bubble Tip Colony

That is unbelievable!!!! What an amazing RBTA garden!!! Thank you for shooting that in 1080p, it's simply stunning
 
who ever thinks there's no "Heaven on Earth" needs to go to Fiji and dive the reefs...

thank you Scott for sharing this amazing moment with all of us...truly a beautiful sight to behold!

Happy Holidays :cool:
 
It is indeed an amazing "garden" (xtlosk: yes, better word) covering the better part of a quarter acre.

BonsaiNut: I will put together a short clip of the anemones I filmed so you can see some of the other species. In hindsight, I could've filmed more extensively the clownfish/anemone pairings, but 2 factors interrupted me: (1) current (quite strong in Fiji); and (2) the need to keep up with the dive group, the dive masters, and my fellow camera man/dive buddy. Unfortunately, anemones/clownfish are very common in Fiji and after the first 2 minutes, most divers are very "ho hum" about seeing them, "Oh yeah, there's another one, yeah, and another one." Stopping for an extended period of time to actually watch the interactions of the clownfish with their wild counterparts will be a future endeavor. I know you can't possibly imagine clownfish being "ho hum", but when you're surrounded by every fish you've ever desired, the anthias are swarming you in the hundreds of millions (I'm not exaggerating and I'm still trying to figure out how they cost as much as they do since they're as common as sea water), your senses get overwhelmed.
 
THANK YOU!! Some day, some day I will get to the islands to dive. Absolutely breath taking! Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year to all!
 
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OK - did a quick review of clips with anemones. Sorry again for not taking more. There was plenty of opportunity and plenty of anemones.

Interesting observations:

(1) Rose BTA's are common. Claiming they're "rare" is the biggest marketing scam in our hobby. Yes, brown anemones are more common, but that doesn't mean "rose" is rare.
(2) You're seeing a zone of death in these pictures. As you know from your tanks, anemones kill everything around them.
(3) BTA's like to reside in large mounds (meters high and wide) of pocillopora coral. Of course they kill it off, but I have a theory why these locations are chosen verses others: butterfly fish prefer stag horn and table coral polyps, you rarely see butterfly fish around pocillopora; and (2) if any predator tries to grab it, it can easily retract into impossible-to-reach recesses.
(5) Melanopus prefer BTA's. Clarkii/Orange-fins prefer carpets. These are generalizations, not a rule.
(6) Baby two spotted black-domino damsels love BTA's, but you won't find any adults - not even on the reef. I think they've all been eaten.
(7) Adult jewel damsels and 5 line wrasses hang around every colony - as do small gobies and anemone shrimp. I didn't bring down a macro lens to film so I have no close-ups of the almost invisible shrimp.

Happy Holidays! And thanks again for all the accolades. It was fun to film. I'll post the shark video in this forum as well so you can see what showed up. SCARY!
 
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