G_Sanab922
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No problem. Thanks for sharing your experience though. Mola mola are very unique creatures.
What is the coolest thing you have ever seen snorkeling, SCUBA diving, or freediving
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No problem. Thanks for sharing your experience though. Mola mola are very unique creatures.
They are! While a pelagic fish, they're fairly common in Bali. The Coral Triangle has some amazing diving/snorkeling.
Those symptoms could be from any number of fish disease, as well as very bad water quality.
Your lucky it didn't turn around and bite you again. Triggers are the only fish I worry about when diving. Aggressive buggers with a heck of a bite.
Some very cool stuff to see in those rocky urchin filled wave swept shallows. Worth the urchin spines IMO
G_Sanab922
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True. Well I've ate ALOT of fish and still haven't got sick lol. I go by those 3 things at first and then inspect further if anything. Thanks for the info bill
G_Sanab922
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Having heard of any Ciguatera in the Keys or other FL waters, so you should be safe eating the local fish
Awesome! I've heard of Ciguatera in Naples though.
Booboobear259
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It also helps to know which fish do and don't have ciguatera. Like rock hind don't and yellowtail snapper do
G_Sanab922
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http://www.floridahealth.gov/healthy-environments/aquatic-toxins/ciguatera-fish-poisoning.html
here's a long list of known cases.
Like it says in the article though, normally it's the large reef dwelling fish. So that's hogfish, barracuda, grouper, snapper, mackerels.
How was the visibility? We've now had several trigger encounters listed! I had a similar experience in Palau Tioman, Malaysia with a large Titan Trigger. Those things can be viscous during certain times of the year.
scubadan206
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Starting a night dive at Buddy Dive in Bonaire, about 20 feet of water and a huge shadow comes over me. Dundundun, theme song. It was Martha the resident manta ray less than 5 feet from my head.:eek2:
Same dive, Charlie the tarpon who likes to do fly-bys less than a foot from your mask. A six foot minnow that likes to brush the top of your head at night.:fish2:
Same dive, Charlie the tarpon who likes to do fly-bys less than a foot from your mask. A six foot minnow that likes to brush the top of your head at night.:fish2:
Booboobear259
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Glad all the triggers I see aren't agressive I had one come up alongside my boat and eat some of the bread crust my kids threw in. I had a big net so I scooped him up then we let him go when we were about to leave. The kids were upset when I said he was too big to keep.
G_Sanab922
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Swimming with whale sharks is impressive.
That's some big sea bass! Lol
That's some big sea bass! Lol
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