Zoos in Nature (image intense)

[Dastank]

I was out snorkeling this morning and decided to snap a few zoo pictures. One of the places I frequent has an abundance of zoos. Saw a lot of pinks today, but there are all the colors you can imagine.

 

[Dastank]

And a few more...

 

[Ryanqk]

Awesome pics quite a variety down there, where were the pics taken? I've heard there are some in the keys.. I love the pinks and bright greens!
Ryan

 

[drummereef]

That's awesome. Nothing like nature in its true beauty. :thumbsup:

 

[msman825]

I would be taking my hammer and chiselhammer: hammer

 

[Dastank]

These pictures were taken in Okinawa Japan. A smalll sub tropical island south of Japan. There are zoos a plenty down here!

 

[pdwife]

how deep were you? Great pictures!!

 

[t-bone2]

wow

 

[hot4teacher]

He's lying! Those are pics from my tank! (just kidding)
I'll stop drooling now...

Hammer and chisel? I say we should leave those majestic beautiful animals in the wild, as they belong there...




















Yeah, right! I'll bring the pneumatic jack hammer!

Dana

 

[Donstuprich]

Then grow em in your tank and return a big frag to the ocean.









And give me a frag

 

[Dastank]

Most of the zoos I see are shallow. The pinks are 5 feet to 15 feet deep. Most of the other colors were too shallow to get to today. The small waves would have bounced me off the reef. During low tide most of the zoos here are in about 2 feet of water.

 

[vest0830]

It was quite a morning.

More zoos than one could feast some eyes on.

I didnt see the deep purple ones posted though. those by far were the most beautiful.

 

[Serioussnaps]

Man oh man....

does anyone around these zoo forumns have some of those deep deep green ones...i think you know which ones i am talking about...those are absolutely stunning

Were some of those back in caves in lower lit areas?? Really looks like it!

Also, with all that growth in and around the rocks it seems like that is a very high nutrient area of water.

I just bought my first zoa's ever the other day...I am an Acropora nut..some pinks and i would love to have some more to put in under the ledges in my tank....especially those greens pictured above.

That is very nice work!! Must be nice to have a reef right at your doorstep....I am jealous.

 

[twon8]

nice pics, id love to see more; very jealous here.

i have the same urchin in my tank, it keeps reproducing

 

[55semireef]

Nothing like the beauty of nature. No tank can truly imitate that.

 

[Pazazz]

Wow that is Awsome..... Leave them in the Wild... Enough people destroy reefs... If areas are not left alone it will all disappear and then are children will have none...

 

[smp]

Very nice!
So is the water very turbulent where the zoos were?
2 feet deep you say, interesting. I'm guessing there might be some tide pools no? Any zoos in there ever?

 

[RipCurrent]

Great Pics Dastank. thank you so much for sharing these.

 

[jgatmaitan]

I rarely see pics of zoos in their natural habitat and those pics were a treat. Thank you very much for sharing.

 

[BradL.]

Keep the pics coming! The details of depth at low and high tides and water conditions is very interesting.