Zoos in Nature

[Dastank]

In my hunt for new zoos in the wild a friend and I happened across these. The Photobucket pic doesn’t do them justice.

They were in an area where there were other zoos shallow. They were about 20+ feet deep and growing flat on the rock. I was snorkeling with a wetsuit, so it was all I could do just to get down to take the picture.

 

[Reef Junkie]

WoW!!!
Those are incredible!
Where those shot in Okinawa?

 

[Dastank]

Yes, just south of Torii Reef, if your familiar with the area.

 

[Reef Junkie]

Oh, I hop into my private jet and shoot over there for the weekend sometimes...

I only wish I could go there. My best friend dove there when he was stationed there years ago.

Those are so sweet!

 

[mfinn]

Man those are sweet.
I wonder what they would look like under a 14k bulb?

 

[SuperFishy]

wow....... :O

 

[Jayreefer]

Look like envy orange to me. Someone please take the colony out of the wild and ship it to me so I can put it in my tank where it belongs......LOL.

 

[drummereef]

Very cool pic. Thanks!

 

[Azurel]

Those are sweet.....I need some of those! Thanks for sharing the picture.


Superfishy those in your avatar are hot too....

 

[MarvinsReef]

very very nice... they do look orange to me..



thanks for sharing...

Marvin

 

[Chelsey]

Very, very nice! I assume that you're allowed to collect frags from the wild? If so, it would be very cool if you'd send a few frags over to the US so that we could have nice stuff like you do!

 

[msman825]

they look like they have the neon green slit. awesome

 

[mfinn]

Kind of makes you want to seriously check to see how many points you have built up on your cc miles program.

 

[Dastank]

I'll get some more pics to share next time out. In a few places on the island the zoos are so thick you wouldn't believe it. You'll go down because you see a cool color and realize there is 10 different colors all around it in a 10ft square area and then you realize that that 10 ft area is actually 100 ft long. I guess you’re really sick when you go to a beautiful coal reef and swim over everything else just to look at the zoos!

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

please post 'in situ' Zoanthid pics to this thread

 

[gflat65]

Nice shot. We need more.

 

[Dastank]

I posted these before... But why not share again!

 

[Chad Vossen]

wow. now show us the FTS!

 

[ecotoxlady]

Gorgeous! Can you give any details on how close to the surface these guys were? I'm curious as to how much sunlight they get to have such beautiful coloration.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

notice all the algae in the environment in which they occur