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[t gallo]

found my self with at least a school of 300 blue surgeons 8'' plus looking for food in 15' of water in st croix usvi.

 

[t gallo]

here they are , at the end of the school feeding on algae.

 

[t gallo]

some of the reef was destroyed by hurricane hugo, but this acro lived thru it, it was huge.

 

[t gallo]

this fish kept his eye on me and was about in 25' of water.

 

[Anonymous]

Very nice! Thanx for sharing t!

Any idea exactly what kind of trigger that is in the last?? It's been a while since I've had/seen a niger, but I don't recall the white striping...

Thanks again

 

[t gallo]

this was on a brite sunny day and you can see what amount of light hits this acro on the upper right side of the pic in about 30' of water.

 

[t gallo]

big colony, in 25' of crystal clear water, camera with low flash and strong back and fourth water motion.

 

[Anonymous]

Any idea exactly what kind of trigger that is in the last?? It's been a while since I've had/seen a niger, but I don't recall the white striping...

Nigers are from the Pacific- I think this is a Black Durgon, not sure if I spelled it right though.

 

[t gallo]

in about 20' of water and strong current back and forth.

 

[t gallo]

on the way to the reefs edge, cane bay wall where the reef drops 3000 plus ft down, this pic is true to life in about 40' of water.

 

[t gallo]

in 20' of water and the bottom of the reef section wich this acro was sitting on went dwn another 10', there was tons of coral islands, under the water it looked like a huge reef tank lol.

 

[t gallo]

ran into a pipe fish or trumpet fish, and when it saw me about 5' away it went vertical next to the sponge.

 

[t gallo]

if you look real hard in this pic, on the left hand side toward the bottom i ran into this guy about 40' from me, i know bad pic but it took me by surprise black tip shark about 6' long.

 

[Anonymous]

Great pics!

 

[t gallo]

making my way back up from buck island reef. 12' of water and full sun.

 

[t gallo]

in 12' of water, mild current and lots of sun beyond this pic the reef drops down way down, its kinda earry.

 

[Tanger]

Makes me want to go buy some flippers right now!!!!!!!!! I went to Hawaii 2 times and never left the water. Diving must be way better than just snorkeling like I did. The trip to Hawaii was what spurred the reef tank I have now. Sweet pics!!!!!

 

[t gallo]

this parrot fish was huge, and was munching on this yellow acro, cant tell from the pic but this parrot was at least 2' long and full and happy.

 

[reefland]

Some nice pics! Thanks for posting.

 

[t gallo]

had a lot of fun taking these pics and love sharing them. thanks for the kind words, enjoy.