THIS CRAB LIVES IN A SHELL THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, NOW IT HAS IT’S OWN MOBILE HOME. WHEN THE GET SCARED, THEY COMEPLETELY  HIDE INSIDE THEIR SHELL, BUT THEIR CURIOSITY IS SO STRONG THAT IT ONLY TAKES A SHORT WHILE BEFORE THEY COME OUT AGAIN AND CHECK YOU OUT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SPECIES OF EMPEROR FISH THAT YOU SEE WHILE DIVING, YOU SEE THEM VERY OFTEN, BUT THIS SPECIES YOU DON’T SEE AS OFTEN AS THE REST, THEY HAVE A SMALL MOUTH COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE BODY, AND WHEN THEY OPEN IT IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A BEAK OF A BIRD.

THIS HONEY COMB MURENE HAS A WHITE BASE, WITH BLACK SPOTS. THE PATTERN ALSO GOES INSIDE THE MOUTH. SO WITH IT’S MOUTH OPEN YOU CAN SEE THE SAME PATTERN. THERE ARE ALSO SPECIES WITH THE INSIDE OF THEIR MOUTH COMPLETELY WHITE, ALSO KNOWN AS WHITE MOUTH HONEY COMBS. THEY ARE VERY COMMON ON SOME DIVE SITES IN THE MALDIVES, YOU CAN SEE ALL KINDS OF PATTERNS(THIS MEANS DIFFERENT STAGES IN MATURITY AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES

THIS CRAB MOVED IN TO THIS SHELL, THAT ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, NOW HE HAS HIS OWN MOBILE HOME. WHEN THEY GET SCARED, THEY COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR, BUT THEY ARE SO EXTREMELY CURIOUS, THAT IT ONLY TAKES A SHORT WHILE BEFORE THE COME OUT OF THERE SHELTER, AND CHECK YOU OUT.

THIS TURTLE WAS RESTING ON THE CORAL REEF, WHERE THE CURRENT WAS SO STRONG, THAT I HAD TO HOOK ON TO THE REEF TO BE ABLE TO STAY WITH HER.

IT’S FASCINATING TO EXPERIENCE THAT FOR US HUMANS IT’S SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT, AND THE MARINE LIFE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE EFFECTED BY THE CURRENT AT ALL, THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH IT AS IF THERE IS NO CURRENT AT ALL. 

CLOSE UP OF A MANTA RAY IN INDONESIA SANGALAKI.

THE MANTA’S FEED ON PLANKTON, THEREFORE THE WATER IS VERY MURKY.

THESE HUGE CREATURES ARE VERY GENTLE, THEY MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE WATER, IT’S MORE LIKE FLYING.

THE BEST SPOTS TO WATCH THEM, AT THE CLEANINGSTATIONS, WHICH THEY VISIT FREQUENTLY.

THIS COLOURFULL NUDIBRANCHE I SAW ON A CORAL REEF IN INDONESIA SANGALAKI. IT’S NOT REALLY A RARE SPIECIES, BUT I HAVEN’T SEEN IT OFTEN. THE COLOURS AND THE DRAWINGS ARE AMAZING I THINK.

THESE CRITTERS I FOUND UNDERNEATH THE LIVEABOARD WE WHERE DIVING FROM. THESE MACRO PICTURES REALLY GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO GET A CLOSE LOOK AT THEM, AS NORMALLY THEY HIDE INSIDE THEIR SHELL , IF YOU GET TO CLOSE TO THEM.

THE TENTACLES YOU CAN SEE, FILTER THE FOOD OUT OF THE WATER. THE SHELL IS THEIR HOUSE, AND PROTECTS THEM FROM PREDITORS. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE MALDIVES.

THESE ORIENTAL SWEET LIPS STAY IN GROUPS WHEN THEY ARE SMALLER, LIKE MOST FISH DO, AND THEY LIVE IN SMALLER GROUPS AND EVEN SOLITAIRE WHEN THEY BECOME LARGER. ALSO THEIR COLOUR AND PATTERNS CHANGE A LOT FROM JUVENILE TO ADULT. WHEN YOU SEE A JUVENILE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL ONCE LOOK THE SAME AS THE ADULT FISH. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN INDONESIA

THE CORAL IN THIS PICTURE IS ALMOST SPAWNING (LETTING GO OF THEIR EGGS), THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE THICK ROUND POCKETS, NORMALLY THEY ARE FLAT. WHEN THE CORAL SPAWNS, THE WATER GETS VERY MURKY, AND THE FISH LOVE THE NUTRICIOUS WATER, SO LOTS OF FISH WILL JOIN THIS FEEDING FEAST.

this is a close up of a fish, you can see the eyes and the mouth if you look carefully. In a day or so i will put a picture on this blog of the complete fish, than you can get a good idea how it looks in total, i will not tell the name now, but the people that have been diving will recognise this at once.