liquidg Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Some great days have been had by us all on aandtsociety club trips over the last couple of months and these are a few selected pics from our club threads for you to enjoy, hopefully. This was a calm day for free diving then rock pool collecting,both in one day. We have been lucky with some clear waters at some sites. All club collecting trips are here. http://southeastqueenslandm.aforumfree.com/f18-marine-fish-and-invert-collecting Edited November 1, 2012 by liquidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) A nice leandrites cleaner shrimp one of the guys collected, the cleaner shrimp to have!!!! More shrimp pics found in the south east. http://southeastqueenslandm.aforumfree.com/t1219-shrimp A colourful flabellina nudibranch of many we see. A hydatina herbavore of many we see. Edited November 1, 2012 by liquidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) A colourful scolap one of the guys has in his tank now. Oyster blenny, a popular aquarium fish that we see many of. More blenny pics from the south east. http://southeastqueenslandm.aforumfree.com/t1303-blennys Edited November 1, 2012 by liquidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Many tube worms seen at some sites,this is just one tropical colour variation. More tube worm pics from the south east. http://southeastqueenslandm.aforumfree.com/t1070-tube-worms-xmas-tree-worms-polychaeta#3615 Edited November 1, 2012 by liquidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted October 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) This one is a semi temperate species, they die in over 25c temps,the close up showing the green colouration that is the blood supply being pumped through the feather structures to absorb foods, water, oxygen and expel ammonia. That’s it for this time, I hope this tiny amount of what we do as an aquarium club that carries out field trips since 1927 was interesting for some of you. Edited November 1, 2012 by liquidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodapwnsasmurf Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 That's awesome, may I ask how you guys catch the say 'faster' fish? I myself have attempted to catch oyster blennies and many times they have just escaped due to pure speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 It’s time spent at the collection side of it, plus when we as a club are at these sites we instruct the others on how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 great pictures but not cool showing someone molesting the turtle. srsly stuff like that, that gives people a bad name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 A bad name it is,I couldn’t give a rats, we would never harm a turtle! I have a video from one of the guys videoing the day from some years back of one even better. A species of turtle I don’t know which, beautiful shell colours, was caught in some fishing line, pretty bad as well and is was cut up a bit. Since I was the one that found it I had the task of getting it out, it was a small turtle, and you would think a turtle wouldn’t get caught in this type of thing. I ripped through the line with my knife and I don’t think it had much time left, so I cut it out quickly with my wrist knife and I shoved it to the surface real fast and just stayed there. I watched it for a moment or two and it seemed really stressed but alive and went about our free dive and forgot about it as it floated along in the current just a little away from me. Later after we moved up current along from that spot it turned up and swam slowly between us and then just next to my arm and remained close by and began feeding off the bottom for the whole time we were there and nearly got in the way once. Why I don’t know, it certainly had no fear of us but you would think it would get the hell out of there because I had to pull and shove it to get it out of the line as I cut at this massive bundle of strong line in around 20 feet of water and what made it worse there was a long wire tracer amongst it as well. I have seen many with massive past injuries all healed up, maybe from tigers, they are their main predator or maybe by boats I don’t know and its not my business either, but from those observations over the years allow you to know they are not a weak creature, so a little irritation from us humans would equate to nothing compared to harsh times with their lives in the ocean. No one I know would actually harm a creature as dopey and as a harmless as a turtle, but touch one with no harm done that I am sure about, that’s another thing entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 A bad name it is,I couldn’t give a rats, we would never harm a turtle!I have a video from one of the guys videoing the day from some years back of one even better. A species of turtle I don’t know which, beautiful shell colours, was caught in some fishing line, pretty bad as well and is was cut up a bit. Since I was the one that found it I had the task of getting it out, it was a small turtle, and you would think a turtle wouldn’t get caught in this type of thing. I ripped through the line with my knife and I don’t think it had much time left, so I cut it out quickly with my wrist knife and I shoved it to the surface real fast and just stayed there. I watched it for a moment or two and it seemed really stressed but alive and went about our free dive and forgot about it as it floated along in the current just a little away from me. Later after we moved up current along from that spot it turned up and swam slowly between us and then just next to my arm and remained close by and began feeding off the bottom for the whole time we were there and nearly got in the way once. Why I don’t know, it certainly had no fear of us but you would think it would get the hell out of there because I had to pull and shove it to get it out of the line as I cut at this massive bundle of strong line in around 20 feet of water and what made it worse there was a long wire tracer amongst it as well. I have seen many with massive past injuries all healed up, maybe from tigers, they are their main predator or maybe by boats I don’t know and its not my business either, but from those observations over the years allow you to know they are not a weak creature, so a little irritation from us humans would equate to nothing compared to harsh times with their lives in the ocean. No one I know would actually harm a creature as dopey and as a harmless as a turtle, but touch one with no harm done that I am sure about, that’s another thing entirely. Well I would expect better from you. This sort of thing might have been A OK back in the 80's but these days, with all the steps being taken to try keep their numbers stable, its irresponsible to stress them for the sake of a laugh. Harassment of sea turtles is illegal. You stress so hard that your org is following the law to the letter. And thats great but then you post a picture of turtle harassment on several forums. Are you so keen to get a knock on the door? Even in Malaysia, where tourists are treated like super citizens they are still fined for messing with turtles to the point of not being able to bribe their way out of it something you dont see ever. What I am trying to get accross is you can do all the good in the world and then undo it all with but a single picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidg Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Turtles can avoid boats of up to 25knots in speed,I have seen this over many years, yet the speeds out of go slow zones are still higher then that. Our run off increases more each day and sewerage as well and many we see dead with those disgusting growths on them from this, which is increasing. The only thing that will possibly save some turtles that these issues don’t get, are the excluders on trawlers nets and reductions in tiger sharks, which is a little there already. We had trawler operators in the club at different times over the years and you don’t want to know what was going on. What you have typed is part of; lets restrict boats anchors to save the corals and watch the changing water conditions kill the corals. It would be great to get buoys around the place, though we are saving nothing, just the very short term, nothing more as usual. Hey something was done, useless, but it was something. This mentality is all over the place and some of the oceans quality is becoming just that, all over!!!! This out if 12 forums is the only whing, even in South Africa and the states, interesting! I will just leave a couple of pics of the more low key. Alls good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Perhaps if you knew who I am, you would catch my drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
