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  • Nº818 # Date: 2017-03-26 - 11:36
  • # Max Depth: 17.8m Duration: 106mins
Diver's Notes

Good relaxed dive, went to the right on the reef. Big Green Moray Eels. Pictured a Juvenile Drumfish and a Reef Spider-crab.

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Dive Location

  • Temp: Surf 28°C Bottom 27°C
  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef, Photo, Shore dive
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • BCD: Scubapro - Glide X
  • Mask: Scubapro - Flux Twins
  • Boots: Scubapro - Delta 5
  • Computer: Suunto - Cobra 3
  • Wet suit: Scubapro - Profile 3
  • Fins: Scubapro - Jet Sports
  • Regulator: Scubapro - Air 2 (Back-up)
  • Regulator: Scubapro - MK25/S600 black tech
  • Camera: Nikon - Coolpix AW130 uwkit
  • Weights: 5 kg
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Dive Profile

  • 1. Nitrox 31
  • 12L Aluminium     211 → 27 bar
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  • Average depth: 11.9m
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Species Identified

Equetus punctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Spooted drum) Occurs primarily on coral reefs. Secretive and usually solitary, under ledges or near small caves . Often seen during the day around the bases of corals . Feeds at night on crabs, shrimps, and polychaetes. Easily approached . Has been reared in captivity .
Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860) (Butterbun) Inhabit deep coral-rich reefs and drop-offs . Feed on small invertebrates. Often seen nibbling on the tube feet of sea urchins or the tentacles of tubeworms . Unlike some chaetodonts it does not pick parasites from the ...
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Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit shallow reefs and generally occurs singly or in pairs. Feed mainly on zoantharians, polychaete worms, gorgonians and tunicates. Easily approached . Oviparous . Form pairs during breeding .
Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Butterbun) Inhabit coral reefs. Occur singly or in pairs. Feed on polychaete worms, coral polyps, crustaceans and mollusk eggs. Oviparous , monogamous . Form pairs during breeding . Adults may form plankton-feeding aggregations ...
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