[dave14]

Hi Guys,
a few quick pics of some tables from my hols in the Malives

[lindsay]

Stunning .

[ben]

nice dave. and not a brightly coloured coral in sight

[dave14]

ben, on Aug 6 2009, 10:09 PM, said:

nice dave. and not a brightly coloured coral in sight

Yeah, could have saved myself thousands and just gone and looked in your tank lol

[BOM8ER]

Very nice Dave, I bet that was a great holiday

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

Stunning always good to see pics of the corals in there natural habitat .

How deep were the tables and how big were they ?
I still have 6 weeks before me and Linda are off and we are counting the days now lol


Great pics m8


jas

[ben]

dave14, on Aug 6 2009, 10:45 PM, said:

Yeah, could have saved myself thousands and just gone and looked in your tank lol

[dave14]

jason@jasonsaquatics, on Aug 7 2009, 08:06 AM, said:

Stunning always good to see pics of the corals in there natural habitat .

How deep were the tables and how big were they ?
I still have 6 weeks before me and Linda are off and we are counting the days now lol


Great pics m8


jas

Hi Jas,
most were at depths of less than 2 mtrs and the biggest was prob about 4ft across. I've about 300 odd pics to sort through then will post more up

[dave14]

BOM8ER, on Aug 7 2009, 12:30 AM, said:

Very nice Dave, I bet that was a great holiday

I think everyone should try and visit before they dissapear, even without the reefs it's still a stunning place to have a holiday.
Unfortunately I got a mild ear infection after 2 days so was unable to do any diving but the snorkelling is still fab

[SLAPPY]

Nice photos Dave.

[Andrew]

Nice pic's !
Which island did you stay on Dave?

[dave14]

Andrew, on Aug 8 2009, 01:37 PM, said:

Nice pic's !
Which island did you stay on Dave?

"Kuredu", although a luxury place to stay, the house reef is poor it was devastated by "El Nino" in 1998 and just isn't showing signs of recovering, but a 30min boat ride across to "komandoo" island which is surrounded by a shallow reef is stunning.

[Andrew]

I'm staying at Meedhupparu, so hopefully the reef will be in a bit better condition there!

[bobba fett]

I went to Thulhagiri 4 weeks after the tsunami, most of the reef was destroyed but I was blown away by the amount of fish, the diversity and colours of them.

It make you realise that you never really see a healthy captive fish. I was blown away by the colours of the Power blue tangs and the regal and emperor angels

[Blacktip]

True that Bobba. the weight of the fish is what really strickes me