Thursday, September 12, 2019

Nice day in the water

A very nice day in the water. The waves had calmed down a bit and I was able to find an octopus near the frogfish. I hope one doesn't eat the other.
 You can see the siphon and the suckers.
 And the eye.
Frogfish:


 Kind of acrobatic, really.
 You can see the eye, but not easily. And the leaning feet.












They do stick out, with that coloration. I do wonder if it hunts mostly at night.

Saw 3 octopuses today. Here's the one from the deeper side:
 You can see the Rock Mover Wrasse that drew my attention at first. The octopus, on the right, is harder to spot.




And then it went dark when I swam down.
 I do try to leave them alone...eventually.












Octopus #3: In the shallower side.
After I swam away, it popped up to make sure I was gone.


 A bit of sun on its head:

 A female Christmas Wrasse ventured by.
And following is the male of the same type of fish:
A small humu:
 Moorish Idol. Love those eyelashes.
 Big Peacock Grouper
 A pair of Saddleback Butterfly
 Can you see the flounder? To the right of the rock with algae on it. Look also at youtube: search for octopigirl7. But not yet! I haven't uploaded yet. OK, now you can look. I had to laugh: at the bottom of the youtube page, it asks if anyone in the video is a minor....well, this flounder, being small, certainly is! But no one will bother it. Very good at camouflage. Look for the tail, near the bottom of the photo.
 A Supermale Christmas Wrasse














Trevally and Goatfish fishing together. Not sure the goatfish agrees to this, but...
 The Trevally can be pretty forceful.
Another shot of the flounder. Just a bump on the bottom.
Very happy with the animals provided today. And the lesser waves. 

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