July 7, 2014

                     Due to the high winds and strong current I did not go out to the far NW point area but went back out to the same reef area as yesterday, west of the dock 100m to see what kind of movement the Flamingo Tongues do in a 24 hour period.  In the shallow area of the reef in a 3m² area were found 12 FT.  In other random 3m² areas there were no FT found.  One shell of a FT was found near the base of a branch coral.  The cameras have been working well, especially the compact Olympus camera I got just before leaving.  The clarity of the camera for close up shots seems to be better than the Sea Life camera supplied by Dr. Gilchrist.  Check out the difference in these photos.

                                          FIRE WORM - CLOSEUP - SEALIFE CAMERA

                                FIRE WORM - CLOSEUP - OLYMPUS  CAMERA

FLAMINGO TONGUE ON COMMON PURPLE SEA FAN CREATING A BLACK STREAK ON THE VEIN - EATING THE CORAL POLYPS