hloc SG Hi...... just came back from my Manado + Lembeh Straits Dive Trip. A Super 5D4N package with 3 full dive days (4dive, 4dive, 2 dive).... a total of 10 dive. Turn out that this trip is better than the one I had last year, more photos and rare creatures 1st I must thanks Euro Divers at Hotel Sedona Manado for their great service and GREATER Divemaster So please enjoy...... Ooh, due to large amount of photos, the load time will be long, hope u guys/gals got Broadband From Dive Site - Timur (East)..... or East of the Village A pics taken from the boat..... yes, that is a Volcano.... We are on the way to the Bunaken National Marine Park. Willan's Chromodoris.... a Nudibranch (sea slug) A cute little Black-saddled Toby Feather Stars A gaint Gorgonian Fan, the 2nd pics is a close-up of the fan. Not sure if I'm correct..... but think this is a Starfish called Echinaster Callosus Hell if i know what this is........ Threadfin Hawkfish Unknown Small Crab A Tube Worm Reversed Glossodoris.... 2 of them.... another nudibranch. Spinecheek Anemonfish.... the Big One is the female. Tasseled Scorpionfish.... this is a big one Look at the difference coloured Feather Stars growing on the same rock... Alot more updates to come......
hloc SG Dive Site - Lekuan 2 Banded Boxer Shrimp Not sure what those 'Orange Coloured' things are..... small shrimp or some sort of 'insect' A small Green Turtle.... we sort of scare it when we were 'sight seeing'. It swim pass me on the 2nd photo and dive deep on the 3rd. A Trumpetfish Ok.... what do u ppl think this is.... A frogfish A Sea Monster Jar Jar Blink .... neh, just a type of sea sponge Ok, another Green Turtle. This is a big one Not dare to get tooo close. At about 1.5M long. Think it was sleeping..... A type of Spider Crab - Hoplophrys Oatesii. 2nd photo shows how small it is. That U/W camera belongs to my dive buddy. A dark coloured Leaf Scorpionfish. 2nd photo is a close-up. More Update later....
hloc SG Dive Site - Lekuan (still the same dive) All these are some small shrimps..... The 1st photo shows a Starfish Shrimp - Periclimenes Soror. This one was hiding under a Cushion Star. The next 2 photo is on the same shrimp..... Anemone Shrimp - Thor Amboinennsis. Both are just around 2cm in length...... Serpent Pteraeolidia... a type of Nudibranch Some type of Calm growing amount some coral..... A small orange coloured Whip Goby. A school of Striped Catfish..... about 4-5cm each. This photo is taken at about 3m from the surface. Common Lionfish...... the dark coloured one on the last 2 photo is a Juvenile Some sort of Spider Crab..... known locally as Orangutan Crab, due to it's 'red hair'. Porcelain Crab - Neopetrolisthes Oshimai.... the largest I've seen. A good 3-4cm across..... More Updates to come.....
hloc SG My friend won a 3d2n stay at Hotel Sedona. So we spend less for room. The whole thing - Air-ticket + Dive trip (9 dive... but they add 1 more) + 2 more days stay...... $900 SGD. Not incl makan + shopping....... Makan was $$$ at the Hotel, about $20+ per person each meal (lunch or dinner). Not much shopping at Manado..... Ooh, a full service beauty SPA package (120+min) cost just under $50 SGD.....
hloc SG Dive Site - Sedona House Reef I Peac*ck Mantis Shrimp - Odontodactylus Scyllarus.... A colourful thing But well known for its 'Bad Temper'.... can easily smash our camera's U/W casing with a strike from it's claws Collingwood's Chromodoris for the 1st 2 photo..... the last one is Ocellate Phyllidia. Both are Nudibranch (Sea Slug) Commensal Shrimps - Periclimenes Tosaensis Ribbon Eels...... Common Lionfish Tasseled Scorpionfish Another thing I can't any information of...... It's got this rubber like surface, and is slightly hard. More Update to come.....
hloc SG Dive Site - Sedona House Reef I (same dive) Whitemouth Moray..... look at the 1st pics and U will know why.... Nudibranch - Ocellate Phyllidia Starfish - Linckia Laevigata Juvenile Pinnate Spadefish aka Batfish Ringed Pipefish A crab is 'hitch-hiking' on the Sea Cucumber (1st 2 pics)..... what happen when u hold on the Sea Cucumber for too long (3rd pic)..... its feeding parts start to comes out seaching for sand..... it was Not Harm in anyway. More Update to come.....
hloc SG More Update.... Dive Site - Sedona House Reef II (Night Dive) See the pair of eyes above the sand There's a Flathead under the sand. Zebra Lionfish 2 Spot-Fin Lionfish Hermit Crab..... carrying stinging anemones for protection. Not sure if u all could see it...... there is a well camouflage Spider Crab in the pics. There's nothing special about Sea Urchins..... but if u look carefully..... u will see dozens of small fish using its thorns for protection. More Updates to come....
hloc SG More Update.... Dive Site - Sedona House Reef II (Night Dive) .....same dive Forskal's Pleurobranchus... the BIGGEST Nudibranch I've ever seen. About 10-12cm long. Blackspotted Puffer A small Tasseled Scorpionfish Some sort of Tube Anemone 2 difference Spider Crab. The 1st one uses bits & pieces of rock and sand for camouflage while the other uses a living stinging coral. More updates to come....
hloc SG Lembeh Straits..... I would said it offers better dive sites than Manado. But must 1st admit that I'm more into Muck diving. Dive Site - Nudi Retreat (Lembeh Straits) An Angler Flatfish. A Blue-Spotted Stingray...... not the more common Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray found around Tioman or Aur Winged Pipefish A small Reef Cuttlefish. All 3 photos are the same cuttlefish.... it changes its colour and skin patten as it moves around. Another Winded Pipefish..... hope u can see it. Sorry, the lighting here is hard to control and my skill in photography is limited. Banggai Cardinalfish More Updates to come....
hloc SG Dive Site - Nudi Retreat (Lembeh Straits) ....same dive A small Zebra Lionfish..... only about 6-7cm long Helmut Guranard.... this strange fish 'walks' on the sand using it's finger like pelvic fins. Dragon Sea Moth. Like the Helmut Guranard, it also 'walks' on the sand using it's finger like pelvic fins A Blenny..... unknown type, since can't see more than it's head. Was using the old bottle as a home. Flame File Shell...... More updates to come.....
hloc SG Updates.... Dive Site - TK (Lembeh Straits) Some photos around the dive site...... A Flounder.... not sure whick kind Black-Finned Snake Eel...... this is not a Moray. Spiny Devilfish.... a type of Stonefish Spiny Waspfish A small Shortfin Lionfish..... part of it's 'wings' are missing. More Updates to come.....
hloc SG Updates..... Dive Site - TK (Lembeh Straits)..... same dive Ocellated Flounder A small 'White' Painted Frogfish A Helmut Gurnard with its 'wings' close A Banded Shrimpgoby with a blind Snapping Shrimp to the right of the photo A Box Crab Nice close up of a Spiny Waspfish More updates to come....
hloc SG Updates..... Dive Site - TK (Lembeh Straits)..... same dive The famous Hairy Frogfish of Lembeh. Those 'hair' are really some type of skin growing outside the skin..... Another small Hairy Frogfish. A dark coloured Painted Frogfish. Painted Hypselodoris a type of Nudibranch Purple-edged Ceratosoma.... the last 2 photo shows a Hitch-hikering Imperial Shrimp More Update to come.....
hloc SG More Update..... Dive Site - Air Prang (Lembeh Straits) My friends..... I give you, the very rare Paddle-Flap Scorpionfish - Rhinopias Eschmeyeri. I have heard about this fish since i started diving...... but this is the 1st time I saw & photo one. Only a few place here could you get too see one. Lembeh Straits beening 1 of those places. Spotfin Lionfish..... without the normal 'Blue Spot'.... could it be a female A type of Corals called Goniopora My new Avatar...... , the Nudibranch Kune's Chromodoris Banggai Cardinalfish I just love the 1st photo..... printed it into A4 and is now hanging on the wall inside my room.... a Black-blotched Porcupinefish hiding amongs the Corals called Goniopora More Updates to come...
hloc SG More Update..... Dive Site - Air Prang (Lembeh Straits) ..... same dive Super Big School of Unknown fish..... all very small. No idea what this thing is... A colourful Tube Anemone Ceram Blenny Fimbriated Moray hiding under a rock. Diff type of Tubeworm Sunlight shining into the water...... More updates to come.....
