Key Largo October 09 (Part 2)
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Turtles like to eat jellyfish which is one reason that plastic bags make dangerous litter in the ocean.
I like queen angels
and French angels
A red lipped blenny proudly surveys his empire
Bearded fireworms are 5-8 inchs long and come in two color phases
Christmas tree worms are a tube worm that lives in the coral with its gill/feeding parts sticking up. If you get too close they snap back and disappear. It took several tries to get the next two pictures.
Spotted morays are pretty and shy.
Blue chromis swim in schools. Sometimes you get surrounded by them.
The coral heads are full of hollows and caves. Nurse sharks like to hide in them.
Christmas tree cave can be swam through. It is full of glassy sweepers, also known as copper sweepers or hatchetfish
Here is John coming through hole in the wall on French reef
Atlantic spadefish
Squirrelfish
Honey combed cowfish
Parrotfish comes in a number of colors. I have been trying for several dives to shot one with the bronze and turquoise pattern.
These chubs escorted us on a drift dive
Finally an assortment of coral pictures
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