This week in Amed, another « odd creature » from the warm waters of Indonesia, the Longhorn Cowfish, aka Lactoria Conuta for the Latin lovers. It gets its name from the obvious Horns that protrude from the front of its head. This variation can measure up to 46 cm. Our fun divers love this fish, sadly aquariophiles…
We started this week with a beach clean-up. In a short period, we filled two and a half bags of rubbish. We try to do this now at least once a week to help keeping Gili Air beautiful. Helpers are of course always welcome! Besides this, this week we had quite a few customers from…
This week, the magical soft coral crabs of Lembeh paid us a visit. The scientific name for this particular Soft Coral Crab is Hoplophrys Oatesi and is also known as the Candy Crab. The Candy Crab grows to about 1.5 to 2cm’s and has the ability to camouflage itself within the soft corals in which…
This week in Amed….discover the ever present Spirobranchus Giganteus, also known as the Christmas Tree Worm, a name derived from its appearance, and clearly not from their habitat or diet. This one was spotted at the Liberty Wreck in Amed. These little creatures have a tube-like body from which two colored crowns protrude. The « Branches »…
This week on Gili Air you are not only waking up to sunshine and blue sky but even the diving conditions are getting better and better with every day. Slowly but surely is the season starting here and we are getting busier. We had a few customers from China, USA, Singapore, Finland, Austria, Ireland, France, Russia…
Our dreary weather this week was brightened up by a visit from this beautiful Reef Octopus here in Lembeh. This gorgeous creature stood out rather well against the reef by changing it’s colour to a vibrant yellow, obviously not the least concerned with camouflaging itself. Quite the little show off! Thanks to Tasha for this…
This week in Amed the ocean offered us plenty to see, with the Gurnard Lionfish (Parapterois Hetururus) being one of the highlights of one of our guests, Matt Hutchinson. Matt is a newly certified PADI diver, and took this photo of the Gurnard Lionfish during a muck dive at about 7m depth. Congratulations to Matt…
We had tigers in Lembeh this week, no, not the furry type but the cute, crustacean type! Our VIP guests, Angela and KM took some lovely shots on their visit with us including this one of the Spiny Tiger Shrimp, aka: Phyllognathia Ceratophthalmus, taking a rest on the side of a barrel sponge. Returning guests…