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11-26-2007, 01:52 PM
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Professor Chaos
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Pics of a super rare fish from Hawaii
My friend is in HA diving and checking out the sites. His brother owns a dive operation that supplies fish to the aquarium trade. these guys are friggen insane diving deeper every time to get really cool fish. a couple days ago they caught 2 Hol Anthias at 350 feet down. 
he just sent me some pics of these babys and i figured i would share. now if i could just afford them. 
it is astounding the critters that are in the deeper parts of the reef that we never see because of the difficulty of diving that deep.
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11-26-2007, 01:56 PM
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The Ninja MOD
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Thats an awesome looking fish!
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11-26-2007, 02:02 PM
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I want it all..bag it up!
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what are they diving in to go that deep - I thought even 350 ft is more than a regular deco dive?
Beautiful fish though
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11-26-2007, 02:07 PM
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Professor Chaos
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They are on rebreather systems and i got a feeling they a blowing past more than a few safety stops  you may not know but many of the more colorful fish are at deeper depths. these guys get their angels at 200+ feet because deep water angels don't eat coral. crosshatch triggers and hawiian dragon eels are at 250+ feet deep.
trust me, the deeper you go the more it costs for a fish. many of the more expensive fish in the hobby are in the deeper parts.
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11-26-2007, 02:07 PM
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beautiful fish
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11-26-2007, 02:10 PM
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Little Fishy
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Nice pics.
Do you know how much they are selling it for?
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11-26-2007, 02:15 PM
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Professor Chaos
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he said something like $1,500 per fish.
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11-26-2007, 02:22 PM
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spaceman spiff
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Twitterbait
he said something like $1,500 per fish.
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Mama pajama...
Beautiful fish, though, I'd love a couple in my tank.
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11-26-2007, 08:01 PM
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Big Fishy
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if i ever hit the lottery i will upgrade to a HUGE  tank just for like 10 of those great looking fish
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11-26-2007, 08:22 PM
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Little Fishy
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nice fish good luck with him
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11-26-2007, 08:39 PM
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Candy Pirate
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350 ft deep
they must be sucking alot of helium at that depth
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11-26-2007, 08:41 PM
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Candy Pirate
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Quote:
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what are they diving in to go that deep - I thought even 350 ft is more than a regular deco dive?
Beautiful fish though
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just another reason to get Tech certified
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11-26-2007, 08:43 PM
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I would say, that sounds more like borderline saturation divin, I know the old Draegers had a shallow limit, but then I havent dove in a zillion year, I was the last Pleosaur die of old age  |
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11-26-2007, 09:26 PM
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Big Fishy
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 did any one count how many times those chipmunks used the fbomb it was freakin hillarious.
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