Moorish Idol shots from my dive trip to Kona

[Doctor_Reef]

Here are some shots of one of my favorit fish...the morish idol...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/RLeversee/Dive%20Shots/Kona%20Hawaii%20032507/Best%20Fish%20Shots/P3270120.jpg
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[Gottcha]

awesome shots.

[Doctor_Reef]

Thanks...this is one of my favorite fish in the wild...so graceful!!!!

[chineseknife]

Fintabulous...

[Doctor_Reef]

Thanks man.... I like em!!!

[Snappy]

Very nice, I was really impressed with how many MI's I saw diving Kona. There was a lot of them.

[KroMiniX]

Such a beautiful fish, and just where it should be in the wild.

[Toyota Guy]

Great pictures...... to me, that is one of the most graceful tangs out there:)

[poconofishy]

Great pictures...... to me, that is one of the most graceful tangs out there:)

Tang???? Aaahhh... no, is not a tang.

[Doctor_Reef]

Yep...the Moorish Idol is not a tang...but still a beautiful fish for sure!!

[Linda C.]

nice bump on the photos! I never saw them here before.

They are nice shots!

[Doctor_Reef]

Thanks Linda....things look better under the sea!!! ;)

[KellyKM19]

Its incredible to be able to see shots of any animal in the wild, especially these :) Thanks for sharing, wonderful!

[Doctor_Reef]

I would agree...

Just for fun here is a vid of a wreck dive I did in San Diego CA. The ship is the Yukon...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/RLeversee/Dive%20Shots/th_Untitled.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v406/RLeversee/Dive%20Shots/?action=view&current=Untitled.flv)

[specsgirl]

Awesome dive video!

[Doctor_Reef]

It was a fun dive....the vis wasn't to bad, but the temp was a bit cold....49 degrees at depth!!

[Elsherst]

Hope your diving suit was working. Don't think I could do that without a good wet suit.
What time of year was that? Do you know what the water temp down there gets up to in the summer?

[Doctor_Reef]

Hope your diving suit was working. Don't think I could do that without a good wet suit.
What time of year was that? Do you know what the water temp down there gets up to in the summer?

I was wearing a mares semi-dry suit....it keep me fairly comfortable...

I did this dive in April off the San Diego Coast in what is called wreck ally.... the depth was right at 100 ft...but the water there is always cold.... in April we hit 49 degrees at depth...later in the summer months it would get up to 55 or so at depth and the upper 60's at the surface...

Still a very nice dive....no matter what the temps are!! ;)

[Elsherst]

It looks like it was a nice dive.
Just thinking about some of those coral, couldn't keep them in the same tank as my normal reef, would have to setup a special tank with a good chiller for one of those.