Acropora videos

[Jack]

I was snorkeling in Costa Maya, Mexico in January. Here is a video I took of some Acropora palmata. The camera is moving a lot because I'm being thrown back and forth with waves and surge:

http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv61/JMcNulty_album/Costa%20Maya%20Snorkel/th_Holiday042.jpg (http://s670.photobucket.com/albums/vv61/JMcNulty_album/Costa%20Maya%20Snorkel/?action=view&current=Holiday042.flv)

And I found some Acropora cervicornis:

http://i670.photobucket.com/albums/vv61/JMcNulty_album/Costa%20Maya%20Snorkel/th_Holiday043.jpg (http://s670.photobucket.com/albums/vv61/JMcNulty_album/Costa%20Maya%20Snorkel/?action=view&current=Holiday043.flv)

Pretty brown SPS but seeing it in nature versus a LFS or home tank was awesome! Made me think back to 2000-2001 when surge buckets and 250/400w Iwasaki 6500k were popular. The polyp extension was very good.

[Delphinus]

Ah sweet gorgonians too :cool:

thanks for sharing :)

[Jason McK]

Strange growth patterns and a lot of dead though eh?

J

[Jack]

Ya they were saying a hurricane had hit a year or two ago. Driving to the dock some of the locals were rebuilding shacks and a lot of the coastal mangroves were dead.