Like andestang, it was diving that got me going on reef tanks. I used to work on a cruise ship and had the best dives of my life in the Caribbean.
My favorite dives where under the St. Croix pier, it's a bunch of mini reefs each diverse from the other. The funny part is, most have garbage as the reef base and the pilings are littered with anenomies.
Another is Carambola on St. Croix as well. This is a wall dive and you can watch the species change as you descend and you may even see some reef sharks.
And my #1 dive (actually you can snorkel this as it's only about 20' at it's deepest) is Sapphire Beach on St. Thomas. It's a flat reef that goes for quite some distance. you'd be very hard pressed to see everything that inhabits this area. The variety of life is HUGE.
Hopefully one day, I'll be able to dig out my photos of these dives and get them onto the PC. I'd love to show some of them off.
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