I figured the members of this board would be able to appreciate pictures of the animals that we keep while in their natural habitat.
Morrison Spring
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, Jun 13 2007 12:03 AM
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 12:03 AM
I'm taking a course at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and we all have a fair amount of free time to play around with, so my buddies and I got up a SCUBA trip to Morrison Spring in Ponce de Leon Florida. It was gorgeous when we first got in around 7am, but beginning divers began to show up later and suspend an awful lot of silt.
I figured the members of this board would be able to appreciate pictures of the animals that we keep while in their natural habitat.
I figured the members of this board would be able to appreciate pictures of the animals that we keep while in their natural habitat.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 12:04 AM
Ah! Fixed my problem and the images are displaying now 
Edited by AndrewAcropora, 13 June 2007 - 12:11 AM.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 07:27 AM
Those pictures are really cool, I love seeing shot of fish in hteir natural environment. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted 13 June 2007 - 07:58 AM
I like the fourth picture the best. That's a nice looking male bluegill.
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Posted 27 June 2007 - 11:24 AM
What are the fish in the bottom photo?
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Posted 27 June 2007 - 06:57 PM
What are the fish in the bottom photo?
Is that perhaps a school of largemouth fingerlings?
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 01:10 AM
They're some type of shiner for sure, but other than that I can't say much. They were by far the most abundant fish in the spring, and it's hard to identify a fish when there's a few species that look like it--even more so when I don't have the fish in front of me.
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Posted 18 July 2007 - 01:06 AM
Ah, good ol' Morrison Springs. I've dived there myself a few times, and in fact was once one of those annoying beginners you mentioned. The local SCUBA schools all love that place, you see.
Next time, try Vortex! You'll be glad you did.
As for those shiners, they are the Redyeye Shiner, Notropis harperi. This fish is common in springs like these, and is rather uncommon outside of them.
A lot of those springs also have a Sailfin Shiner variant which has a washed-out appearance, but those aren't them.
Next time, try Vortex! You'll be glad you did.
As for those shiners, they are the Redyeye Shiner, Notropis harperi. This fish is common in springs like these, and is rather uncommon outside of them.
A lot of those springs also have a Sailfin Shiner variant which has a washed-out appearance, but those aren't them.
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