Mr E Wrasse's Philippine Scuba Honeymoon - Pic heavy!!

[Mr E Wrasse]

Well I finally decided to sit down and share some photos of my honeymoon with everyone! My wife and I got married on April 24 and left for the honeymoon in early May. Originally I wanted to go to either Bunaken in Indonesia or Sipadan off of Borneo. After costing everything out I realized we could go to the Philippines for half the price! I am no stranger to the Philippines but it was my wife's first time to go anywhere other than Jamaica. My brother moved there 4 years ago, so every year i've made an excuse to go visit (mainly to scuba, but it's nice to see family too!).

We started off in Cebu and spent 4 nights at Malapascua, a very small scuba-based island off of the north coast. Unfortunately on the last day of diving both my wife and I woke up with water logged ears, even after using swim-ear religiously. And of course on that day we were going to be doing the Manta Ray dive and another dive with killer macro. Next we went to Cebu City for a couple of days and then headed to Boracay. Boracay is known for it's beautiful white beach, Kite-boarding and nightlife, not for it's diving. Anyway, enough talk, here are some pics!

!!!!WARNING!!!! There will be Nudi pics! :wink:

On the boat to Malapascua

Gato Island

what do you see in the pic??

 

[Mr E Wrasse]

Anyone know what this guy is?

banded sea crate

I almost spit my regulator out when i saw this :)

 

[Mr E Wrasse]

this is a Spanish Dancer Nudibranch. The divemaster was so excited to get a glimpse of this guy that she moved two urchins out of the way to see it; got stuck by one too! This was the first time in the 5 years she had been diving there that she had seen one. I felt lucky :bigsmile:

Harlequin Sweetlips

 

[Mr E Wrasse]

is it a black sponge? what do you see? :)

huge Batfish

more nudis :)

The celebratory lechon (roast) that my brother had for us :bigsmile:

 

[Mr E Wrasse]

 

[jordan3548]

That is the biggest Chalice Colony I have ever seen in my life. Imagine what kinda $ that would fetch lol

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

WOW this is awesome!! Can't wait for more!

 

[sexycorals]

Jeeesh!! i love this stuff.. makes me want to sign up for scuba lessons, get certified and do divng all over the world...

Ill wait till after 2012 first.. :neutral:

 

[sexycorals]

Oh thank you sooooooo much for sharing !!!

 

[killingseed2000]

very nice, looks fun.

 

[Curtie44]

Man, I love threads like this. It's awesome to see the livestock we all keep in our tank in it's natural habitat. My wife and I went snorkleing on our honeymoon in '03. Of course that was well before I had my reef tank so I didn't appreciate nor recognize anything I saw at the time. I would love to do it again, now that I have an appreciation for what I'm looking at. Thanks for sharing the pics, looking forward to the rest!!

 

[Paul_N]

Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

[condor]

jealous!

 

[firsttime]

Very nice!!! I wish I could do the same some day!!!!

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

The Red Coris, also known as the Clown Wrasse, Red Labrid, or Yellowtail Coris, can be found on almost every reef in the Indo-Pacific and Hawaiian Region, and extends all the way into the Red Sea. Adult specimens in the wild can easily grow to a foot, but in an aquarium, they rarely exceed 6-8 inches. The juvenile and adult appearances vary greatly. As a youth, the body color is orange with white tiger stripes or spots across the back. The stripes and fins are outlined in black. In adulthood, the body takes on a speckled blue coloration, the fins are decorated with yellows, reds, and blues, and the face is orange with green stripes. The male has a light green stripe on the body, just above the anal fin.

The Red Coris requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a sandy bottom into which it will burrow to sleep, or if it is threatened. Do not attempt to keep the Red Coris on crushed coral or similar substrate as they have a poor survival rate on such substrates. When very small, Red Coris are safe with almost any fish that will not eat them, but as they grow, they can become destructive. They should not be kept with invertebrates.

The Red Coris feeds mostly on shelled mollusks in the wild including hermit crabs, urchins, crabs, and occasionally tunicates. Aquarium specimens should have meaty items, vitamin-enriched shrimp, and brine shrimp three times daily

 

[Reef lvr]

Thats awesome!! Cant wait to see more

 

[TANKSALOT]

Wow! Those are GREAT pic's!

Thanks for sharing, I was drooling just looking at the pic's, to be there in person and see it live, I too would probably spit my regulator out :dribble:

TANKSALOT
aka - Steve

 

[ddiver]

that cuttlefish is awesome....

 

[DBarsotti]

This is soooo flippin awesome

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Great pics and thanks for sharing...BTW i would have been freaked out by that crate!! I know that generally dont bite humans but if they do its pretty serious!