Dangerous fish in Hua Hin ? Do you have a list ?

[Terry]

The Mekong as such is not as polluted as other great rivers. The Problem is that there are now various plans to dam it in several locations.

Not much is known of the breeding habits or habitat of the Giant Mekong - (there being so few to observe) - but it IS a migratory species and travels upstream from the delta regions in Cambodia to the upper reaches near Laos and Thailand.

The proposed dams will certainly kill off the species, as it is too large to navigate and successfully get up any 'fish ladder' as for example Salmon can do.

The WWF are trying to raise the awareness levels - but as usual commercialism is winning.

[Johan]

Today i've got a dangerous fish (10 of them)... they have lots of small spikes, can anyone tell me their name ?

I touched one by accident when a big wave arrived on the boat and i had small spikes on my finger, now it's little hurt and i want to know more about this fish.

Thanks.

[Johan]

Looks like that : http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/costa_ric ... a_6444.jpg

It's like a cactus.

[crazy88]

That is a fireworm. In 0ver 5000 dives in the gulf I have never seen one. Try and take an actual picture or ask the boat driver (if there is one) or any Thai person for the name in Thai.

crazy 88

[Big Boy]

As you're so unlucky with the type of fish you attract, why not take a camera next time?

[E-Dork]

That is a fireworm. In 0ver 5000 dives in the gulf I have never seen one. Try and take an actual picture or ask the boat driver (if there is one) or any Thai person for the name in Thai.

Seems like a hell of a lot of dives. Assuming it's a typo as otherwise it's a dive a day for over 10 years, probably 500 yes? Either way you must have some excellent photos. I do enjoy looking at underwater photos (buksida's on that list) so if possible (new thread maybe) would you be able to share?

Thanks

[Johan]

It was fireworm's, 10 of them in a day... If you want to see them just dive 5 km arround Pak Nam Pran or come fishing with me as i can only catch this.

Green with white yellow spines, small, beautiful and dangerous (no i'm not talking about thai girls).

If you see any, never touch them.

[PeteC]

When figuring your budget to live here Johan, I hope you didn't plan on feeding the family with the catch of the day. Pete

[Big Boy]

come fishing with me as i can only catch this.

Have you considered changing your bait?

[Johan]

When figuring your budget to live here Johan, I hope you didn't plan on feeding the family with the catch of the day. Pete

Hahahaha, in fact when i catch something good we cook it. I've got some nice fish too.

Big Boy, i normally use squid, fireworm's seems to love it as i catch one every 20 minutes.

I will try to go fishing with some thai people on their boat to see what kind of technic and bait they use.

[crazy88]

Hi E-dork

No it is not a typo. I worked as a divemaster, then scuba instructor for many years in a fast paced environment where a 2 dive day is a luxury and 5 dive day at least once a week on average. After that I became a partner in ace marine images for several years shooting underwater film and teaching photography and videography. Buksida will probably know the company as he visits Koh Tao.

Crazy 88

[E-Dork]

Crazy 88

Impressive I must say. Do you have a website or link to some of the photography/video images you were able to shoot.

[crazy88]

acemarineimages.com

The site has changed since I left. I have a showreel dvd. Been meaning to make a backup copy for a while now.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... mages&aq=f

Brings up a few clips

Crazy 88

[buksida]

Nice pics C88 - haven't been to Tao for a couple of years but those make me want to go back!

Here's some I made earlier: http://www.asiadivesite.com/phgallery/index.html

[Big Boy]

Some lovely photos on that link, but please put me out of my misery - what on Earth is this?

duck.jpg (191.48 KiB) Viewed 403 times

It looks like some kind of underwater duck to me.