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Here's a Jorunna funebris I found amongst some porites

Ok managed to dig up some semakau pics from my last visit which I did not post in the blog This is the reef edge

Most are probably S. haddoni from observation but I recall seeing one specimen that looked like a S. gigantea on Cyrene. Oh and do join the Raffles Museum on their Semakau trip if you don't mind the expense (come on, the hobby is much more expensive ) because not only would you see the massive Cymodocea serrulata and Enhalus acoroides meadows, you would be able to walk up to a REEF EDGE if the guide allows it. Trust me, standing at the edge of a reef is an extraordinary experience as one more step and you'll plunge into the very deep water (its somewhat like an underwater cliff). I'll be going there in mid May and I'll try to take some pics of the reef edge

Welcome to SRC!

The carpet anemones are literally littered everywhere

Yea I remember searching for it on the slow boat in the early morning when its still dark. We were like "where? I don't see anything!"

Closer view of the book

Oh and I really recommend this book by Dr Chua Ee Kiam if you guys are interested in the really secluded intertidal regions. Its a picture journal and the proceedings go to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. Should be on sale in major bookstores already

If you mean studying as in getting a qualification in Marine Biology, then I'm not although I would want to pursue that in the future (currently studying in Temasek Polytechnic). But if you meant studying as in learning Marine Biology, then yes, I am doing that by reading university textbooks on the subject. Anyway, for most part of my blog, we are monitoring seagrasses at the intertidal zones around Singapore and that is why you'll see that almost every entry has some pictures of seagrass. If anyone is interested in visiting these intertidal zones, you can sign up for nature walks to some of the places. There's one coming up soon for Sentosa. CJ won't be available for a few months from around February to maybe June as there was a mass dieoff if you read it from the blog. Semakau is available but the trip there is very expensive. That's probably the few places you guys can visit. Some places like Cyrene, P. Sekudu and the southern islands are still quite restricted to public access I think

If you mean studying as in getting a qualification in Marine Biology, then I'm not although I would want to pursue that in the future. But if you meant studying as in learning Marine Biology, then yes, I am doing that by reading university textbooks on the subject. Anyway, for most part of my blog, we are monitoring seagrasses at the intertidal zones around Singapore and that is why you'll see that almost every entry has some pictures of seagrass. If anyone is interested in visiting these intertidal zones, you can sign up for nature walks to some of the places. There's one coming up soon for Sentosa. CJ won't be available for a few months from around February to maybe June as there was a mass dieoff if you read it from the blog. Semakau is available but the trip there is very expensive. That's probably the few places you guys can visit. Some places like Cyrene, P. Sekudu and the southern islands are still quite restricted to public access I think

That's Cyrene Reef. Its actually in the middle of nowhere as you will not see it unless there is a really low tide. Its off Jurong I think and you can only get there on amphibious transport during super low tides when the whole stretch is exposed. That place is VERY BIG and it'll take about like 2-3 hours to actually breifly comb the area

Oh! Yeah I remember! We met again at the Earth Day symposium

Oh you were there at CJ too? What's your real name? (Sorry, I have really serious short term memory )

Hey guys, check out some of my adventures to Singapore's intertidal regions on my nature blog www.thebluheaven.blogspot.com Hope this could show just how alive are Singapore's shores!

Saw AT posing with a couple of ladies on today's Straits Times Urban pg 21

I'm thinking of adding another Tunze 6060 to replace my Seio M1100 Hopefully that'll give me more flow to the dead spots

Vast seagrass meadow at CJ

Thx a lot Lorenzo! Here's a couple of off topic shots I took This is Chek Jawa as it looks like now after the mass dieoff few months back

Hey there! If you'd like to meet up with some reefers, I'll be available too if I'm free. Hope you have an enriching experience in this hobby here in Singapore

Last pic for the day, my sunflower zoos from Joe

Heavily cropped picture of a pink gonio which is recovering in my tank as it wasn't doing so well at the LFS

Rics and acan lords

Blue candycane from Joe Started off with 3 polyps

Green body birdnest frag from a reefer friend

This one came from a frag which Keith and I chipped off from the main colony. It was slightly bleached and injured but it recovered and is forming a very nice growth form