Acros in Kusu island

[nannochloropsis]

Has anyone heard of this? Spoke to an acro fanatic this evening and he told me that you can see lots of this in Kusu. Just need to snorkel. Wonder whether has anyone tried to take some out.

[harlequin]

Let's go on the next boat tomorrow then !!!

Free Acros....maybe got free Crocea clams too.

[Tanzy]

Have a bit, but all brown colour. Cerianthus anemone can be found near St John. You can get goniopora and anemone near Pawai and Senang too.

[mv3i]

but are we allowed to get them from there ??? i mean are they protected like those in p. ubin ???

[TanGo]

No..

Divers rule of thumb..

Take nothing from the ocean.. Leave nothing behind but memories..

Imagine everyone taking everything out.. what will be left of the ocean..

Every little bit counts..

Hmmm..

Except those we get from shops which are already harvested.. We try and preserve them...

kekekeke

Machiam slapping my own face..

But we dunn physically take them from the ocean.. The harvesters do that.. So dunn feel so sinful..

=P

[BarraCudaTM]

its true, I have seen pple catching green acro with cast nets

there are also plate corals and sea fans at the reef nearby

[Achilles Tang]

Harvesting is illegal in designated marine parks.

The islands around SG are not, so technically... yes you can harvest. But if you so wish to do so... do it carefully.

Anyway, did you guys know that in SG waters, we have as much coral species as M'sia? And we have coral spawning just this year? Or was it late last year?

Just that visibility is so bad with all the silt caused by land reclamation and international shipping.... people are saying that the corals around SG are doomed to die soon from all that silt in the water.

When I go fishing, it is common to hook up sea fans and sea pens....

[Wei]

Hi,

you can just go colllect at kusu island. I had a friend that collect from there for his tank. But almost all acro are brown cos the water is muddy, so not much light, so no colourful ones

Wei

[BarraCudaTM]

is the water quality really that muddy in the southern islands?

I agree the water water quality is really bad during the linking of the islands but after the linking, it changed the main water current direction and made the current really swift. I fish in the southern islands regularly, I find that at times the water around sister island, raffles lighthouse can be really clear and blue

[harlequin]

Hey nannochloropsis,

Want to rent a sampan this friday night and go Kusu island ?

I'll bring along my 10K touch light powered by Lithium batteries and you bring those chisels and hammers. Don't forget the plastic bags and oxygen tank.

[BarraCudaTM]

I wouldnt recommend swimming near kusu, sister islands

The current can be around 2knots not to mention the sharp rocks and ferries that travel day and nite there

[nannochloropsis]

Ok, we should bring 400W MH light each to see the beauty of acros at night!

Anyway, has anyone brought back these in and put this in his aquarium?

[TanGo]

I wouldnt recommend swimming near kusu, sister islands

The current can be around 2knots not to mention the sharp rocks and ferries that travel day and nite there

Ya lor.. Dunn make the Navy Divers busy hor...

[harlequin]

I'll bring along a ex-navy diver buddy to swim for us. We'll hold on to the sampan.

Why not make it 1000W MH running off car batteries ?

[BarraCudaTM]

can be done if you got the contacts and $$

paying $50 for a piece of "rock" to the fisherman is easy money

[mv3i]

ok guys .... me in the sampan already