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On reflection, I should have said no to this project.Both the aquairum design and its proposed location were not my choice.
When I first set up a marine aquarium in Eilat, this beach was my favourite dive location for collecting small fish.
It is now a very popular bathing and diving resort.The "sinking" of a missile launching ship as an artificial reef has made it very popular.
But I could navigate around this area at night just by the coral shapes and locations long before its present popularity.
And some of the marine life I have seen at night was mind-boglling.On one occaision I was looking under a coral ledge and saw what at first I took to be a sleeping puffer fish.As I got close, it opened an enormous mouth and sprouted really menacing spines from its dorsal and pectoral fins.I beat a hasty retreat.The next day I described it to a dive instructor who told me its called a "Monster Fish". Some instructors had "adopted" certain fish/moray eels to take dive groups to veiw. They would try and keep their location secret.This "Monster Fish" had obviously been seen by other divers, but I could not find it listed in any books on Red Sea fish I have browesd.I have kept and photographed all types of the deadly stone fish.Frog fish, these have four legs and an attenae to attract prey.Their camoflage is amazing.They can blend into a piece of discarded machinery or open range cooker on the sea bed like it was part of the machine.After a while I learnt to spot tell-tale indications that a frog fish was present.I must have spent hours inspecting debris playing " spot - the Frog Fish" on the Red Sea bed.
The site is now called "The Village" and is located next to Mariner Divers.
There are videos on YT of its location.
On reflection, I should have said no to this project.Both the aquairum design and its proposed location were not my choice.
When I first set up a marine aquarium in Eilat, this beach was my favourite dive location for collecting small fish.
It is now a very popular bathing and diving resort.The "sinking" of a missile launching ship as an artificial reef has made it very popular.
But I could navigate around this area at night just by the coral shapes and locations long before its present popularity.
And some of the marine life I have seen at night was mind-boglling.On one occaision I was looking under a coral ledge and saw what at first I took to be a sleeping puffer fish.As I got close, it opened an enormous mouth and sprouted really menacing spines from its dorsal and pectoral fins.I beat a hasty retreat.The next day I described it to a dive instructor who told me its called a "Monster Fish". Some instructors had "adopted" certain fish/moray eels to take dive groups to veiw. They would try and keep their location secret.This "Monster Fish" had obviously been seen by other divers, but I could not find it listed in any books on Red Sea fish I have browesd.I have kept and photographed all types of the deadly stone fish.Frog fish, these have four legs and an attenae to attract prey.Their camoflage is amazing.They can blend into a piece of discarded machinery or open range cooker on the sea bed like it was part of the machine.After a while I learnt to spot tell-tale indications that a frog fish was present.I must have spent hours inspecting debris playing " spot - the Frog Fish" on the Red Sea bed.
The site is now called "The Village" and is located next to Mariner Divers.
There are videos on YT of its location.
