The underwater world is one of the most colourful and diverse landscapes I know, jamming several completely different looking coral in one small square meter.
Tube Sponges like these are the "trees" of the coral forests.
It's great fun swimming over them and peeking inside the tubes to see if anything is hiding.
This Sea Fan makes for a great silhouette shot against the background light and rising bubbles.
Bright yellow tubes sponges grow in groups...
...or solitary.
This Brittle Sea Star seems to take quite a liking to the sponge. I can't help but personalize the coral and fish sometimes. ;c)
Sea sponges come in all shapes and colours... this green one has an interesting shape and is full of interesting holes showing off it's honey comb interior.
In several Vase Sponges I found an sea shell from a hermit crab inside -- I wonder how it got there? Poor crab.
Close up on Gorgonian Coral.
Feather Duster Worms like these are fun to watch since they don't hide as you approach.
A fuzzy artsy Feather Duster shot.
This Feather Duster is much more skittish... and will hide in the tube that supports it at the tiniest sign of a predator.
These Christmas Tree Worms act likewise but if you are patient and wait a few minutes, you will see them unfurl beautifully in front of you.
Anemones - no nemo clown fish or other fish hiding in these atlantic anemones. Nemo only hides in the anemones of the Pacific ocean.
Another striking anemone. Anemone fish have stingers on their tentacles in order to faze visiting fish to feed on them.
This Pederson shrimp stands on guard in front of the very cool corkscrew anemone which is mostly translucent apart from a ribbon of white spiralling up the tentacles.
Flamingo Tongue Nudibranchs are a nice find for their unique patterns (somehow I doubt this is what a flamingo tongue looks like though) and are basically slugs who feed on the coral.
This FingerPrint Nudibranch is a much rarer find but since the divemaster knew exactly where it was, I suppose they don't move around much.
These Tunicates are translucent blue tubes that remind me of anemones.
This is some kind of tunicate as well though no one seemed to have seen it before.
