So I drove down to West Palm Beach today and did some collecting for the aquarium. Bought a 5 gallon bucket and a battery operated air for the trip home and will get some salt and a second bucket tomorrow to just do 100% water changes daily. The license you need is $17 for three days for out of state residents so not too bad. Also picked up a butterfly net for the actual catching for two bucks and it made it through the day but won't last much longer. Had a lot of fun and just used snorkel gear with the better spot being under one of the big bridges down there. Catching wasn't too bad and total I caught 1 French angel, 4 filefish, 5 French grunts, 2 parrotfish, a bunch of large blennies and one small red lip blenny, some arrow crabs, 2 high hats, 6 ocean surgeonfish(Acanthurus bahianus), a sharp nose puffer and some clear shrimp. Ended up keeping the angel, grunts, the small blenny, an arrow crab, 4 of the tangs and I think I still have the puffer though it was tiny and now I cant find it.
And for a few pics of them in the bucket tonight
Ocean surgeon (here are some adult pics: http://reefguide.org/carib/surgeonfish.html
And for a few pics of them in the bucket tonight
Ocean surgeon (here are some adult pics: http://reefguide.org/carib/surgeonfish.html
