Jesse Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Every so often you come across a sight underwater that just takes your breath away. Here are some photos of the most amazing collection of anemones I’ve ever seen. The site is known as Anemone Thila, from one of the northern atolls in the Maldives. A “thila” is the local name for shallow reefs that are roughly fifteen meters or so underneath the surface. This thila was just barely visible as a blueish structure from the boat and as I dove down, I could see the mantles of the Heteractis magnifica ‘nems. The weather was quite poor, so the animals had partially closed up, thus revealing the wide variation in their mantle colors. As you can see, there are literally hundreds of individuals packed into quite a small area. In fact, I have never seen such a high density of anemones. I can only assume that the conditions found here are just right; an anemone ‘Goldilocks zone’ to steal an analogy. As you can see, if you look closely, fish life is quite common here. There are clowns of course, which have the rare ability to travel quite far and wide amongst the anemones, though I witnessed several pairs that were quite definitely defending their own ‘nem. https://reefs.com/2017/05/02/anemone-heaven/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Amazing pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 That's super cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Yeah these guys who do these dives are lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 How did I miss this. I want to build an underwater house and live there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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