... I found the following 4.25" tooth, formerly owned by a Carcharocles Megalodon, an ancient giant shark that lived during prehistoric times, from 25 to 1.5 million years ago.
I can highly recommend going on a "fossil dive" out of Venice, FL... We went on a two-tank dive with Megalodon Charters and found many whale bones, two Meg teeth, and a Columbian Mammoth tooth. Going to clean the fossilized bones really well and then use them in our cichlid tanks.
During a recent SCUBA dive...
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During a recent SCUBA dive...
~ Candice
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
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Re: During a recent SCUBA dive...
I wish I had kept up with my diving
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Re: During a recent SCUBA dive...
That's spectacular!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: During a recent SCUBA dive...
w00t!
Awesome findings..... You better pray it was an ancient one and not a sneaky prehistoric monster that still lives under venice like the scottisch lokness monster
Awesome findings..... You better pray it was an ancient one and not a sneaky prehistoric monster that still lives under venice like the scottisch lokness monster
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Thanks, everyone. The tooth has been quite a conversation piece... and yes, I'm such a geek that I carry it around in my purse. You never know when society will fall and I'll have to defend myself. (ha)
xrayjeeper83, it's never to late to get refreshed! I got certified through ScubaTiger in Orange Park; they have some great classes and instructors. I haven't been diving offshore Jax yet; the only dive charter I've found goes to 80' and deeper sites, and my sweetie is only OW certified, not yet AOW. Besides, I'm perfectly content in 10-40' on a warm, bright reef with lots of life to study. Central & south FL have great shore diving, starting around Ft. Pierce, I've read. Only a 3.5-4hr drive south! Going to check it out once the weather warms.xrayjeeper83 wrote:I wish I had kept up with my diving
~ Candice
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
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Re: During a recent SCUBA dive...
I dive in Venice all the time, I have found some nice small to medium size teeth. Nothing like that though...very nice.
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Re: During a recent SCUBA dive...
Im thinking of spending my tax return on dive lessons, going to just start fresh since I havent been on a dive in 10+ years
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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C papuan
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Good idea.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Awesome! I got my Open Water cert years ago through ScubaTiger in OP. Some great instructors over there.xrayjeeper83 wrote:Im thinking of spending my tax return on dive lessons, going to just start fresh since I havent been on a dive in 10+ years
This Spring, we're going to explore shore diving down the Atlantic coast, starting in Ft Pierce... that's where there starts to be natural reef shelves close enough offshore to swim out to. Just a few hours south of us, xrayjeeper83!
~ Candice
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids