Help, corals browned out and algae everywhere!

[soapy]

Originally Posted by soapy

The picture is of an inshore reef so it is likely has a higher 'bioload' plus I don't recall seeing a lot of large herbivores, maybe it was a bit fished out around there.

On the bright side my tank now looks just like a real reef!

Actually I was just flipping back through my photos and there were lots of big tangs there. It wasn't too bad for algae really.

[toytech]

Checked today and the reefs off maui look pretty good , tons of tangs , huge morish idols but not too many yellow tangs around mostly convics , koles , and lavenders .

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Hawaii's reefs are at least protected by strong conservation laws and we're hoping to see them in person in 2016.

[soapy]

Sounds good, I would love to go to Hawaii.

Put Australia on your bucket list if you haven't been, it is fantastic. I snorkelled overtop this white tipped reef shark at a place called Heron island. It didn't know I was there so I got to follow it for a few seconds.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Hawaii's reefs are at least protected by strong conservation laws and we're hoping to see them in person in 2016.

If you want "less touched" go to Kauai.

[soapy]

Originally Posted by Myka

If you want "less touched" go to Kauai.

Noted.

[soapy]

That shark wasn't too scary but this guy here was terrifying:

[toytech]

Last day went for a good snorkel in maui (saturday) , came back to the beach after getting checked out of the condo to hang out for a while. Guy on a jetski comes into the bay and clears everyone out of the water , turns out a very large tigershark has been in the area all week and was aggressive with a couple of different people and decided to bite a stand up surfers board , guy was ok luckily . Kinda unnerving to have been there all week in not too great water conditions with an aggressive tigershark .