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Old 09/15/2007, 07:13 PM
Ron Leversee Ron Leversee is offline
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Surgeon fish- Tang shots from Kona Dive trip
Some of the great surgeon fish from Kona...



















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Old 09/16/2007, 12:38 PM
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really cool pics! are i love surgeons!!
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Old 09/17/2007, 11:07 AM
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Yeah, I do too...they are amazing the way they interact in the wild!!!
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Old 09/17/2007, 11:18 AM
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Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing
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Old 09/17/2007, 11:24 AM
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Thanks for looking Deb....they were very accommodating!!!
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Old 09/22/2007, 12:33 PM
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OMG that orange shoulder pics is so sweet!!!! how big was he?
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Old 09/22/2007, 02:01 PM
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He was about 16 inches from had to tail!!! They are one of my favorite surgeonfish for sure!!!
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Old 10/02/2007, 11:03 AM
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wow he was huge then!!! thanks again for sharing! do mind If i use one the orange shoulder pics as my background?
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Old 10/02/2007, 11:10 AM
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Not at all...leave a tip on the counter!!!
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Old 10/03/2007, 11:55 AM
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thank you!!! I have in on my home computer and work. Man I love orange shoulders! thanks again.
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Old 10/03/2007, 12:34 PM
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Sounds great!!!
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Old 10/05/2007, 07:07 AM
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what kind, and how big was that first tang. we saw some of those in maui and I swear they were over 18inches. HUGE!!! But alas "Mr. Fishtank" as my wife called me sarcasticly, didn't know what they were.

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Old 10/05/2007, 05:45 PM
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He is called a yellowfin Surgeonfish - or some call it an eyestripe!!! He was about 22 inches....there are a bunch of them and they get over 2ft long....
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Old 10/25/2007, 02:55 PM
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Absolutly amazing. Probably the most amazing pics I have seen on here.

Those pics just inspried me to begin learning scuba.

That Naso is unbelieveable!
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Old 10/26/2007, 03:20 PM
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Thanks Jason....I will say that the Naso, "Orange Spine" is one of my favorite Surgeon fish... They get huge!!! They don't seem to be intimidated when you approach them either....

We could always use more scuba divers for sure!!!
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Old 11/25/2007, 04:16 AM
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looking good
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Old 11/25/2007, 08:42 AM
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Thanks Questionmarc....
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Old 11/25/2007, 12:26 PM
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wheres kona?
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Old 11/25/2007, 06:05 PM
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It is a city on the big island...

http://www.konahawaii.com/
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Old 12/07/2007, 08:57 PM
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beautiful pics
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Old 12/15/2007, 04:09 PM
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hey ron did you ever go to owahu and dive? I was stationed there for 3 years and thats were I learned to dive they have awsome sites there in Hawaii I would love to go back.
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Old 12/16/2007, 05:04 PM
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No...I haven't dove off Oahu...but would love to!!! I hope to get back there this year!!! I want to do some dives off Kauai also!!! Hope I can have a few days in each location!!!
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