Aidy and I want to thank the many that replied to our post asking for help identifying the odd little fish that has turned up in the waters around Koh Tao! Yesterday, while out diving with Pro Underwater Video Trainee Andrea, we again stumbled upon the little guy- a juvenile Painted  (a.k.a Silver) Sweetlips. This time he was spotted in Mango Bay, one of the most idyllic bays in the Gulf of Thailand, where recently we've found lots of Estuarian Seahorses, some very active Devil Scorpionfish and many other little creatures roaming the sand.

A better photo of Koh Tao's newest resident...

Since this time we knew what we were filming we tried to get good close up shots of the juvenile Silver Sweetlips.


A longer term resident...

We were out with the new Sony AVCHD cameras and Aquatica underwater housings and worked especially on adjusting white balance, close up shots and manual focus. Pro Video Trainee, Andrea, has finished her BSAC Professional Underwater Videographer Course and started her Internship, but still enjoys the fun dives we do in between jobs to practise more filming in HD and getting the perfect shot. The divers on the island are looking forward to some better weather now that the effects of typhoon Ketsana seem to have dissipated and we're back to blue skies and flat seas!