4 A Worthy Cause

When Jay and I went out for a crepuscular dive, there were about a dozen lionfish out hunting across the top of the reef. While he photographed them, I watched an octopus hunt, while a goatfish waited patiently next to it for the scraps.

Underwater Photography by Jay Torborg ... Latest Photos

You've reached my (Jay Torborg's) Reef Tank pages. If you're interested in visiting my pages on photography, scuba diving, and audio/home theater, click on the links at the left. After 25 years of operating fresh water aquariums, I decided to try a salt water reef tank.

Other Cobra builders and enthusiasts have already been very helpful and I'm sure will continue to be. This is a fun and exciting project not only because we're learning a lot, but also because it's giving us a chance to meet many friendly people that share a similar interest. Contact me at jay (at) velotech.com

Underwater Photography by Jay Torborg "Lined Fireworm" The fireworms, members of the Amphinomidae family, will eat almost anything, preying on invertebrates such as sea stars and molluscs, as well as algae and carrion. This one is praying on a Triton's Trumpet.

Well camouflaged by their shape, Commerson�s Frogfishes (Antennarius commerson)have been found in a wide range of colors: yellow, red, orange, gray, green, black. They have been known to change color over a period of several weeks, to match a new background. A frogfish can engulf a fish as big as itself.

Unknown Clown Blenny species photographed in Bonaire in front of Captain Don's Habitat in about 40 ft of water. I you identify the species, please let me know.

The Bullseye Reef Lobster (Hoplometopus holthuisi) is relatively common on the Kona/Kohala coast, although it is rare in the rest of Hawaii. This small nocturnal lobster (5 inches at most) hides in crevices and caves, almost never coming out during the day.

This eel was photographed in about 80 feet of water off the south Kohala Coast near Puako Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. Photographed with a Nikon N90s in a Sea&Sea NX90 housing with two Ikelite 200 strobes. Nikon 60mm f2.8 macro lens. Fuji Provia 100F transparency film scanned with a Nikon LS-2000. Copyright Jay Torborg 2000