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bubblemaker
22-09-06, 16:50
Does anybody know what exactly contaminated the water at Conger Alley???
I was diving there last Sunday, with one of the clubs squeebs, and there was some mighty strange behaviour going on... i thought to myself... this all seems a bit... wait for it... fishy!!!
No, seriously.. some of the fish were really docile. There were pianted gobbies that arte normally really excitable, that you could pick up!!! one of the big bad boy congers was lying in its hole upside down, and was really sluggish when it moved...
I just wondered if they were somehow conected???
Anyone know?
On the plus side there was a shoal of Saithe... about 5 congers... from one of the big boys, right down to a wee young one. We saw the big lobster, loads of Corkwing wrasse, ballan wrasse, Goldsinny wrasse, black/leopard/painted gobbies. But sadly i didn't see a single nudi, not even on the big rock that normally has loads on it :(
dive granny
22-09-06, 18:46
It was vandalism, at the Furnace Inn I believe, when heating oil was let loose into the loch.:mad:
There was hardly any oil, no big disaster...
bubblemaker
22-09-06, 18:54
There was hardly any oil, no big disaster...
hmmm.. well there was something strange going on with the sea life..
Airmonster
23-09-06, 18:04
I noticed on Wednesday last week the warning signs from Argyll & Bute council was still there. I'm sure I read somewhere on here they were being removed?
Anybody any info?
/Colin.:confused:
They were still there today, dated 2 sept 06.
Also plenty of fish swimming about including a couple of big conger in their holes. Good dive today.
They were still there today, dated 2 sept 06.
Also plenty of fish swimming about including a couple of big conger in their holes. Good dive today.
i passed by conger today on the way to the 'tea-room' & confirm that the signs are still there. (23 september, not 2nd september, i assume a miss type:) )
i think the warning signs will be there until they disintegrate.
i doubt Argyll & Bute council will spend the money to remove them.
there will be trace amounts of oil in the water for some time.
probably best to contact A&B council or SEPA for details.
I think conger is fine just now, bubblemaker said it seemed a bit fishy (sleepy fish not the sharks check out the photography section on conger alley) but why not try for your self...;)
dive granny
24-09-06, 20:54
I think conger is fine just now, bubblemaker said it seemed a bit fishy (sleepy fish not the sharks check out the photography section on conger alley) but why not try for your self...;)
Conger is fine now. Four of us had a good dive today. Bubblemaker and I were in for 63 mins. Lots of other divers there also. Great dive. saw the smallest nudibranch I have ever seen:D
kitesurfer
27-09-06, 12:25
:p hey cool i know how to work it now!!!
kitesurfer
27-09-06, 12:28
to the bubblemaker and dive granny the divin was fantastic on sunday.
o and thanx to you aswell mini me!!
Conger is fine now. Four of us had a good dive today. Bubblemaker and I were in for 63 mins. Lots of other divers there also. Great dive. saw the smallest nudibranch I have ever seen:D
Was it on the big rock at about 12m ....? Hope to get some macro pics on sunday if my colds gone....:)
dive granny
28-09-06, 20:15
Think it was more shallow than that. I don't know how Al spotted it as it was so small!! About 1cm long, if that.
bubblemaker
29-09-06, 01:12
Was it on the big rock at about 12m ....? Hope to get some macro pics on sunday if my colds gone....:)
Nope..there was a couple of them on a smaller rock at the top of the reef.. they were ... Polycera quadrilineata