Macro video of saddleback clownfish eggs in the wild

[Nick Hope]

On a recent dive trip to Anilao in the Philippines I shot some macro video of a pair of saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus, tending to their eggs. I managed to get some nice closeups of the eggs with my 4K camera. Enjoy!

[video=youtube;9JZM7HZQf3g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9JZM7HZQf3g[/video]

 

[BeanMachine]

Wow great video thanks for sharing.

 

[pikachux3]

Sick..

 

[Scout]

That was neat. Lucky to have seen that in person

 

[oredith]

VERY COOL!

thank you for sharing

 

[Six2seven]

Thats awesome.

 

[Nick Hope]

Thank you all very much.

While I was on that trip I also found a school of 9 small saddleback clownfish whose host anemone was closed for some reason. They were all swimming against the current, mostly in unison, but not all the time. They were quite shallow, and it was quite an unusual sight for me. So I made this fun video of them:

[video=youtube;zr40xNW3Qyo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr40xNW3Qyo[/video]

 

[nueok]

Nice video thank you for sharing!

 

[CJR]

You did a great job keeping the camera still in that kind of current, did you have 50lbs on your weight belt?

great videos, makes me want to plan another dive trip. let's see new tank or dive trip????

 

[Nick Hope]

Thank you.

I have a pretty sturdy tripod on the bottom of the tripod, and the rig is quite negatively buoyant, so this type of shot is quite easy to keep steady.

 

[ndrwater]

Really fun videos. Great job!! Hope to see many more!

 

[smartchoice]

amazing!>