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Facts about Damsel fish

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The Damselfish are quite lively and colorful and they are common in the tropical seas. They are found in the shallow water of tropical and semitropical seas, like diving around the Gili Islands and at the divesites Halik (North Gili Trawangan), Hans reef (North Gili Air) and Bounty Wreck (South West Gili Meno). They are small and aggressive. They love the coral reefs, mangroves and sea grass. They feed on zooplankton and algae. When they are in courtship, they make purring and clicking noises. The juveniles are different in color than the mature adults. Some juveniles may be red with blue spots. The mature ones are orange-yellow. They can display a ferocious behavior when they feel threatened. Some like to live in open water and swim in schools. These fish are beautiful as the display their bright colors.

Many of the Damselfish grow to a length of 7 cm. They become mature in two to five years. Some species may take much longer to mature. Their spawning season begins in spring and ends in the summer. There are a few different species and some species swim in large schools.

There are about 235 species of Damselfish, and that includes about 26 species of Clownfish. Habitat destruction and the destruction of the coral reefs may soon show declining populations.

The young Blue Damselfish can live together in peace, but they become very aggressive as they mature. They like to stay very close to the coral reef.

The Black and White Damselfish are also called Humbug fish. The Yellowtail Damselfish often lose their beautiful bright colors when they are captured. Some species of Damselfish can only be found in the Caribbean. Some species only live on the bottom of the sea and they defend their territory of about 16 feet. This territory covers feedinmg, spawning and shelter sites. The Damselfish ignores bass and groupers because they are much less competitive. It is the male that prepares for spawning by clearing a surafce of coral or rocky ledge. The female can lay up to about 20,000 oval eggs that are really tiny. The males guards these eggs with his fins. It takes the eggs about three to seven days to hatch.

If you like more information about diving around the Gili Islands visit our website: http//:www.oceans5dive.com

New Emergency First Response (EFR) certifications at Oceans 5 Gili Air

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Oceans 5 Gili Air has certified some of their staff as Emergency First Responder (EFR).

After 4 days of theory and skills 3 staff member can call themselves Emergency First Responder.

So my name is Hamdi, Habibi and Acok, i am an Emergency First Responder! May i help you.

Well done guys!!!!

Oceans 5 goes sidemounting!

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Oceans 5 dive resort is following the latest trends of diving. In the beginning of October 2012 Oceans 5 dive resort will be ready to teach sidemounting around the Gili Islands. They will be the first or one of the first who are cabable to teach sidemounting arounf the famous Gili Islands.

Oceans 5 ordered just 2 Hollis sms50 sidemount systems. And if we like them more will follow.

What is sidemount scuba diving..?

Diving in sidemount configuration is the process of taking one or two cylinders and placing them on either side of your body, rather than mounting them on your back, (traditionally known as backmounted). But Sidemount diving is much more than just a change in equipment. In fact, with the right training, you will find it to be a vastly more rewarding and enlightening experience.

If fact if trained correctly I doubt, you will ever see the need to return to a backmouted equipment configuration.

Why use sidemount equipment configuration vs backmount..?

* Enables a unique method of buoyancy control which results in a more streamlined profile, reduces drag and makes finning and moving through the water much easier and more efficient. Get as close to the free-diver experience as possible with Scuba!

* Offers a greater comfort level. Sidemount equipment and harness are custom fit to each individual, accommodating divers of all shapes and sizes.

* Great for divers with any disabilities, as you carry the cylinder(s) separate from your harness to the water. Cylinders and weights are then mounted and attached in the water, making the entries and exits to dive sites much easier.

* The safest option in terms of air management. Sidemount allows provides you with easier access to your cylinder valve(s), first stage(s) and alternate air source should a problem arise.

One harness and BCD does it all! This statement is now 100% true! Your Sidemount equipment can also be used for more advanced types of diving i.e wreck, technical and cave diving, providing you get trained correctly at each level.

If you like to have more information about sidemounting around the Gili Islands: http://www.oceans5dive.com or info@oceans5dive.com

Weekly reef clean up great success at Oceans 5 dive resort!

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Diving around the Gili Islands is fantastic. To make your dives more joyable and to make you more aware about what garbage, rubbish can do with the underwater world, Oceans 5 organise every week beach and reef clean ups.

In the last few months we collected a lot of rubbish. And at his time we see more marinelife than before. A few days ago we spotted a white tip reef shark, a wonderpus and a few robust pipefish in the harbor. We are really happy that all our work and time results in a better reef and a broader awareness of reef conservation on the island.

But we are not there, there are many things that we individually can do! We can as divers create a good dive behavior, not touching and taking things away. We can improve our bouyancy. But even as a non diver you can help us to take some batteries we have back to the western world where they recycle them.

If you like to know more about Gili Air, eco projects or clean ups: info@oceans5dive.com

Emergency first response instructor course (EFRI) finished at Gili Air, Gili Islands.

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Last week 5 candidates finished their Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI) course here at Oceans 5 dive resort on Gili Air, Gili Islands, Indonesia.

The EFR Instructor courses at Oceans 5 dive resort are run throughout the year when demand dictates. Courses takes 1 or 2 days and includes all elements of primary and secondary care, use of the AED, the provision of Oxygen and Care for Children. This course is open to anyone who has the provider qualifications. There is no requirement to be a diving instructor to undertake this training course. Prerequisites: To enter the Emergency First Response Instructor course, you must be 18 years old and have completed adult, child and infant CPR and first aid training in the past 24 months or a be a practicing medical professional such as a physician, Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic and Registered Nurse.

If you like to have more information about EFR instructor courses, EFR courses, or EFR update programes please contact us: info@oceans5dive.com

Reef clean ups during high season

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Oceans 5 dive resort organinise even during high season beach and reef clean ups. It doesnt matter how many people are interested in diving and cleaning the reef in front of Oceans5. All what matter is that people become more aware about the rubbish in the ocean and the effect of it on the ocean.

Oceans 5 dive resort organise every week a beach and reef clean up. If you lijke to join contact us at: info@oceans5dive.com

Release of a seastar

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A few days ago a tourist was waiting for his boat in the harbor of Gili Air. He was carrying a seastar with him.

One of our customers saw it it and asked the person what he was doing. The person wanted to take the seasstar back to Belgium, as a souvenir. After a long talk about not taking things out of the oceans, the person gave the seastar to Pablo. The seastar was at that moment more than 22 hours outof the water.

Pablo put the seastar in a bucket of seawater to see if it was still alive. A Yes it was, Pablo has released the seastar in front of Oceans 5 dive resort. Hopefully it will be there for a long time.

Please dont take everything out of the oceans as souvenir. Most of the things will be used by animals, or are living creatures.

Reef clean up Gili Air, Gili Islands 19th July

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Yesterday is was clean up day at Oceans 5 dive resort. It means clean up the beach, the oceans and the reefs in front of Oceans 5.

Oceans 5 is located in the harbor of Gili Air. All the fast boats from Bali are arriving there and that means a lot of tourist leave their garbage behind and that dissapear in the ocean.

Oceans 5 organises every week a clean up, cuz the reef in front of the resort is a brilliant reef to see all kind of things, like seahorses, pipefish, nudis, mimic octopus and mandarin fish. Also Oceans 5 likes to make more people aware how important the oceans are for our planet.

This time 7 people joined the clean up and the result was 6 bags full of rubbish.

Oceans 5 like to thank every one who joined and for who wants to join : info@oceans5dive.com or come into our shop on Gili Air, Gili Islands.

Busy times, high season is starting….

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The last few days the amount of people arriving on Gili Air is increasing. We see them every day arriving in front of Oceans 5 dive resort with the fast boats from Bali.

Not all of the people who are visiting Gili Air are diving but a lot of them do. Diving, and snorkeling are the main attractions of the island. It is beautiful world under the water and you can find it all around the Gili Islands.

For people who never dived before, there are pools to try scuba diving, like the Oceans 5 pool. A 25 meter pool specially made for scuba diving. It is a perfect place to start your first dive experiences.

Yesterday Oceans 5 dive resort had 21 students in the pool. If you look at the picture you will see there is space for everyone, and that the instructor are teaching only small groups, max 4 persons.

If you like more information about scuba diving around the Gili Islands: info@oceans5dive.com

Turtle release and beach/reef clean up at Oceans 5 dive resort

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Oceans 5 dive resort is taking care of their environment. They do with with their weekly beach and reef clean up in the harbor of Gili Air, Gili Islands. But also Oceans 5 has a turtle conservation programme.

Yesterday Oceans 5 did a clean up in the harbor of Gili Air with 6 people. They found a lot of rubbish, in total 6 bags. Plastic bottles, cans, chips bags, wood, stone, glass, etc are the main part of the collected rubbish.

A few hour later Oceans 5 released 25 turtles. They have been for 3 months at Oceans 5 dive resort and they are now big enough to experience the real world. In the beginning they didnt know where to go, but all found their way to the water and dived into it. After a few goodbyes all turtles decided to swimm yo the deep part. Hopefully we see them one day….