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Pretty Sure your photo is subadult barracuda the giveaway being the comparatively reduced prosterior (front) dorsal fin in the barracuda to me. Wahoo: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=89&genusname=Acanthocybium&speciesname=solandri Distribution Atlantic, Indian...

Forgot to add - I'm a divecon. It'seasily the best way to get regular diving in whilst being a broke student and I get to volunteer on a heap of marine fieldwork which has padded out my CV as a "marine" field biologist really well, even though I officially work on lizards in the desert. Walk...

G'day - I'm actually poking my nose back in here as I'm bucking the trend and travelling to Michigan next month for a prospective postdoc on sexual selection in marine fish. Want to know if I should bother bringing my dive gear to Michigan for winter or just plan on staying inside and...

So I got my MRI results back and my heart function is normal, with no protein build up in the ventricle. All clear to dive, my ECG is just a bit strange naturally apparently. Went to the shop today expecting to assist in an open water pool session, but 2 of the OW students cancelled and they...

So, echo and Treadmill stress testing done: The echo indicated no abnormalities to valve function and a septal width of 8mm - which is supposedly well within the normal range. The stress test was a 15 minute treadmill test with intensity increasing every 3 minutes Resting: 55bpm, bp...

Saw the cardio today and had another ECG witht he same result - booked in for an echo and a stress test later in the week. Unfortunately I asked if it was a contraindication to diving and she replied "I wasn't going to say anything - but now that you've asked, I'm obliged to say it is until...

Hi all, I'm a 27 year old Divecon - I recently had a dive medical and my ECG came back abnormal. The Dive doctor - (from the hyperbaric medicine unit at Adelaide Hosptial so all he does is work with divers - they have 2 chambers on site there which is why I went there) didn't mention it and...