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thanks supergaijin, But looking at the various Synanceia members after your suggestion, I cam to the conclusion that its eyes are too low on its head to be in this genus. After poking around in the order a bit more, I found "Erosa erosa" in the Synanceiinae order (fishbase). It looks like a...

I have been so far unable to find info on this weird little guy. It looks like about half it's body is head. The way it moves is by hopping, quite like a bunny, on it's large pectoral fins. Found in the South China Sea, shallow water between 0 and 30 feet depending on the day. Generally I see...

Thanks OC, I believe you're right!

Hey Tiff, Come to Nha Trang, Vietnam! It's a great place to do an internship, especially the time of year you're thinking. It's not the peak of the high season then, but by the time you end your training it would be into the high season. You'd get loads of experience, and probably over 100 dives...

If your still around shoot me a pm. I'd be happy to help you figure out a dive shop that will suit your wants/needs.

Forgot to mention they are usually in groups of three or more in one coral. and are aprox 3inches in length. Some kind of rockcod maybe?

Hey SB, So I've been finding these little guys during my dives in Vietnam. They are always, ALWAYS hidden inside of corals (most of the type a specific species of coral) alongside red spotted coral crabs. To me, their body shape resembles other scorpionfish of this region but so far I have not...

Thanks everyone so far for your experiences and recommendations.

Because PADI AOW is just a teaser, as is SSI AA, a normal student that just received their card wouldn't necessarily have 5 dives in each specialty. In most cases students have 1 dive in each specialty and get the card (in some parts of the world they combine 2 specialties into one dive so you...

So, I'm looking around the market, and there's a lot of companies making boots/booties at comparable prices. Anybody had really good/bad experiences with any particular brands/models? Any 'ole reliables' out there that last forever? Thanks

The cressi frogs come in pink ... Oh and they are really nice. You can use them with many different kick styles as your techniques develop and diversify. They are a paddle fin that flexes in the middle, providing optimum forward thrust/minimizing wasted energy.

The issue has been brought up since this post was asked, and since it's direct I'll answer it directly. Yes I am living and diving and working in a third world country. Yes I earn a barely enough to live month to month. No there is no chance in hell I would be able to afford an entire new setup...

So if it doesn't matter what equipment I own, just if I can sell what equipment is in the shop..... what does it matter?

Now I'm starting to see the difference in equipment as being utilized as a learning aid. Ok, but is that the chicken or the egg? I must have my own equipment that my LDC may or may not have so that I may be able to teach my students about equipment that they may or may not be using? However I...

Sounds like a good learning experience.

Also: With the issue of practicality for the shop owner: is it that not being able to afford a bc, reg, wetsuit and fins for you staff simply outweighs the issue of the student and instructor not wearing the same equipment? Or is it, as has been stated before, simply and instructor without...

Ok, so this is actually an interesting argument. Make sure I'm understanding you right: it aids the student's learning to be using different equipment from their instructor? By means of encouraging exploration and inquiry? Now we're getting somewhere.

It would seem I cracked pandora's box a little bit here. Clearly not everybody agrees, especially LDC owners and their employees. So, I'll go back to the original issue that brought up the topic, which is in the OP. I feel a student and instructor should be wearing the same equipment for THE...

As an assistant instructor, I'm a little fed up with ITC's saying "you must have all your own gear" as a prerequisite for the Instructor Training Course. In my honest opinion, and in the opinion of many instructors I've talked to, an instructor using the same equipment as the student during a...

Nha Trang has a great deal to offer any diver: more than 100 species of nudibranch, 350 species of hard corals, more than 100 species of soft corals, dozens of species of shrimp including varieties of mantis shrimp, rays, occasional shark sightings (including whale sharks), many species of...