FINDING NEMO WITH GILI AIR DIVERS

FINDING NEMO WITH GILI AIR DIVERS

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Everyone that ever watched the movie Finding Nemo is very familiar with the cute orange-white striped fish that got lost in the big wide ocean. But what do we really know about those amazing creatures that are found all around the Gili islands? First of all, a "Nemo" is originally called a False Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) and is part of a big family of anemonefish with numerous species. They grow up to about 11 centimeters and live in venomous anemonies. Their symbiosis with anemonies is extraordinary: while an anemonie (with its stinging cells) protects an anemonefish from predators, the fish with its bright colours attrack pray for the anemonie. What diversAw from Gili Air Divers usually notice is that anemonefish always move very quickly and lively - sometimes it even seems like they are dancing! The fact is that while moving very quickly anemonefish or "Nemos" protect themselves from the stings of an anemonie that they inhabit. It has been said that anemonefish can create a certain kind of mucus which carries the anemone's chemical signature and therefore protects them from the poisonous stings.
We, the staff of Gili Air Divers, always like to ensure our divers that anemonefish are not agressive at all and are always fun to watch underwater. They usually live in an anemone as a small monogamous family: a pair of adult anemonefish and several small juveniles, which are not actually their real offsprings, but juveniles that were brought to the anemone with currents and waves.
Another amazing feature of these small and lively animals is their way of changing sex during their life cycle. All anemonefish are born as male and  later the largest one in an anemonie takes the leading role and transforms into a female. If a female would pass away, another male would within a week change sex to ensure a leader in an anemonie.
There are a lot of divesites around the three Gili islands (Gili Air, Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan), where divers can see an anemonefish "up close", like Air Wall, Frog Fish Point, Mirko's reef, Shark Point, Bounty Wreck, Manta Point etc.    
Did you know you can hear anemonefish underwater? At Gili Air Divers we always like to take our time and listen to sounds of these small colourful creatures - try it, is really fun!