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To: Pet-Fishing in Fiji Part 2 | Located in the Southwestern Pacific, Fiji is a nation of some 333 islands and 880,000 people. The nation and Garden Isle, Taveuni are shown on maps. |  
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| How are you going to get there? About twice the time, distance from LAX as Hawai'i... most folks fly. Air Pacific's 747 are my favorite carrier, model of jet. | 
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| Accommodations are modern, clean, beautiful, and run the gamut of extra-luxury to simple. Here's a very nice place on Taveuni, the aptly named Garden Isle Resort. | 
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| There's much to do in Fiji... though snorkeling, scuba-diving rank high, there are numerous trails, botanizing, bird-watching, kayaking, shopping... and simply laying about leisurely. | 
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| Fiji underwater is the main attraction for most visitors... Especially pet-fish types. The area is most famous for its numerous colorful soft corals (alcyoniids and nephtheids principally), but there are many fish species (about 800 cataloged), sponges, anemones, sea fans... | 
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| And all but three families of stony corals represented here. | 
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| Algae: Chlorodesmis fastigiata, Turtle Weed. Found widely in the South Pacific and marine aquariums. Prefers brisk water movement and bright light. Can be a pest if too prevalent, otherwise useful for nutrient uptake/consolidation, food for some tangs and angelfishes. Considered by some as host/food for the nudibranch Cyerce nigricans. Fiji image. | 
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| Halimeda species are crusty, calcified algae that look like a bunch of small platelets strung together in a chain. They are good choices if you have a lot of grazers, as it is tough to chew. Pictured: the genus in fifty feet of water in Fiji. | 
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| Sponges: Stylotella aurantium (Halicohondrida, Halichondriidae), and an unidentified red encrusting sponge colony collection, Fiji. |  
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