November was the month of the blue ringed octopus. But also lots of other critters were around. Check out this cool video, that our Guest James Waller shot while he was here with us for one week. Specially the mating of the blue ringed ocotpus … that was a very special thing to see … and a very lucky one to carry a camera …
We are very happy to announce, that our Camera Room has been completely renovated. It offers now 9 Workstations – each equipped with own multisocket, lamp, drawers and a bar chair. And all that just footsteps away from the beach, where our boats leave! 
For all Guests of Bastianos Lembeh and everybody interested in coming here, there is a new Group on Flickr. Here everyone can post pictures from underwater and from the resort:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bastianoslembeh
Lucky days for Critter Hunters: Beside many other Critters, a Blue Ringed Octopus has been spotted several times … the little bugger hangs out in the rubble at 20 meters depth at Nudi Falls and waits for you!
Our Diveguides just love diving … specially since the new Bastianos Wetsuits arrived. And they’ll not only keep our staff warmer, but they will also make it easier for you to recognize your guide underwater.
Some days ago Bastianos Guides found a pair of fairly big sized Harlequin Shrimp pulling a Seastar to their “Coral Home”. After some days of monitoring, we are happy to tell, that they like the spot and stay around … here one shot of the smaller one.
This morning our Captain Markus found a Sargassum Frogfish while cleaning his boat. The little bugger was hanging under the hull in shallow water holding on to some floatsome. Because he probably would not survive very long in the boat loading zone, we cought it and tranferred it to a abandoned fishfarm, where he can now hang out in old fishing nets and debris floating on the surface until he hopefully finds some Sargassum Seaweed. This picture shows him swimming to his new home …
This Week we spotted a 2 cm Pigmy Squid on Makawide. We saw underwater already, that there was some kind of prey in its mouth, but it was too small to determine what it was. Only when downloading from the camera, it came out that it was holding a small shrimp and was about to eat it. But that’s not enough: The tiny shrimp in the mouth of the tiny squid was carrying eggs – that’s really small!
This week, some of our guest got very lucky on “Aer Bajo”. This dive spot is very known for good muckdiving and besides Frogfish, Ambon Scorpionfish, Flamboyant Cuttlefish also Coconut Octopusses and Mimic Octopusses can be seen regularly. But on that day, one of our Dive Groups observed a fight between a Coconut Octopus and a Mimic Octopus … unfortunately no pictures of that event. And just for your information: They both survived 
Lembeh Strait has a new attraction: A Weedy Rhinopias has been spottet. It is yellow coloured with brown-red-purple pattern and very nice growings on its body. Despite its poppy colour it blends in perfectly into the reef … a special, but very elusive and very hard to find critter.
