Low Tide Rock flipping at Sentosa

Post by **Peace** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:54 pm

Receding tide in the afternoon is perfect for coastal exploration today. I was at the shore near the underwaterworld facing harbourfront. A big stretch of sand is exposed as the tide reaches its lowest. The 'Leng' setup by some fisherman are also exposed and left on the sand awaiting for the fisherman to collect the nets.

I stick close to the rocks, observing for interesting stuff. Here's what I managed to see today:

Anemone in a tide pool

A tiny hermit crab scurrying away from me

A cute orange colour crab

Some sort of mollusc

A mangrove snapping prawn

Swimming Crab hiding in the sand

Did some rock flipping to look for some worms. Had to be careful because some worms can inflict some painful stings. Found several types of worms under the rocks but were unable to id most of them.

A pair of big fire worms, they have bristles that can cause stinging pain

An unknown worm

Another one

Not sure if this one is a worm or not

It's quite an interesting trip for me, I will be visiting the place again another day to find more worms!

domvonn · Post by **domvonn** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:53 am

hi peace, the unknown worm is known as a Collarworm

i did some stone flipping when i was young in westcoast..holy cow can see many moray eels. and big Sesarmines.

Post by **Peace** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:02 pm

Thanks domvonn, can you give me a reference link to the worm, I wasn't able to find one. I did some rock flipping too in the past but never saw a moray before, got to keep on flipping

One thing I learnt the hard way was never to reach your hand into the pool immediately after you flip a rock. Wait for the sediments to settle to scan for anything dangerous. The fireworm taught me just that.

domvonn · Post by **domvonn** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:25 am

pm-ed you liaoz...

Post by **Peace** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:48 pm

More 'beachcombing' at Sentosa. Lots of interesting stuff to see besides the many worms I dug up.

A crab I haven't seen before

This one looks like a female fiddler crab

A bunch of male fiddlers I manage to catch with my quick draw of my spade vs their speedy scuttling.

The common snapping prawn and a goby

An interesting find when I flip over a large rock; a pair of pipefish, not exactly sure of the species though

and now for the worms...

This one has a series of bands near its head

This one is yellow and thin, I found it wrapped with the worm above in a tide pool.

another unknown worm

and lastly, peanut worms!

domvonn · Post by **domvonn** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:07 pm

stevenseow · Post by **stevenseow** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:14 pm

Nice picture

chanturtle · Post by **chanturtle** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:18 pm

Wowers.... i didn't know flipping rocks can allow us to discover so much beautiful things....

Post by **Peace** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:11 pm

Flipping rocks can be fun but be careful about it if you want to do it. Some rocks can be sharp or have barnacles growing on it that may cut your hand. And remember to flip the rock back in place properly after that.