Random pic of the day thread

[dough]

 

[mumra]

 

[willwoo]

Couple of weeks ago one of my lettuce sea slugs laid eggs. I thought no way in hell any would survive. I didn’t even know they were viable until it laid a second clutch & I looked at them under the microscope. Then this morning I get home from a haircut and see a little blob floating around the tank. Sure enough… It’s a baby sea slug. Then I keep looking and find a second one right at the waterline. There must be dozens more. This hobby is so f’ing cool!

 

[Hunna]

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Couple of weeks ago one of my lettuce sea slugs laid eggs. I thought no way in hell any would survive. I didn’t even know they were viable until it laid a second clutch & I looked at them under the microscope. Then this morning I get home from a haircut and see a little blob floating around the tank. Sure enough… It’s a baby sea slug. Then I keep looking and find a second one right at the waterline. There must be dozens more. This hobby is so f’ing cool!

It’s so tiny! I loved finding lettuce leaf sea slugs while I was living on Roatan. So many different color combos, one time I found one that had green, yellow, and purple.

 

[willwoo]

It’s so tiny! I loved finding lettuce leaf sea slugs while I was living on Roatan. So many different color combos, one time I found one that had green, yellow, and purple.

That’s so cool. I can’t imagine being able to see them in the wild. And yes super, super tiny. I’d say about 3-4mm long. Fingers crossed they continue to grow.

 

[sharis100]

 

[willwoo]

Another shot of one of the baby lettuce sea slugs. I have counted about 5-6 of them so far that I keep track of on a daily basis. They mostly stay on macro algae, but this one ventured onto the glass today. (This is a view from underneath.)

 

[york1]

Finally got the new lights mounted

 

[Hunna]

Took a few tries to get the surface reflection to cooperate, but pretty happy with the result

 

[Hunna]

I’m glad these 2 chalices not only survived being moved into my bedroom tank during the 40b crash, but have also grown quite a bit since going in there

 

[wellrn2002]

Getting a decent mother colony.

 

[Hunna]

My 4”+ golden bounce ricordea is smushed in my bedroom 15g for a bit longer while things stabilize in the 40b

 

[Hunna]

This little orange setosa is still somehow doing great after the 40b crash and being moved into my bedroom tank