This is a double post from the Random Pic of the Day thread but just need to memorialize this here as well.
As I posted above awhile back, a 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 and saw them wriggling around. Honestly I thought the slug was dying & laying unfertilized eggs because that is a documented behavior & sea slugs can be delicate.
Then this morning I get home from a haircut and see a little blob floating around the tank. I see one of the fish try to eat it and then spit it out. Thought maybe it was a small snail. Took a closer look, and sure enough… It’s a baby sea slug! Immediately grabbed a little plastic cup and netted it out to get a better look at it. 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!
I have a feeling I’m gonna be seeing quite a few of these guys popping up in the next few days & weeks. Apparently the planktonic stage is by far the hardest to survive, and once they go benthic their viability is pretty good. Fingers crossed. Now wtf am I going to do with all these sea slugs?!
