Lionfish Lair
Renee
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Can someone ID these
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Lionfish Lair
Renee
Do you have a picture of what you put in there? I believe The lettuce is still rather wavy when young. I can't say they never look like yours, however, I just have not seen them appear as such.
Yours reminds me of a Elysia obtusa. Not to say it's that particular species, but it gives you idea of some of the similarities.
Yours reminds me of a Elysia obtusa. Not to say it's that particular species, but it gives you idea of some of the similarities.
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tankaholic
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tankaholic
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The place my boyfriend bought them from this is their pic of them
tankaholic
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Our lights are already out...
We got 1 small one and 3 larger ones
We got 1 small one and 3 larger ones
Lionfish Lair
Renee
The baby's of the Elysia crispata often have a wavy form. Not frilly like their folks, but not smooth.
Photo credit: http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/elysclar
Others, such as the Elysia obtusa stay that size and have a different form.
Other images from google
https://www.google.com/search?q=Elysia+obtusa&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS690US691&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiznv3H2cfOAhXMPCYKHRcDAZIQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=ppG159u3bLWldM:
Photo credit: http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/elysclar
Others, such as the Elysia obtusa stay that size and have a different form.
Other images from google
https://www.google.com/search?q=Elysia+obtusa&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHBD_enUS690US691&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiznv3H2cfOAhXMPCYKHRcDAZIQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=ppG159u3bLWldM:
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Lionfish Lair
Renee
See how pale the "innards" are in yours compared the one one below it. That's what I mean by they look like they are starving. That usually means they haven't eaten a suitable algae in awhile. Evidently some of these guys can live up to 4 months without food, until their stores are used up.
tankaholic
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well i just looked again at his tank since I got up in middle of night... and well there's about 4-5 more in the tank...
I don't know how these would have got in there. I dip everything that goes in the tank...
I did drop about 8-10 algea pellets in the plasti container we have them in. Bf said he thinks 1 or 2 might actually be eating the pellets.
I'll let ya know when I see it for myself...lol
the pellets are from hikari we got them from a grab bag freebie from a frag show...eheheh
I don't know how these would have got in there. I dip everything that goes in the tank...
I did drop about 8-10 algea pellets in the plasti container we have them in. Bf said he thinks 1 or 2 might actually be eating the pellets.
I'll let ya know when I see it for myself...lol
the pellets are from hikari we got them from a grab bag freebie from a frag show...eheheh
Lionfish Lair
Renee
I'm finally adding content to the hitchikers guide (besides pictures) and am spending time fact checking. I was originally under the impression the color of these guys was due to starvation, as I said above. It's not. Some species are yellow, like the Elysia obtusa. I just wanted to correct that in case someone were to be reading this in the future.
