Critter I found in my tank :)

[Vox]

Found this little dude in my reef tank. I believe he is an Elysia genus sea slug one that consumes algae and hijacks it’s chloroplasts and uses them to photosynthesize.

 

[*GAREEF*]

Cool!! I haven’t seen one of those in a very long time.

 

[Vox]

Cool!! I haven’t seen one of those in a very long time.

From what I read they are fairly uncommon in captivity I have no idea where he came from he just appeared one day

 

[*GAREEF*]

From what I read they are fairly uncommon in captivity I have no idea where he came from he just appeared one day

That’s how I’ve always experienced them too.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

neat!!