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This Octopus is too big for my tank. He was a pretty site at a visitor's center in Florida on our vacation.
He washed up after a storm and our friend was trying to save him. He turned white before our eyes wanting us to think him
a rock. ( see below)
Look Opal has decided to rebuild!
Opal, so named because his eyes turn from green to amber like fire opals, is a is a Dusky Jaw Fish who builds a burrow on
the sand floor by digging and spitting with his mouth. (see picture on the right) He’s notorious for inviting (dragging)
the crabs and our Queen Conch (1” long) to become part of the wall of his burrow. We have to tear up his architecture
from time to time to rescue our critter else they will die belly up. Opal comes from the tropical Western Atlantic.
Our tank would not be complete
without an open brain coral. He is lime green and glows fluorescent at night when the moon glow lights are on. He expands,
shrinks and wiggles with pleasure at our power compact lights which are his food. (Indo-Pacific)
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| This is our Dory fish a Hippotang. |
No the picture below (left) is not a fish. Alas, Tripod has only allocated me so much room
and I ran out of space before I ran out of pictures. I had to get a shot of one of our Leopard Geckos (Not
Geiko!). They are my husband's pride and joy. We have six. One male and five females. Now that is quite a harem!
Here is the male Scooter Blennie
(right) attempting to attract the female by raising his colorful dorsal fin. When he is successful she hops on his fin and
the swim together releasing sperm and egg. They remind me of little helicopters as they float and hover in the water. (Indo-Pacific)
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