an old (stale) saltie?, oh you mean in the links...

I dont know but the second looks cool! baby gurnad maybe?

an old (stale) saltie?, oh you mean in the links...

:rotf: :rotf:

sorry not a gurnard

so what is it?

first one looks like plankton from spongebob

:sml1:

:rotf:

Is it some sort of baby ray?

A little fish

:sml2:

number 1: Sea Centipede Idotea stricta?

Number 2: ??? hard to tell, maybe a baby maori chief

number two.. a pancake bat fish

yes sea centipede, Euidotea peronii has been put forward too

yes possibly post larval maori chief

2 more black fushes

and a sneaky gannet diving too close

positive ID of gurnard

originally it was thought shape and finnage were too different

changing more, fins and leg positions changed slightly, size up to 12mm

colour starting to show

eating mysid and pods

cool they love the sand bed tank to play in,

I would more likely lean towards juvenile Spotted gurnard due to the larger head to body ratio.... look at the dorsal, is the first ray quite a bit shorter than the second??? iof it is then spotted...

they are still morphing

I would more likely lean towards juvenile Spotted gurnard due to the larger head to body ratio.... look at the dorsal, is the first ray quite a bit shorter than the second??? iof it is then spotted...

Well spotted! :sml1:

Nice find LA!

3 more just post larval leatherjackets

what may be a stargazer?

2 portugese man o wars,

3 long snout pipefish

originally the gurnard only had 1 leg per side showing, now have more that appear to have split from pectorals

nice one.

gurnard

looks like (a bit early to tell for sure) a spotted gurnard, nice, they are a lot smaller than the common red gurnard.

nice cuttle..... seems like you may need a new tank soon though... or a seafood chef.

plenty of tanks

still think a chef would be nice....

mmmmmm cuttlefish sushi.....