hey man! take a look at the CCGenetics thread
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I built a number of swim ponds when I worked for a pond company. The neat thing about them is you don’t need to fence them in like a swimming pool as they are a “landscape feature”. Ours were a bit more natural looking though. But just as crystal clear. Those look like perfect “Dog Pools” for your dogs to enjoy as well. (we built a pond once, JUST for the homeowners dogs (they had no kids). So it was extra underliner ON TOP of the liner, and extra thick gravel layer so they didnt make leaks by digging. I kid you not, a “dog swim pond”… I have an 11x16 koi pond here that has 3 “seats” made from rock placement if you wanna sit in it and cool off… And the koi swim right up to you and even eat from your hand…
Nudibranchs! (divers love the play on words - I saw a nudi!) Some are bigger than your hand, some are tiny as a grain of rice. In Cozumel there are Painted Elysia, tiny little buggers, the size of a grain of rice, but SO freaking colorful for their size. Its funny, but I point out my Gemini traits all the time here. I love to look for the smalls / micro critters, yet I film in spherical (aka, ALL around you), like the most “macro” you can get. No happy medium ROFL
Christmas Tree Worms on Porites coral (well, bored into it). These guys can provide LOTS of entertainment. You ever see Avatar when Jake is running thru the forest, hitting things that look like these, then they retract in a tube? Yeah, James Cameron is a big diver / fan of the ocean, and took MUCH inspiration for the critters on Pandora from the reefs. These little guys do the same thing when a shadow passes over them, you get too close, or, as I like to do, snap your fingers near them, they all retract in a millisecond. Fun fact: when the worm dies, its empty burrow hole usually becomes a home to small fish. LOVE finding tiny blennies in them just looking out at you. Not big, maybe 1/4" holes, but cute and always swaying, like he’s trying to get an angle on you.
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Creepy little gremlin. What the heck is it? On the hands it looks like opposable thumbs, which rules out a dog. Pug x Monkey? LOL
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It looks like a garden ornament that is cast in resin. I don’t think it is real or alive.
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its pretty damn realistic! Reminds me of the pug from Men In Black.
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@Slick1 's Grandma…
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A girl I knew ( she died ) …about just before the release of Finding Nemo, had a saltwater tank with various things but had those retractable,tube things. I was allowed to tap on the glass once just to watch them retract.It’s very fun and funny but they do not like it.I mean when she left the room every now and then I would do it again. Loved the tank at the same time they are too sensitive she had more then one brain coral die.The Mandarin Goby was !! It moved so weird and looked so cool. You camera game must be pretty next level.
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That is fucking cool and if it’s fed via waterfall it’s even cooler.
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