Kraken de Mabini

Lovely film, thanks for posting it.

In the 1990's I joined a group led by the late Capt Jim Black to dive in the Red Sea, the divers had dived all over the world, but the boat (I seem to recall it was the Gazala Explorer) and diving were marginal at best. None in that group ever returned, or to any Egyptian or mid Eastern dive site, as there is practically nothing there when compared to SE Pacific or Mexican dive sites.

On second thought, the dorsal three white lines and the white mantle's edge tell us these nudis are a Mexichromis trilineata couple. The white may be replaced with a light color depending on the nudi's diet. Nice photo, thanks for posting it!

Yes, these two nudibranchs do remind one of a Mexichromis trilineata, but I am not able to take it any further. Maybe you can ask Terry Gosliner or Mike Miller for their expert opinion.

Neville Coleman's "Nudibranchs Encyclopedia", while a bit old, is an excellent book, well worth having together with Gosliner's books. Thosee by Helmut Debelius are also well worth having. I found that the more books I have on sea life, the more I enjoy them, they are an excellent investment. Their authors have done us all lovers of sea life a huge favor by gathering and publishing their knowledge, we owe them a huge debt of gratitude. Through my late dive buddy Capt Jim Black, an expert nudibranch aficionado, I had the opportunity to meet several of these authors, and they were a pleasure to be with. Their books are on my desktop as I write this. Amazon offers an excellent variety of books on reef life: https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon.com+nudibranch+reef+life+books&sca_esv=

If you glue it, it might be a good idea, as a backup, to also screw the broken pieces together. This is because the handles are subject to a lot of leverage and kinetic energy while being handled. I also use a rope handle attached to the top of the two handles, for carrying the housing assembily and for making it easy for the boat crew to grab and handle it.

AliExpress sells several camera trays with handles. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255800263870562.html? and https://www.ebay.com/itm/326241866657?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1QR66X5RNT_iE0Q7vl5K34w40&norover=1&mkevt Might it be possible to adapt one of these tray handles to fit your housing.?

Have your tried Bluewater, Backscatter and similar equipment stores?

Or, I should have added: Read, partake and enjoy both Wetpixel and Waterpixels.

I just now looked up the O-Ring Store with Google and the price is $0.17 per 2.5 x 4O ring, an acceptable price. https://www.theoringstore.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2032 You might want to use another search engine, or give more practice to your O-ring searches, your search Kung-Fu as you call it.

Thank you, jlaity and RichN, for clarifying the finer details of the on-off-on again of Wetpixel, and the opportunity it opens to scammers. The safest and best use of one's time may be to bypass Wetpixel altogether, ignore it and let it wither. Instead, allow me to suggest that we read and enjoy, and contribute to, Waterpixels.

Wetpixel is up and running again, the advertisements are to be up to date. But the masthead is still the same, with Adam Hanlon as publisher and editor! One hopes it is now possible to implement the changes suggested by RichN in his post above .

Wetpixel does not come up after several tries, and appears to have finally died. RIP Wetpixel, you did a fine job to keep us underwater aficionados entertained and educated. Thank you and we wish you a happy afterlife! While this is sad news, we are most fortunate in that Waterpixels has replaced it in full strength. Let us continue the fine tradition started by Wetpixel by contributing to, posting ads to buy and sell equipment, telling us about your dive trips, making new friends, and mostly by enjoying Waterpixels.

Nice chiaroscuro contrast. Was this foto taken with natural light or did you use a strobe?