Here's a look at one of our three flounder. These little guys are flatfish - they swim with their bodies turned so that they scoot along the bottom on their sides. As young fish, flounder swim like other fish - straight up and down - but somewhere in the development process, they switch to sideswimmers. 
The coolest thing about it: When they make this switch, one of their eyes moves to the other side of their body!You can see from the picture that this flounders eyes are on top. The eye that used to be on the bottom side moved when the fish was young. Now, this flounder can watch the world around it with two eyes on the top of its body!
Another interesting addition this week: an Asian shore crab. Yes, we've had this species in the tank for a while, but our newest friend is a male - and his claws are gigantic! Take a look at the difference between one of our resident females (sitting in someone's hand) and our new boy (sitting on the bottom of the tank). The new guy walks around dragging these big claws with him - he almost looks like they're weighing him down!
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