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Very curious doggo
Reminder that puffins are extremely social and like to fit in with their friends, so they will adopt mannerisms and interests of the group. So there is a good chance this little guy is trying to be friends with the photographer by showing his interest in the camera.
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George, Defender of the Treats Dynasty, Eater of Vegetables
The Glowfish Adventure
In January 2016 my family decided to get a “low maintenance” pet for my nephew’s 4-5th birthday… somehow they decided fish fit the bill. I rallied against it so hard because I knew inevitably no one would provide the care needed for a fish tank. Between the water changes, and feeding, and making sure the habitat was actually suitable for the inhabitants, I knew my family wouldn’t keep up.
Literally a month later I was caring for the fish. My family wasnt willing to provide the care above, but also refused to get rid of them, so I bitterly took the lead. Bitterly, because fish were dumb and boring, amirite? But ESPECIALLY GLOWFISH.
No, not because they are “tattooed/dyed” (they are bred for their coloration) or because theyre GMO (the food you eat is GMO). But because in my head Glowfish were the pinnacle of gross capitalism: pushing the fad of owning a living animal for decoration.
Still yet, I was not going to let animals suffer.
TA-DA. The first fish tank. Okay actually the first fish tank had fake plants. Real plants were my first move as the caretaker. I went to the local aquarium shop and asked them to give me the easiest plants. They gave me:
water wisteria
Water sprite
Elodea anacharis
Echinodorus “red flame”
And at a random trip to petsmart I got an anubius nana for too much money 🤷♀️
And why yes, that is a grand total of 2 tetra glowfish in a 20 gallon because the other 4 died during what I learned was a “fish in cycle” 😬 I wasnt very fish savvy yet so I wasnt aware of what a cycle was let alone that you need constant water changes to not kill fish.
With a lot of help from @jayce-space and other great people (but mostly I bothered jayce-space) i started to slowly upgrade the tetra tank. Oh and the plants grew!!
Look at that healthy school of fish. And the questionably healthy plants. The only plants that survived the first tank were the wisteria, red flame sword, a sprig of elodea, and the anubias nana. Elodea died pretty quick afterward though, and the water Sprite became uprooted so my mom threw it out thinking it was garbage 😂 still one of the biggest WTF moments for me in animal keeping. “Mom you dont think twice about the tank why did you throw those plants away randomly” she still doesnt know hahaha
Onwards,
A year passed and I decided I *actually* enjoyed keeping aquariums, so much so that for my birthday I begged my parents to let me get the tetras a tank that was better suited for them.
And thusly the 40B gallon was born!
Oh man look at that aquascaping 👌👌👌 I branched out to more plants. I got 2 more swords (Echinodorus “ozelot” and Apongeton crispus), some dwarf sag, and planted the wisteria, anubias, and red flame sword into the 40B. those cholla were soooo aesthetically pleasing. Dont mind the rocks, they’re weighing the driftwood down.
From January to September I added a ton more species of plants and more tetras: black skirt and white skirt- 2 more “normal” colors.
The new additions of plants are: Hydrocotyle leucocephala, Hygrophila corymbosa, Amazon swords
Eventually the cholla decompoosed too much and the bottom of the aquarium was ALWAYS dirty so I switched it out for some spider wood. One new plant species was added: staurogyne repens
Here is the tetra tank January 2018, 2 years into taking over the care of the tank.
By September 2018, someone gifted me a 55 gallon which was initially intended to be a salt water tank. After discovering just how much more careful and vigilant you have to be with salt water aquariums, as well as the hefty price tag, I made it into a bioactive enclosure for a snake. Which I got bored of and turned into an upgrade for the tetras 😊
Oh boy those plants look sparse in such a long tank. What survived, might you ask?? Not quite the variety I had hoped for, though some of the plants from my original purchase survived:
Echinodorus “red flame” *first plant 😃
Water wisteria *clones of the first plant!
Anubias nana *first plant!
Echinodorus “ozelot”
Amazon swords
Apongeton crispus (though it melted and has never been the same since)
Hydrophilia corymbosa
A sprig of dwarf sag
A sprig of staurogyne repens
I later added java moss to make moss “trees”
Adding pressurized co2 was game changer. Plants EXPLODED. I’m 10000% committed to using co2 in aquariums. Holy cow it makes a difference.
Sadly I dont have a comparison to this January In a photo, just a video.
But heres a photo from March!
Along the way I got water Sprite again and java ferns. I also had a brief interest in shrimp (actually I LOVE them) so I added amano and ghost shrimp. I have also added platies and my nephews’ betta fish after watching very very closely. Honestly at this point, the fish tank is no longer a tetra tank. It’s mostly a platy tank. And they’ve done an excellent job of stocking it for me 😑
More recently, I switched to a better diffuser and the plants got even crazier! Here’s a photo from 1-2 days ago after 2 weeks on the new diffuser:
I was literally pulling plants out by the handful to fill in my dad’s 57 gallon tank.
Some plants got transferred:
Echinodorus “red flame,” (she is arguably my favorite plant) Not only has she survived this long, but she outgrew the 55 gallon to the extent her leaves were sprouting out of the water and dying. I moved her into my dad’s ridiculously shaped 57 gallon. That’s her standing proudly on the left:
java moss trees got moved. The height of this tank suits them better and looks less crowded
One of the 2 Amazon swords
I cloned my original java moss, and it is now 7 separate plants- 3 of the smaller ones are in this 57 gal.
A very large sprig of water wisteria and a large clump of water sprite
A few dwarf sag
The elodea came from a science project at school, and they gave me all the snails and elodea from it :)
I also had some duckweed introduced from the snails and elodea so RIP me.
And finally, the tetra tank today:
It got a nice old trim and pull of plants even after I took some for my dad’s tank. Now I need to add the hardscaping back in. And I’m really itching to get new plants and more glowfish tetras!!
Heres the final attendance sheet:
Fauna:
glowfish tetra
Glowfish shark
Black skirt tetra
White skirt tetra
Blue platies
Rando Pond snails
One nerite snail
3 amano shrimp
1 ghost shrimp
Flora:
Echinodorus “ozelot”
Amazon sword
Anubias nana
Java fern
Water sprite
Water wisteria
Dwarf sag
Some reddish plant I forgot the name of 🤔
Bacopa caroliana
Some other bacopa species 🤷♀️
Its funny to think back to the first experiences I had with aquariums and realize how far I’ve come.
So what’s next?
What’s next is my uncle is building me a frame for the 135 gallon tank my parents bought. The tetra and platies will likely be going right in there with all the plants :)
wish me luck!
Beagle in bed
look at this weird cat
~*~who is she??~*~
A rare all-white giant panda has been photographed for the first time, according to a nature reserve in southwestern China. Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan province released a photo this past weekend showing the panda crossing through a verdant forest in the reserve.
The panda has red eyes and lacks the usual black fur on its limbs and ears and around its eyes. The albino panda is about 1 to 2 years old judging from its size, the reserve said in a statement. It appears to be physically strong and has a steady gait, showing that the albinism probably hasn’t affected its health. (Source)
Lilac-breasted roller. Credit: Sharifa Jinnah
well, I see the cat knows how to open the kitchen cupboards
which explains both why I close them and walk back into the room five minutes later to find them open, and all of the cat hair in clean cooking pots
Hair elastic around the handles of adjact cupboards? Like (o | o) where the o's are handles, the | is the space between cupboard doors, and the ( ) is the elastic around both. Kept both a cat and a dog out because the elastic makes it close when they batt it ooen with their paw/snout/whatever.
longcat is probably dead :(
WRONG
Awww, long cat’s owner got married.
this is a good post
“When you say “Looooong”, I think of my cat. Around 15 years ago, someone made me lots of collages of my cat. The cat is still alive and she is the longest living cat in our family!”
“Now she is 17 years old. She does not climb to high places anymore, but she is relaxing and living her life.”
“It’s not something recent. This is the photo that we took when we made her Figure”
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My cats weird obsession with Ringo Starr
So recently my cat has become infatuated with a picture of Ringo Starr I have hanging up in my room
He only ever does this with ringo, not George, the only other picture he can reach, I thought maybe he actually liked Paul or maybe it was just the frame so I conducted an experiment
I decided to try out some different pics of the Beatles together and he still seemed to prefer ringo over the other three
I then tried out individual photos to see which he preferred and he stuck by ringo every time
Finally I tested a picture of the band from a different era where they looked different, at least to a cat, and he still preferred Ringo, thus telling me that my cat has a thing for Ringo Starr
what is it about capybaras that attracts groups of small animals to them? Its not just mammals either its like birds and turtles and frogs too
look at this shit
They radiate peace
capybaras are friend shaped
I love this post
This is actually a cool thing I know about!
In the wild capybaras live in large groups so naturally a female capybara will take care of not only her own offspring, but all of the other offspring in the group. So capybaras are super great mothers who will adopt pretty much anything and take care of it.
Lots of places that rescue different animals will give a group of baby animals to a capybara to raise if they have one.
Like puppies
Ducks
Deer
Emus
They are just super calm animals so they’re naturally great at mothering or just existing in a group!
mom shaped
“Roger’s favourite game is crushing his feed bucket! Roger is our alpha male kangaroo, he is 10 years old, height 6ft 7, weight 200 pounds and 100% muscle. I raised him from a tiny orphan baby kangaroo.”
Photo/caption by The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs
Look at this fucking chad
Damn.
Australia is a foreign planet.
The carefree life of a dog
A penny for your thoughts?
Whenever Simon and River get this ‘you and me against the world’ look, you know they’re discussing some serious bun stuff.
I can only imagine that it centers around acquiring more treats…or world domination. If you don’t see a post tomorrow, it was the latter and it would be super cool if you could send help. 😅
