fish and memes

I'm Em! My life consists of work, school, and constantly making fun of my pets. 20 gallon "planted" community tank, (2) 5.5 gallon betta tanks, and Nessie my wonderful gecko daughter. I used to use this blog a lot back in the day, but once all of my fancy goldfish passed away I decided to retire it. However, now that I'm living on my own and have the possibility to turn into a crazy fish lady again, the blog is back!

[stimman3000]

https://instagram.com/p/BjjdLhEHAgS/

[wealthyslug]

this is like the axolotl equivalent of dissociating in the shower

[eelpatrickharris-deactivated202]

how is this the same eel

[eyebugchewychomp]

For real I sat and watched the drama of this all unfold for about a half an hour as Goliath steamrolled right over another snail while he tried to get one of the nerites off his shell.

[all-that-once-slithered]

when people ask what kind of fish they can keep in an unheated, unfiltered 1 gallon tank

[snowflakeeel]

Noodle doesn’t know what to think of the new guy

[letsgetsalty]

Me when my parents have guests over

[porterr-robinson]

[screwyouandrew]

He screm

[the-awkward-turt]

So you messed up with animal care...

Maybe things got crazy at work and you missed a feeding day. Maybe you were sick or busy and let enclosure maintenance go for awhile. Maybe you didn’t notice something wrong as soon as you should have. Maybe you just now realized that you had bad information and had been doing something wrong for a long time.

1) Breathe. Everyone who keeps animals has made mistakes. Every single animal keeper that you look up to now has screwed up in their learning process (I don’t know if I’m anyone to look up to, but I have certainly made my share of mistakes). You are not an evil human being for messing up.

2) Fix whatever needs fixing to the best of your ability. Catch up on the things you’re behind on. Fix husbandry you were misinformed about. Take your pet to the vet if they are sick.

3) Think about why this happened and what you can do to keep it from happening again. Do you need to set reminders for yourself? Do you have too many things on your plate and need to let some of them go? Do you need to find a more reputable source for husbandry information?

4) If whatever it was that caused this is something permanent/recurring that you aren’t sure you can prevent then think about whether you are in a good position to properly care for yourself and your animals right now. If you are in a place where you need to focus on your mental or physical health, or just making ends meet, and that is taking all your energy right now, then maybe you need to find someone to help with your pets or find them a new home. Sometimes you need to take care of you first.

5) Whatever you decide, take another moment to just breathe. You are not a horrible person. Whatever happened before is done now, you are going to do what is best for your animals from now on and that’s what matters.

[avariea]

I felt like fishblr needed this…..

[creatingme3113]

My gracious mystery snail Davey exploring his new little tank He face planted literally and decided to play filter

[eelpatrickharris-deactivated202]

did a quick anatomy study on a gourami

[ceratinus]

I think I’m funny

[aquablur]

so in love with my new Oranda, I’ve named him Bobby and he hates the camera 😂

[eggthegoldie]

This is Egg

[nospinesallowed]

shrimpers having a munch!

[orcinusalba]

Some of the babs

[category4reptile]

[aquariadise]

Same with the filter intake. 😑 @ the chopped up shrimp I found in my HOB

[cervines]

grumpy gills