[tanichthys]

Nick | 28 | he/him

marine biology/aquarium hobby sideblog! I follow from my main @housesinmotionmp3

species I keep under the cut:

Freshwater

Tanichthys albonubes

Sewellia lineolata

Stiphodon ornatus

Sicyopterus lagocephalus

Cobitis sinensis

Rhinogobius rubromaculatus

Macropodus opercularis

Atyopsis moluccensis

Julidochromis transcriptus

Betta splendens

Trichopsis pumila

Brevibora dorsiocellata

Paracheirodon innesi

Otocinclus sp.

Xiphophorus maculatus

Panaqolus sp.

Countless amano and neocaridina shrimp

Saltwater

Amphiprion frenatus

Serranus tortugarum

Cryptocentrus cinctus

Pseudochromis fridmani

Salarias fasciatus

Alpheus bellulus

Lysmata amboinensis

Lysmata wurdemanni

Stenopus hispidus

Lytechinus variegatus

A bunch of corals

Non-aquatic

3 cats (Sam, Otto, and Holly)

Bredl's python (Maltball)

[animalids]

Rockweed gunnel (Apodichthys fucorum)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[lazer-t]

Banded Moray Eel for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

[alisahuman]

[squeakitties]

the prawn bomb exploded into shrimpnel

[squeakitties]

a lot of people were krilled

[wizardarchetypes]

writing a graduate thesis will have me, a marine & fisheries biologist, looking up the most asinine shit i can never let my professors see

[wizardarchetypes]

suddenly i don't know anything

[egypt-museum]

Fish of the Nile depicted within the Tomb of Kagemni, c. 2330 B.C. 🐟

▫ Kagemni was a high-ranking official who served under king Teti as a vizier during the 6th Dynasty. His tomb is located in the Saqqara Necropolis.

[aliquid-de-magis]

having a fish tank is so fun look at this beautiful alien predatory kooshball that lives in my house

i can feed it tiny shrimp!

[tanichthys]

Shots of the reef tank from today vs this time last year. I can't believe how much that pink gorgonian has grown in a year, little guy shot up like a weed

[pemdasworld]

giving my dog a treat :)

[chimaerabones]

the council will decide your fate

[targetedknowledge]

[drtanner]

You may or may not regret unmuting this one. :')

[carcinized]

the “affirmations” the official shark week instagram posted are really funny. like yeah Mecore tbh

[shiversdownmyspiine]

pink-speckled shrimpgoby fish

[mouth-brooder]

fish embryo, NASA 1996

[sillyseacreature]

He is indeed a guy

[anabantoid]

my sailfin pleco has some beautiful patterning