This behavior shows up in a lot of small frogs, and is no less adorable in the rest of them. Some captive-raised frogs start tapping as soon as they see the food container, not even waiting for actual food to appear.
every cat exists on a sliding scale of ‘unit’ to ‘goblin’ with exotic longhairs and oriental shorthairs both being on the extreme yet opposite ends of the spectrum
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Out there, there’s a trooper who didn’t have a name for the longest time. He went through training, through battles, through campaigns, but nothing ever stuck. One night, his battalion is refueling/debriefing on Coruscant, so he and his squad hit up 79’s. They have a grand old time all night and then stumble their way back toward the barracks in the wee hours of the Coruscant morning. On the way, our intrepid trooper tipsily stumbles into a civilian, and when he spins around to apologize, they brush him off with a scowl and a “watch it, pretty boy!” He blinks, long and slow, before grinning at the civvie (and their three friends) and drawling a coquettish, “You think I’m pretty…?” The trooper and his squad return to the barracks even later than they would have before, proudly sporting many more bruises and split lips than they had left with the previous night. When the wake-up call sounds, they fall out of their cots and fall in for roll call.
Smirking, the previously unnamed trooper glances at his squad before stepping forward and declaring, “Corporal Prettyboy, reporting for duty.”
It doesn’t really come off but if it’s not good quality it might bleach over time. I would make sure to get some good quality decor, maybe custom made if you want it to look really good.
They make some really nice looking fake corals today so i’m sure you’ll find some good ones! I’ll give a few other options though just to think about alternatives if you want.
you could always just do a FOWLR with some nice live rock! I’ve seen some really impressive ‘scapes done only with live rock! you could also get some barnacles (not alive ones just the…. husks? whatever they’re called, they sell just the shell parts and they look really nice placed between some rocks. small fish love to dart inside of them but i don’t think a lionfish would fit. you could also get shells or beach glass or something)
Another option that I only found out about a couple years ago is Macro Algae!
You have to do some research because some of them can be as hard to take care of as some finicky corals (some are super easy tho) plus it’s a really unique look!
some fish will eat it, which can be good or bad depending on how much you care about the macroalgae. I’m not sure if lionfish do or not.
Also there are some beginner types of coral that are easier to keep alive! I don’t know much about these but maybe someone on reefblr could give you some ideas.
Macro algae is cool! I have ‘red titan’ macro algae, and it’s super easy to take care of. Just don’t leave it out of water for too long and you’re good to go.
Most people think keeping coral requires a lot of work, but honestly there’s some coral you couldn’t kill if you wanted to. If you did want to venture into coral, really just make sure you have a decent light. I think you could easily getaway with keeping green star polyps or xenia. Those corals are honestly bulletproof. We had some on live rock that was left untouched in a bucket for a couple months and it lived.
If you feel a little more adventurous you can go for zoanthids or mushroom corals. They tend to do pretty well, but you sometimes run into individuals who can be moody and picky. It be like that sometimes. But really, soft corals are a lot easier than you think!
I don’t know much about lion fish, but I can say with quite a bit of certainty you won’t have trouble with one messing with coral or algae. I’d recommend them for a species only tank – they’ll eat any fish or invert they think will fit in their mouth.
I owned a scorpion fish for a short period of time so did some research on that, so if you have any questions about feeding, going from live to frozen food, etc I can try to help! And if you have any questions about coral feel free to ask
Lionfish are gulpers. They hunt by finding a thing smaller than them that moves enough to get their attention and engulfing that thing with their mouth. Best kept only with very large things, or alone. Hermit crabs, snails, etc should be fine, same for brittle starfish. They ignore coral and macroalgae for not moving around. Totally reef-safe, just not reef-inhabitant-safe.
She’s deaf, but she has been since she was 4. And she’s a cantankerous cranky old lady, but she has been since forever.
She has stage 2 chronic renal disease, but she has for almost five years now, and it’s not progressing in any great hurry.
Her diet is mostly t/d dry food – which is dry and contains carbohydrates and would frequently be decried as ‘bad’ in some corners of the internet, and the cheapest wet food on the shelf for treats. Most of her diet for the last decade has been t/d, because as far as diets go it’s reasonably good for kidney health and she likes it.
Whoops, the younger of my childhood cats, is seventeen and a half and on the same diet. She also has stage 2 chronic renal disease, but at seventeen something’s going to happen. She’s a bit harder to photograph, she’s so smoochy.
And Wonka and Trash Bag also get a dry food based diet, because it’s okay for them. The instant it’s not, I will change it.
So don’t feel bad about feeding dry food and don’t stress about changing unless you’ve got specific advice from someone who’s examined your animal to say otherwise.
“hey, you wanna spend a huge amount of money on a dog that we’ve bred to have such a messed-up skull it has a good chance of needing medical treatment and possibly surgery in order to breathe properly?”
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