I’ve seen too many people say they are scared or worried that people are going to attack them for how their fish tank looks. This is incredibly sad and with everything else going on today I want to be more positive and start a chain of people reblogging their fish tanks. I’m going to go first with Cassius’s fish tank:
Now everyone please reblog this with a picture of your set up and please don’t be ashamed of it! (if you are still nervous sumbit it to me and I’ll rate it!)
Heres my current (extremly bare) WIP. Im gonna go get a bunch of hornwart tomorrow and tangle this tank up some, but when all that java fern grows in its gonna be wonderful
here are sneaky and taako’s tanks!!
Here’s Lumi’s “meh” tank.
I have killed so many plants
Fish don’t care about colors or designs. They need places to hide, so if there isn’t much cover you should add something temporary like a flowerpot or a mug, but they don’t care otherwise. You could decorate a tank entirely in hot pink princess-style decor with rainbow gravel, and the fish inside wouldn’t care.
Darker colors, especially darker substrate, are good because they can bring out more intense colors in your fish. Pure white wouldn’t be great, it would reflect light all over the place and stress your fish. Some fish are light-sensitive and need plenty of shade, and some need more hiding places than others. Those are the only way that appearance matters in a fish tank.
That goes for just about all small animal habitats. If it contains proper cover and enrichment, they don’t care.
Again, After Far more time than I feel comfortable listing, Here is my (Mostly) completed Necroficer Class. It’s a crafting Based Necromancer that focuses on creating unique Undead monsters rather than summoning your basic array of skeletons and zombies. I’m sure in it’s current state it still has some balance issues, but that’s what Playtesting is for.
THE JPGs POSTED HERE ARE OUTDATED/INCOMPLETE. Please PM me for the PDF if you are interested in playtesting!
hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Weird Biology! today, I’m going to give you a fresh look at a really weird bird you may have heard of before. so get ready to learn some badass new facts about this scrappy little football!
so say hello to:
*HEAVY METAL SCREAMING*
all right, so there isn’t much badass about a hairy, nocturnal, flightless, island-dwelling bird a little bigger than a chicken. or so they’d like you to think.
Kiwis live in New Zealand, which is fitting because they’re the Hobbits of birds. (bear with me a minute and put down the torches, please)
I swear I’m going somewhere with this
like Hobbits, Kiwis live in burrows. also like Hobbits, Kiwis are short, stocky creatures; they grow to be about eighteen inches tall and 7 pounds. (this is just slightly larger than the average chicken and probably larger than you thought they were) like Hobbits, Kiwis are voracious omnivores and eat basically anything they can fit in that ridiculous beak. and finally as I’m sure you’ve noticed, Kiwis are prodigiously hairy. like Hobbits.
and finally, the Kiwi would absolutely carry a cursed item to the ends of the earth and throw down with a Ring Wraith. (but they’d do it out of spite)
spite is the only emotion the Kiwi can feel
see, Kiwis are aggressive, territorial, and extremely tenacious. they defend their territories and burrows against anything and everything, including humans and probably also marauding armies of orcs. which, since Kiwis have squat muscular legs and extremely sharp claws, is no joke.
it’s a lot less funny when you realize that they’re at least as fast as you are.
adding to their sheer tenacious badassery is the fact that Kiwis are even still around. I don’t know if you guys are super familiar with what usually happens to flightless island-dwelling birds when humans and non-native predators show up, but it’s not good. (HINT: starts with an E and rhymes with “distinction”)
hundreds of years ago, humans first arrived on New Zealand. and they brought dogs and rats with them. these predators have been taking huge tolls on the Kiwi population for a very long time, but Kiwis are fighty tenacious bastards and against all odds they’re still here. for comparison: the Kakapo (New Zealand’s other largish flightless bird) has faced the same problem with introduced predators and is now damn near extinct.
Kiwi resilience is in large part thanks to New Zealand’s conservation programs, but also Kiwis are just tough little bastards who don’t know when to quit.
but I’ve saved the most thrashtacularly metal feat of the Kiwi for last. Kiwis form bonded pairs for life (awww), and lay one to two eggs together per year. which, okay, does not sound like a lot. however, there is an important fact that needs to be brought into consideration:
yes, that’s a REAL FUCKING XRAY. HOOOOOLY SHIT.
the egg is fucking huge. like, up to 25% of the mom’s body weight huge. that’s completely fucking ridiculous and it’s upsetting to even think about.
but that big egg makes a big, well-developed chick who comes out of the shell ready to stab you in the shin and sprint into the bushes. they’re literally born ready to throw down and are basically mini-adults. but still adorable.
continuing the family tradition!
unfortunately despite their badass ways, Kiwis are currently still under threat from introduced predators. the good news is that Kiwis are loved, celebrated, and protected by New Zealanders. (who are justly and rightly invested in their national bird, shin-kicking quirks and all)
there are many conservation programs in place for the embattled Kiwi, and its weirdness is a light that won’t be going out anytime soon.
shine on, you little weirdos, shine on.
thanks for reading! you can find the rest of the Weird Biology series here.
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This was a joy to read
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Kiwi resilience is in large part thanks to New Zealand’s conservation programs, but also Kiwis are just tough little bastards who don’t know when to quit.
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My favourite part. Fight on little bastards, fight on!
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