Finally got my dream tank running. My little Ryukin water puppies seem to enjoy schooling around which is really cute to see. They like to follow the tiny little babies around for some reason? The smallest fish I have is the gang leader.
If you’re wondering why
there is a bucket in there? That’s because while I do have
my dream tank, my dream filtration system is still on the to-buy list.
If you ever find yourself short a filter something like my bucket idea might help you. It’s a cheapo ebay pond pump in the bottom of a hardware store plastic bucket, the biological media out of the old canister filter poured around it and some cotton filter material on top of the ceramics and a couple river pebbles to hold it down.
Didn’t actually cost me a cent because I had the stuff lying around already. You could use something similar. All you need is water flow and something to direct it over your media.
Oh, nice! I bet your goldies love it, all that sand to play in, and they’re gonna look amazing once they get big.
Give them a couple ping-pong balls, goldies like to play with them.
Where, though? Forehead, or, like, right in the center of their face?
They might have a hilarious blind spot in the second case.
I’ve drawn one way before, here, but I assume you could fit them pretty much anywhere. If they’re on the forehead you might get mistaken as a unicorn. Pity the one who has just a blind spot right in front of them, though….
Blind spot so big you can bop ‘em in the face if you sneak up just right. They probably walk around with their head tilted to one side or the other so the blind spot isn’t right in front of them. They have walked into at least 10 narrow poles.
The caffeine in coffee “beans” is a natural plant defense against herbivory, i.e., a toxic substance that protects the seeds of the plant. Fruits and leaves are both sources of caffeine as well and a tea can be made of the leaves, but neither are used commercially.
“Huh. If I rub this seed on a hard surface and touch it to my arm, it feels like an electrical shock. Clearly I should do this multiple times until I figure out exactly how it does that.”
Not really, provided you keep them in a safe place away from fire risks. Some people who have fragrance sensitives might not appreciate it (walking past yankee candle is a form of hell for me), but unlike the oils, the scent has been diluted and evenly dispersed via the fats in the candle (like soap) so it’s generally speaking not as strong an irritant for most people than dispersing straight up oil into the air.
True, but for the love of asthmatic lungs y’all that work in offices and stuff where the public has to come in, don’t use candles or air fresheners, or perfume/cologne for that matter! Some of the medical offices I have to go to have the most obnoxious plugins and candles on the counter, so sometimes my mom can’t even go inside. It’s also rough for me, not because of asthma or chemical sensitivity but sensory overload. One time a man came to the house to fix something, and I literally tracked his path outside thanks to his cologne. Just because your brain has filtered it out doesn’t mean the smell isn’t still there, let alone the chemicals. Even if you haven’t put on perfume in days, it’s still in your clothes and hair and other people can smell it.
If it’s not your house, please don’t scent mark it.
Glade plugin is genuinely a blight upon humanity and every medical office I’ve ever been in has had not one but two in their reception area. Including my ENT which is just cruel and unusual punishment.
It takes days if not weeks to dissipate after it’s been removed too. When we moved into our house there was one corner in the living room in particular that to me just smelt like syrupy death. It took me forever to realize it was stronger around the power socket and figure out what it had likely been. And our house had been vacant for weeks verging onto a month before we moved in. It was Unpleasant.
I dunno what the heck they make those things out of, but I’m pretty certain they could be used to commit chemical warfare if necessary.
Alright, y’all. Bug nerd here. Yes, this is real. This is Charidotella sexpunctata. It’s able change color like this by filling and emptying its elytra (the wing covers) with water. The mirror-like gold effect is caused by it forcing water into separate layers of its elytra, smoothing them out to the point where they actually reflect light. By drawing the water out, the red pigment beneath is exposed. They do this whenever they’re disturbed as a defense mechanism, likely to mimic foul tasting lady beetles.
BettSplendens Tumblr Evac 