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Hey! Your fish is so handsome, could I use a picture of him as a tumblr header? With credit ofc. No worries if not!

oh, you absolutely may!! Thank you for asking :D <3!!

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wiggly pearl

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Hungry Ghost still has some repairs to make, especially on his dorsal fin, but he's looking better and better <3

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please appreciate my hound.

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you can see how much of his fins have grown back! Everything after the bend/kink in his fin rays is new growth :>

He’s got a little ways to go before he returns to his former glory, though:

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Grown man fails to intimidate baby snail. Hungry Ghost’s health was on the decline for a few months, and his fins all but disappeared. I medicated him early on but nothing seemed to work, so I just focused on keeping him comfy. A few weeks ago, I was certain he was gonna kick the bucket, he didn't move or react and stayed listless in one place for a few days, before bouncing right back! And now he is putting weight back on and growing out his fins again.

He looks great, but now he bullies children.

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Rosemary, brilliant and beautiful.

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please appreciate my hound.

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phew, I need to do some HEAFTY gardening in here, it’s hard to tell where the moss ends and the algae begins, and the crypts are staging a coup... BUT I think I have finally achieved a fully stocked tank, fish-wise! we’ve got 6 neon dwarf rainbowfish (may add more later, maybe...) 20-some blue eyed rainbowfish, 8 cory catfish, 6 otocinclus and a billion cherry shrimps that just keep making more of themselves.  Despite the lack of plant maintenance, this is still a really fun, active tank to look at. The hardscape does a lot of heavy lifting, but rainbowfish + cory cats are just...a delightful combo imo.

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She insists on being stinky but she's -my- stinky.

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The first thing she does when she gets back from the groomer :|

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Rosemarie: 5 years old, beautiful and bright.

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Raising 38 spotted blue eyed rainbowfish babies in quarantine...for my 80 gal tank.

At the store, they were sharing a 10 gallon with a dwarf puffer fish lmao so I just kinda...bought them all (minus the puffer, he gets to stay there). They were all missing tasty, crunchy little fins, rip. Looks to all be growing back well though!

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little forest

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Rosemarie: "Yesss, may I help you?"

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love these lads