#local fish stores
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Fishkeeping is hard.. not because water perimeters is too hard or keeping plants alive or any of that. But because I only ever learn about a common problem a fish has when I'm googling symptoms.
I've been dreaming about a dwarf gourami for 3 years and just now I find out that 70% of them in the market die from a virus they are susceptible to?
It's so hard to imagine little fishes as a cog in the capitalistic machine that doesn't care about the health of those fish when they are just little guys. They are just so little..
Where do the fish people of tumblr get your information from?
#i need a laser to zap me anytime i even think about going into a chain petstore#I also need a laser to zap me whenever i order fish from a local fish store to ask about where they are bred#fishblr#aquablr#the first incident with with my poor platties and their tumors#i guess i can try to think of it as a learning process but it's hard.. sigh#animal death
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This morning has been disappointing. I've finally got the money to stock my fish tank that's been sitting, cycled, but devoid of fish for the last 18 months, last week I got some cardinal tetras to go in it because I'm doing an upper Negro biotope type thing. They seem to be doing well, and though cardinals aren't my favourite fish, they've brought my a lot of joy.
But they were really just a prelude to the main event: ordered 11 days ago but arriving this morning was a pair of Apistogramma gephyra, perfect for the system I'm trying to replicate, gorgeous and small. I have been chewing the walls for the last week waiting for them to arrive, even though I knew it was going to be today. Just look at this photo from the seller's website!
Opened the box, pulled out the first bag ready to stare lovingly at my new fish and...why are their tails like that? I mean, apistos famously change colour a lot but the tail is square, and orange-red.
Shite pic I know but it is what it is.
They've sent me a pair of A. macmasteri "red" by accident. A fine fish I'm sure, clearly a lot of people like them, and they're the same price so it's not like the sellers are trying to rip me off. Tbh they're by far a more popular fish than gephyra.
Unfortunately I personally don't care for macmasteri, but beyond that they're from the Rio Meta, a whitewater river, while my tank is distinctly blackwater (conductivity of "lol no", pH somewhere south of 5.0, it's basically just slightly grubby RO). And apistos are noted to be territorial with not just their own species, but others in the genus so I can't just get some gephyra too now without having to send those back, which...shipping fish is a pain and not one I'm set up for. I'll see what the seller says but suffice to say I'm disappointed, went from giddy with excitement to dejected in seconds.
#fishblr#blackwater aquarium#apistogramma#apistogramma macmasteri#apistogramma gephyra#fish#honestly I've only had good experiences with fish online before#and this is an easy enough mistake to make I'm sure#the sellers have generally fantastic feedback#just someone's cocked up and packed the wrong fish it's not even a mis-ID because they sell macmasteri too#and viejita which I guess these could be but I'm pretty sure these are macmasteri#just goddamnit I don't *like* macmasteri in the first place#and they're not suitable for my tank either as a biotope or just the conditions tbh#plus like the closest aquatics store where I got the cardinals actually sells macmasteri#for like a third the price and it's £4 in busses rather than £20 in overnight couriers#if I wanted macmasteri I could have gone and bought a pair and had them within the hour#anyway they're chilling in my tank currently while I wait on the seller getting back to me and I'll not slight the quality of the fish#they've already been eating and the male keeps displaying for the female#concerned they're going to spawn before I get this sorted 😂#but if they just send me replacements I'm sure the local shop will take the fish I've got
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Merman Suguru lives in an aquarium with Y/N as his caretaker.
😭😭😭 ANON DO U REALLY WANNA CAPTURE THIS MAN?????????? HE SHOULD BE IN THE WATER SPLASHING AROUND I REFUSE TO SUBJECT HIM TO THE HORRORS OF CAPITALISM this is a cute concept though BUT WE CAN’T DO THAT TO HIM ANON :((((((( he should be a free little fish. eating salmon every day.
……… would that technically be considered cannibalism??? i feel like no but …????? maybe??? mermaids are evil as hell though i feel like they eat humans too SUGU WOULD NEVER but hm…
#imagine being a mermaid and getting cancelled for eating fish#thats crazy#could never be me i eat smoked salmon so often my body’s started experiencing pavlovian reactions whenever its on sale at my local store#NO BUT ANON THIS IS SWEET it’s just too sad to me 😭😭😭 like wdymmm they caged my little fishy :((…..#okay but good ending: reader helps him escape <33#ask tag ✩#mer!sugu <33
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the blue leg hermits in my reef tank are becoming a fucking nuisance and so i have decided to put them up for adoption
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ohhh… husbant.. you buy too much animorphs books… now we are homeless…
#tihi guess who went to the small local second hand book store and found the first 36 volumes in good condition ☝️🤓#i only got 35 of them since i already had one of the volumes but STILL#paid like ca $50 for the lot of 'em i'm literally vibrating rn#does fish make noise??
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I’m gonna go see fishies today
#the local fish store near me is closing :(#I don’t have a tank cycled to bring anyone home but god do I wish I did#I’ve been thinking about getting back into fishkeeping for some time now#specifically with having aquarium plants#I wanna have a carpeted tank so badly
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Do you have any fish stickers in your collection? Perhaps sharks??
Sorry for the wait! I haven't had time to do a collection deep dive in a bit :P
But I absolutely do! I think you've already seen this sheet, which I believe is my only sheet of exclusively sharks (and it is marvelous). I've also posted this guy, and he's just cute :] I thought I had a few more things posted already, but Tumblr's search engine is... Trying its best.
As for things not yet posted! This is the best of my shark-only individual stickers...
But I've got plenty of assorted sea creature sheets featuring sharks!
And while these guys don't have any sharks, they're still cool fish stickers :P
#Hope you liked these! Sharks are so friend shaped I adore them#asks my beloved#idrawgaystffs#Sharks#Fish#Stickers#sticker collection#animals#The exotic fish sheet is vintage but all the others I've acquired via local craft stores :P#Thank you for the ask this was very fun for me :]#undescribed
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Everything I’ve ever done is meaningless compared to me getting my new boy
His name is Atlas and I love him, he’s a bit funny cause he likes to hang out right on the filter vent but it’s not strong enough to hurt him so he just sits there and leaves when he wants (almost gave me an aneurysm when I saw him do it the first time)
Later posts may be about him because he’s great and deserves attention
#toast talks#fish!#my betta Atlas#iirc he’s a twintail half moon?#I asked some employees at a local pet store about his tail#they say it’s likely stress from his tiny container from before#so hopefully it fills out soon!
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SKRIMP DETECTED
#i have a local fish store now!!#their bettas are eh but everything else is lovely#not a dead or sick fish in sight#shrimp#skrimp
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today's my first day volunteering at a local aquarist shop I've wanted to volunteer at for years RARARRARAR
#self#get paid $14 at a big box store or volunteer for free at a local shop that actually cares for the fish?? you KNOW im going option b
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does fish cost substantially less for people who live along the coast, or is it just as bad as it is for us landlocked peasants
#especially depending on the fish#fresh cod is $16/lb at my local bargain store#wild red snapper fillets are $30/lb#generally the cheapest i can get is farmed salmon or tilapia for $7/lb when it goes on sale
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literally feel like this trying to remember mid-conversation whether or not im supposed to know where an online friend lives
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what i thought i signed up for getting stardew valley: farming and resource game, dating sim, horror undertones (caves, fish, etc)
what i got: getting emotionally attached to a small town life being encroached upon Big Corporation(tm) and its idiosyncratic residents with their backstories
#MAN growing up rural all my life ive LIVED this#main difference i didnt farm or fish but i knew ppl in my community who did#we had a blacksmith and various kinds of farmers and a local greenhouse and a woodworker chainsaw artist#and a fashionista who had a small vintage/thrift shop#the mayor would pay for everyone whenever he visited the local cafe (we were a dry county / no bars)#we're landlocked so no fishing....#but theres a local ruin and the national park#we had a tiny ass library#the national park / rangers office had cool shit just like gunther wtf !!!#OUR GROCERY STORE CLOSED DOWN#it closed down EXACTLY because a dollar store chain moved in !!#and then the dollar stoer chain couldnt keep up with the demand#so the gas station had to sell milk and eggs and basic groceries but it Still wasnt enough#so our community got together and sold their own produce milk eggs etc#and raised enough money to bring the grocery store back
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Why is it so hard to just get some fucking fish stock
#$40+????? for FISH STOCK?!?!#why are there no good japanese shops near me TAT#my local asian store is largely chinese korean and Filipino food#and i don't want to take an hour+ bus ride to the closest japanese grocer i know T__T#and it's overpriced on amazon and unavailable through instacart#whyyyyyy#whining#shopping#food#mod post
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Angy >:(
#betta fish#king betta#not my fish#just saw him at a local fish store#though I definitely wanted to make him my fish!#he was so pretty and had such spunk#but I don't have a tank ready for him so :(
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i am appreciative of my moots being like “don’t buy animals from chain stores!!” you’re right and you should say it!!
#acey talks#coming from your local pet store employee#i’d be fucking wary of any store depending on the pet tbh#unless you’re familiar with the store’s cleanliness and attention to the pets#but i can’t even tell you what our livestock distributors do so i wouldn’t even trust us!#we only sell bettas and our last two shipments had dead fish#it’s been fun….
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