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Finally got to use my trout cookie cutter. Seasons greetings, my good dudes. 🙌

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Oh hey I'm back on Tumblr yall 😘

Some mini Luna moth betta pendants I made last year.

#bettafish #bettablr #aquablr #fishblr #polymerclay #polymer clay #lunamoth #luna moth #mothblr #moth #moth jewelry

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gouache fish

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2021 vs 2016

Both hand-sculpted by me from Sculpey Premo Translucent clay

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Some pride flags color picked from gastropods

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Tart like Venom

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2021 re-sculpt of a 2016 piece. All hand sculpted from polymer clay.

He'll be available on 10/22 at 5pm EST

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TangibleCharms

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If you buy from or know a breeder that supports/sells/ or breed spider ball pythons, Stop Supporting them and Publicly shame them immediately. There is no excuse to continue breeding an animal that is known to ALWAYS have a neurological defect just because they're pretty.

Spider ball pythons can be easily identified by their drippy minimalistic patterns, they are incredibly striking animals and its easy to see why they are sought after.

The Spider Ball Python morph causes an extreme neurological defect that is intrinsically tied to the phenotypic manifestation of the spider gene and how it affects neurological development.

The defect essentially causes them to be unable to balance themselves or tell up from down.

This can causes minor head swaying or wobbling, which can cause the snake to have difficulty feeding and navigating its enclosure but overall does not impact their quality of life. This is however a rarity.

Most often though, the wobble is extreme, causing the snake to corkscrew or flip upside down because it has no sense of balance. These animals are entirely unable to feed or navigate their enclosures.

The spider wobble appears at birth, though the severity increases over the lifetime of the animal and manifests most extremely in recently bred females.

These animal have extremely poor quality of life and over half of them must be euthanized on hatching because they will fail to thrive.

All of this is common knowledge within the herpetological community.

Continuing to breed and support the breeding of these animals is incredibly inhumane.

There is no excuse.

Boycott Spider Ball Pythons so that people stop producing these poor miserable snakes that are doomed from conception to have neurological defects.

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Working on more luna moth betta! Updated to include his brother on the right.

These ones are a more affordable brooch style and flat on the other side. Entirely hand-sculpted from Sculpey Premo Translucent clay.

#fishblr #aquablr #bettablr #clay #fish art #betta splendens #fish #betta fish #bettafish #fishkeeping #mothblr #moth jewelry #luna moth

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♡Not 4 Sale♡

Hand-sculpted polymer clay betta made from Cosclay

#fishblr #aquablr #bettablr #fish art #clay betta #clay fish #fish #betta fish #clay #betta splendens

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another fish drinking set, in the same charity shop as the one before

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Hand-sculpted polymer clay luna moth betta figure. He's available in my Etsy

#fishblr #aquablr #bettablr #clay #fish art #betta splendens #fish #betta fish #bettafish #fishkeeping #luna moth #moth

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I LOVE HIM

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covered in soup

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Finally got this guy mounted on a real angel quartz. Entirely hand-sculpted from Sculpey Premo Translucent clay.

#fishblr #aquablr #bettablr #clay #fish art #betta splendens #fish #betta fish #bettafish #fishkeeping #betta hobby #betta addict

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Seconding having it heavily planted. My guy did really well in his old age with his big fins since his tank was full of plants to rest on.

on a very different note, Amadeus has been struggling to get around and I think his heavy fins are taking a toll. other people with long finned bettas— what do you do when they get to this point? I’m considering lowering the water level but he seems to struggle so much and he’s only 1 year by my (rough) estimate :/