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Okay but do you even plant?

#indoor plants #goals #I love them so much omfg #jungle #my lil jungle #ferns #succulents #chain of hearts

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Studying outside today, so beautiful!

#not fish #plants #fern house #pretty #tropical #green

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Oh my goodness this is so nice! 😍

I never posted my tank on here so here it is!

It’s a 10 gallon housing my betta Atlas, a nerite snail, and who knows how many malaysian trumpet snails. I’d like to add some shrimp one day too, it’s full of plant coverage.

I’m pretty proud of it at the moment!!

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Would like to introduce everyone to Frank! Fun fact: before she'd get Frank for me, the lady in the shop asked me if I had a tank for him, how long it had been set up, and how big it was!

#my tanks #Frank #fishblr #fighting fish #planted tank #new betta #IM SO EXCITED

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Pretty sure with both animals it's to do with the fact they could become a danger to all the native wildlife, I'm not entirely sure though

Sometimes living in Australia makes me sad because I’m an animal lover and so many of the creatures I’d love to own are illegal/extremely hard to get here :( E.g: -crested/leopard geckos -tortoises -dwarf puffers -African dwarf frogs -hamsters -chameleons -corn snakes -koi carp (illegal in my state)

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Sometimes living in Australia makes me sad because I'm an animal lover and so many of the creatures I'd love to own are illegal/extremely hard to get here :( E.g: -crested/leopard geckos -tortoises -dwarf puffers -African dwarf frogs -hamsters -chameleons -corn snakes -koi carp (illegal in my state)

#sad times #not fish #I absolutely love tortoises like the little igloo ones they have in England!!! #pets #animals #created gecko #leopard gecko #corn snake #hamster #chameleon #dwarf puffer #tortoise #African dwarf frog #australia

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Apparently all my shrimp had died, so I decided to mash my two old tanks into one, with the intention of getting a new betta once the new filter media is cycled..

#fishblr #betta #tank #planted tank #my tanks #sorry I know I've been gone for ages #school is a lot right now #year 12 sucks #ahhhhh

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A friend sent me these photos of a home he’s doing some work in… literal home goals.

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The Salvinia I just picked up is amazing

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Reason number 6643632 why I love being Australian: the news

#south Australia #police #news #goat #funny #100% real post put on the Internet by the police #love it

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So in other news a girl I'm Facebook friends with thinks she successfully made her dog vegan. Even going so far to say that her dog refuses to eat meat (in the comments)... Someone please restrain me from taking her dog away.

#not fish #pets #petblr #vegan #dog #apparently it's totally okay to force your carnivorous pet to eat a completely plant based diet?!

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Decided to do something with Niko's old tank, considering I'd completely let it go since he died nearly 2 months ago. It definitely looks a lot better now, and will hopefully be home to a new betta in coming months!

#my tanks #fighting fish #Niko #aquatic plants #updates #bare bottom tank #so clean and big

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Determining minimum tank size.

I see a lot of people suggest tank sizes for fish on here that are just too small. So I thought, rather than trying to correct people every time I see a minimum tank size I feel is undersized, that I might explain why exactly those sizes are too small.

When I determine tank size, I calculate a tank footprint based on the length of the fish. As a bare minimum, I would personally try to give a fish a tank that is at least 5 x their length by 2 x their length. (There are exceptions to this rule - usually cases where fish have reasons to need more space.)

Less conservative measures might do 3 x their length by 2 x their length.

So lets think about this in terms of more familiar animals.

Say you’re going to keep a cat in a cage all of its life (gross). Now take your cat and measure them from their head to the base of their tail. My cat really didn’t like being measured, but she was about 16.5″. So lets do some math.

By my preferred calculations, my cat would have an almost 3ft by almost 7ft space to live in. Nothing compared to what she could live in, but she has room to turn around and move a little. (Almost 300g when I add a fairly standard 2ft height.)

By the less conservative measure, she would have about 3ft x 4ft. (About 170g.) Doesn’t sound completely terrible, right? Thinking in abstract mental numbers, those measurements almost sound reasonably roomy. But lets picture that.

Here is my cat is the amount of space we have allotted for her to spend her entire life in. This is the only space she can eat, sleep, and defecate in. Pretty disgusting, right?

A lot of the tank size recommendations I see don’t even meet that less conservative measure. So proportionately, she would have even less space by their measurements.

This isn’t even taking into account the activity level or amount of waste production of the fish, which would add to the length and volume requirements respectively.

So please, when you are recommending tank sizes or thinking about what fish to put in your own tanks, try to consider this too. Imagine a proportionately sized space for animals we’re more familiar with and think about how they would feel in that space. You might reconsider your recommendations.

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What is that plant with the pink flowers?? Its so cute i want one!!!

I'm assuming you're talking about the one from the post about repotting? If so, that's a miniature African violet! :)

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This is the coolest thing I have ever seen! Oh my gosh!

Tillandsia tectorum trichomes re-opening after soaking: inspired by @andrewcengel; air plant from @davesairplantcorner #tillandsiatectorum #airplants #airplantlove #tillandsia #houseplants #plantlove #plantlife #indoorplants #plantsofinstagram #plantstagram #plantsmakepeoplehappy #timelapse #best_timelapse #greenery #houseplantsofinstagram #studiophotography

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More than a little bit excited that my Anubias has flowered! If only the leaves would go back to being green now!

#fishblr #plantblr #anubias #flower #aquatic plant #pretty

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Not sure I'd consider myself an expert, but if you need help with anything related to bettas or shrimp (or other general aquarium stuff) I'm sure I could lend a hand! :)

Does anyone know a blog that is a fish/aquarium etc. expert?