The haemoglobin in their blood is what makes red ramshorns look red. The red ones are more or less transparent and the more transparent the shell and foot are, the redder the snails look.
I love the name Axl rose!!Just got back from dropping off roaches and a salad at the local humane society. Police brought in a bearded dragon that was found roaming. They could only get a few crickets from the Petco. A person we know there reached out and asked for suggestions on where to get roaches from.
Uh, duh. Just ask lol I have a colony that is breeding like crazy. Happy to help out lol
So I took probably 100 smaller to medium roaches (he's a juvenile) and made him a nice mixed greens and berry salad
Petunia is now with her daughter's. Rose moved into her old tank so I can watch him at the table now.
Since he's a he for sure now lol he gets a skull decor so he can be Axl Rose lolView attachment 906603View attachment 906604
Is that an assassin snail? Sorry not sure, but might be why the ramshorn shell is empty. They eat other snails, but not sure if that's what you're going for?
Assassin's Creed Striped Snails is still 2 games out. Who leaked? lolYou may be surprised at what even a lone Assassin snail can accomplish given time.
Bleh, still dealing with that. But the neck stiffness has been really bad today. Which usually means it's almost over lol Walking and talking normally now, just a really stiff neck. Took migraine meds as a preventative because that's usually the grand finale.
Also this. Not sure if I want to drill the bottom and plant popping corn in it or actually use it as a popcorn bowl lol
I want that!!!
. But it’s good you’re feeling better.
I got my drill bits a couple weeks ago. I want to drill a couple scrap bottles and older pots first to figure things out. I'm sure I'll break stuff even following directions and learn from it (drilling over a seam, curve etc...) Then I'll try it on a nicer pot I don't mind breaking lolI want that!!!
I have some assorted bowls & pitchers and other random ceramics I got at sales or local thrift stores. I intend to turn one set of them into a cat fountain and at least one into a mini planted fountain. Maybe try to sell the rest.
Been interesting trying to find the right parts so a pump cord can be run watertight through the side of a ceramic bowl or whatever.
Who knew what what a cable gland was? Certainly not me!
But now I do and I’ve got some I think will work though it is virtually impossible to find them made to fit flat electrical cord, such as the cords found on a lot of little pumps, which is like thin lamp cord.
Really tiny DC pumps have round cords but they are so narrow no cable gland is small enough - and the pumps do not seem to be constructed for long term use anyway - but size wise they’d be amazing. . Might have to build one myself to get it to last.
I believe I can address any watertight fit issues using heatshrink tubing or else silicone.
I have an idea to make a very big jar (2g size) into a very mini paludarium, with circulating water using a truly minute sponge filter I found, a very small pump + a really tiny fish. Or maybe shrimp?
But that won’t be anytime soon. At least I have learned to drill glass with a diamond drill or hole saw so that part should go ok.
I can just see a waterfall in my mind’s eye, pouring gracefully out of that beautiful pitcher!
where did you find that tiny pump?I want that!!!
I have some assorted bowls & pitchers and other random ceramics I got at sales or local thrift stores. I intend to turn one set of them into a cat fountain and at least one into a mini planted fountain. Maybe try to sell the rest.
Amazon, where else?
I got my drill bits a couple weeks ago. I want to drill a couple scrap bottles and older pots first to figure things out. I'm sure I'll break stuff even following directions and learn from it (drilling over a seam, curve etc...) Then I'll try it on a nicer pot I don't mind breaking lol
I'm sure glass, clay and ceramic all cut differently in terms of speed, power, water etc... needed. No need to rush. Eventually I want to be able to confidently drill a tank if I wanted to do something more complex some day.
Then probably break the nice one knowing me lol
Pond grass maintenance and loving the woot growth of the willow.
Tip for drilling glass - I started by drilling holes in reptile vivariums.
First, I used the diamond hole saw to drill a hole in a foot long piece of a 1x4 plank with the same diamond drill I was going to use to drill the glass.
Then I taped the drilled wood to the glass with the hole right where it needed to be, Tspe the backside of the glass to catch fallout and reduce chipping.
The hole in the wood was a perfect guide to keep the drill precisely on target and allowed me to keep it as vertical as possible instead of rocking it to dig in. Drilled very slow without any pressure other than the weight of the drill itself.
The wood keeps some water right where you need it to cool & lube the drill. I kept a little glass of water handy and added a bit more into the hole around the drill frequently because keeping the drill cool & wet helps it cut better and last longer.
Drill slooowlyyy - if you usually run a drill at top speed, practice controlling the trigger so you can go slow. Too fast is counterproductive - ask me how I know that
Put something soft underneath where any drilled out material might land so it does no harm to what it might land on - an opposite glass pane for example.
So far I have found it to be very easy to drill flat glass.
Rounded surfaces are bound to be a bigger challenge, have to see how that goes when I try some.
Some ceramics are more difficult to drill than glass is and even more likely to chip. A layer of tape over both top & bottom surfaces may help reduce chipping but the cleanest side is going to be the one you start with - the backsides are messier.
Hope any of these tips may save you some aggro and lead to good results.
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Aggro just triggers the brain to figure out work arounds lol If I don't get aggro I don't learn lol Gotta channel it right though lolTip for drilling glass - I started by drilling holes in reptile vivariums.
First, I used the diamond hole saw to drill a hole in a foot long piece of a 1x4 plank with the same diamond drill I was going to use to drill the glass.
Then I taped the drilled wood to the glass with the hole right where it needed to be, Tspe the backside of the glass to catch fallout and reduce chipping.
The hole in the wood was a perfect guide to keep the drill precisely on target and allowed me to keep it as vertical as possible instead of rocking it to dig in. Drilled very slow without any pressure other than the weight of the drill itself.
The wood keeps some water right where you need it to cool & lube the drill. I kept a little glass of water handy and added a bit more into the hole around the drill frequently because keeping the drill cool & wet helps it cut better and last longer.
Drill slooowlyyy - if you usually run a drill at top speed, practice controlling the trigger so you can go slow. Too fast is counterproductive - ask me how I know that
Put something soft underneath where any drilled out material might land so it does no harm to what it might land on - an opposite glass pane for example.
So far I have found it to be very easy to drill flat glass.
Rounded surfaces are bound to be a bigger challenge, have to see how that goes when I try some.
Some ceramics are more difficult to drill than glass is and even more likely to chip. A layer of tape over both top & bottom surfaces may help reduce chipping but the cleanest side is going to be the one you start with - the backsides are messier.
Hope any of these tips may save you some aggro and lead to good results.
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Couple from the second spawn appear to have the shubunkin body shape forming. Longer caudal, narrower chest, tail extensions compared to the others that size. Hoping that's what I'm seeing. They're still under 1/2 in. Contemplating moving the two big ones. They're getting large enough to maybe be a smaller fry predator, but also are little piggies lol Might move them into a 10 until the spring then transition then into the 60 gal pond I set up for them to grow in.
