u/xyelem

Hi y’all, reptile and tarantula breeder here. I’m looking for something in the $500-$800 range to take professional(ish) looking photos of snakes and tarantulas. To be clear: I know how to use the camera on my iPhone (kind of, I’ve never messed with the settings). I know nothing about photography. All I know is “want to take good picture of snake” and I have no idea how to even begin looking for the right camera. Any advice or product recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Hi y’all, reptile breeder in here. Unfortunately with this last batch of babies (we had around 60 eggs), 2 failed to thrive, and I would like to make them into wet specimens. My question is about fixative. Ideally I’d like to avoid formalin and, from what I’ve read, you don’t necessarily need to use formalin as a fixative for small specimens. I’ve read that you can use ethanol, but the percentage has varied between 70% and 80-90%. I can find 95% online. Is that too much? Do I need to dilute with distilled water? Also, I’m seeing a lot of ethyl alcohol, denatured, is that the same thing? I guess I don’t really know the difference between denatured and not denatured ethanol for these purposes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I’ve read Dracula, Frankenstein, Carmilla, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Mayfair Witch series by Anne Rice. Hell, I’ve even read Northanger Abbey lol. Most recently my husband has gotten me into the Necroscope series, which he refers to as “diet horror”. I’d like to stay away from Stephen King because he’s made some weird comments lately, but I’m down for whatever else!

Hey y’all, so I’m interested in keeping Sea Monkeys. I’m wondering what everyone’s set ups are like? I know I need to get an air stone, instant ocean, a heater, a small aquarium, and to use distilled water, but I’m wondering what size aquarium would be suitable? I currently keep snakes and spiders as pets, but I’ve never done anything aquatic so I’m a little confused on how everything is supposed to be set up. Any links would be greatly appreciated, too!

So I just finished The Locked Tomb series and I’m OBSESSED. 10/10, no notes. It’s my best friend’s favorite book series and I would have never picked it up if she hadn’t recommended it to me as I never really thought I’d be into Sci-Fi (I’ve definitely been missing out). Does anyone have any recommendations that are similar? Bonus points if it’s sapphic, but it doesn’t have to be!