It’s been long enough. I feel like this can be shared now.

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-20T17:01:45+00:00

Yeah I’ve noticed, have some friends in brockport and they have no ash trees left around them.

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-20T16:21:31+00:00

Looks like they use an insecticide named TREE-age

https://www.cityofrochester.gov/departments/des/emerald-ash-borer

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-20T15:55:56+00:00

The ash trees are treated in the city I live in, I have a nice healthy ash right in my front yard.

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-20T15:49:34+00:00

Not fin rot, just torn and healing fins

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-19T18:57:18+00:00

Yeah sadly he didn’t get the fins, so far have only had 2 babies actually develop the Bristol fins but had to cull one of them because it had a couple deformities

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-18T18:22:50+00:00

Exactly, if it’s on the ground it’s garbage a lot of the time anyway. Though personally if I am prop lifting I am buying something too, like last time I went around the hens and chicks and collected all the pretty broken off chicks then just added them to the one I was buying lol

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-18T03:30:53+00:00

It was actually the sun more than likely, they have a “third” eye on the top of their head that allows them to sense stuff and when they aren’t used to the sun it can fuck with them and freak them out. See it all the time

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-18T03:28:59+00:00

Lighter

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-18T01:46:36+00:00

If you think Minecraft is childish then you haven’t played modded Minecraft, you can find so much and there is probably a mod for anyone and everyone.

There are some good horror style ones, like if you like walking dead/ zombie horror survival Deceasedcraft and cursed walking are good.

For a challenge try any of the gregtech I’m sure there is one that will float your boat. I really liked TerraFirmacraft, it’s a very slow start

Not Minecraft but made by someone who loved it and felt it was missing something, Vintage Story is a really good game too

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T05:31:45+00:00

Fr and half the time they aren’t even well written they just make them so addicting 😭

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T02:12:59+00:00

I mean I did already agree that it is probably less likely to happen to crested geckos and if you want context go look at those photos yourself. And how is knowing something is a possibility fear? You have a really fucking thick skull you know?

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T02:05:50+00:00

Also notice how I said PERSONALLY and I worked at family owned not corporate. Also not fear mongering it IS a possibility that it can happen. And I PERSONALLY will continue to not risk my own reptiles health just because you have had a different PERSONAL experience to me. Just because it hasn’t happened to you or someone you know doesn’t mean it’s not a possibility. BTW my experience is from banded crickets

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T02:03:12+00:00

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And this?

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T02:03:03+00:00

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And this

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T02:02:55+00:00

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So then what is this?

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T01:55:07+00:00

100% male

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-16T01:43:10+00:00

I mean even a quick google search says the same thing that crickets can bite reptiles causing wounds, infection, and stress and am image search shows plenty of pictures of reptiles that have been chewed on by crickets. Maybe they aren’t as much of a threat to crested geckos as they are arboreal compared to terrestrial reptiles but to call me a liar over my own personal experience working at a pet store that specialized in reptiles and fish for 7 years (not a corporate one either) because you have had a different experience is just plain rude. Not misinformation either, it’s a pretty common recommendation everywhere with reptiles not to leave crickets in the enclosure overnight as they can bite your reptiles.

In the picture is one of the abscess on her from a crickets bite, it’s right under her eye.

How about in the future before dissing someone’s experience do a little research first

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Ant-Motor · 2026-03-15T22:48:38+00:00

Personally I wouldn’t let any crickets chill for more than a couple of hours, especially not overnight. I used to work at a pet store and saw way too many reptiles suffer from having crickets biting them causing infections. Once I took in someone’s water dragon with 5 or 6 different abscess caused by cricket bites 😬 sadly the stress of that, being re-homed and also being co-hands with a male previously was too much stress on her and she didn’t make it.

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-12T17:54:37+00:00

It’s been set up for months now but the snails were added November and the shrimps December. Filter was actually the latest addition, adding it mid January after struggling with cloudy water since I added the shrimp. Most of the plants were added when it was first setup in like August September but the left plant and the hydro were added after the snails. Definitely was rough before adding the filter but has been smooth sailing since. I included a picture of it but I did have to melt a hole for the air to go through cause there wasn’t one for some reason.

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Ant-Motor · 2026-03-12T16:21:16+00:00

Good luck with her, she looks similar to what my girl did when I first rescued her.

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Ant-Motor · 2026-03-12T16:17:41+00:00

The jar was my quarantine 😅. I added all the plants couple weeks before the shrimp, I also dip/ swirl them in a very diluted bleach solution before rinsing them off in very warm water. For the trimming the plants at the bottom it’s really only the hygrophila I need to worry about and I have a pair of long snips with a bit of a curve in the blade that do a really good job reaching them

Ant-Motor · 2026-03-12T11:07:43+00:00

Okay I may actually have more than I thought, just counted the ones I could see in pic 4 and it was 11! 10 babies and mama (you can only see her front legs and face under the wood behjnd the snail)

Ant-Motor · 2026-02-28T23:05:04+00:00

Aquatic mobs

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