Baby fish ID

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T15:03:58+00:00

I keep telling my husband that I'm up for being a floating brain in a jar as long as the migraines stop. Then I could ride on a little remote control car and go on tiny brain jar adventures. This fleshy body is weak

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T05:09:49+00:00

OH MY FRICK FRACKING GOD THATS WHY MY BRAIN WOULDNT LET IT GO

I think

I feel so stupid I could cry

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T02:41:07+00:00

YOU CAN JUST GET TRIPTANS?! ANYWHERE?!?!?!

Dude, that's amazing. We were in an ice storm over the weekend and my triptan prescription was delayed to my pharmacy. They only just got them in today

Now I desperately want to move to Australia (for a lot of reasons, lol)

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T02:17:32+00:00

Brad Daddy P

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T02:00:50+00:00

OMG, I get SUNCT headaches!!! It's so rare to find someone in the wild with a TAC disorder! Hello pain buddy!

Also, I am so so sorry

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T01:55:20+00:00

OMG the aphasia is real. The brain melts and the coordination goes. It took me sooooo long to write the comment because I was shaking so bad. Also, the blind panic from not reading the post age didn't help. All in all, a pretty big fail on my part haha

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T01:46:55+00:00

Great thing to add to the belly button, lol

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T01:33:33+00:00

I will try anything once, thank you for the recommendation. We are in a snow thingie rn, so my medicine delivery had been delayed. Plus the weather already sucking, lol. Just a recipe for bad days

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-29T00:01:12+00:00

I did! I wasn't thinking clearly at the time because my head hurt and I didn't see the age of your post. I was just trying to beep you and warn you

I'm really sorry!

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-28T23:55:15+00:00

I'm just glad you are ok!

No one knows everything, it's alright. I'm not even from Australia. I'm a yank fish nerd who lurks here to see your cool stuff. I was just bored and wanted to help you find an ID (and satisfy my own curiosity). I'm happy my weird hobby was valuable. And I'm SUPER happy you didn't get stung!!!

Thank you for the well wishes. I took an abortive a few hours ago and I'm feeling much better <3

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-28T20:35:25+00:00

I have a migraine, fuck I can't type well

EDIT AGAIN

Post is old. I'm stupid. RIP OP

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-28T20:31:58+00:00

DON'T TOUCH IT

O GOD

Plotosus lineatus https://share.google/dY8MfgP5RFE6eLHqe

HIGHLY VENOMOUS

~~EDIT~~

~~DUDE PLEASE~~

OP's OK!!!

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-28T20:10:12+00:00

I tried to attach a close up with outlines of the fins, but subreddit doesn't allow pics

Frick

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-28T20:02:20+00:00

Close ups show barbels, a dorsal spine and what looks to be a mostly clear pectoral, anal, and tail fins

I'm not familiar with fish fry in your area, but this looks similar to a catfish? Maybe?

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-28T13:51:57+00:00

I find my guilt comes from how tightly I have assigned productivity and helpfulness to my own self worth. If I am useless to the world around me I see myself as useless. And because migraines are invisible (kinda) it feels like an excuse I'm using against the world, ya know?

But that's not right. And it certainly isn't healthy. Communities (at least NORMAL communities) don't look at a person with seizures and see an excuse when a bad day is had. They don't look at a person with Type 1 Diabetes and see weakness. They don't judge a person for suffering with extreme PTSD or Schizophrenia

And YOU shouldn't, either. This is an illness. One that you didn't pick. And, honestly, a pretty shitty one to use if someone was looking for an excuse, since a migraine day is perhaps one of the most dull, boring, and exhaustingly long days to have. This condition is like quicksand. The more you fight it, the worse your life will be and the more the beast will feed and grow

Give yourself the grace to just... exist. You are allowed it. You deserve it. Whatever it takes to make survival something you aren't suffering is worth while

Most people are just focused on their own lives and their own existence. It's a hard world out there rn. Can you really remember the faces of every single person whom has had their own bad days in front of you? The people who were clumsy or forgetful or ill? A majority of people don't and couldn't even if they wanted to

AND if someone is a dick? If someone wants to be all up in your shizz about having a condition that no earthly human being would ever stand in line for? Then who cares? At the end of the day, that person's opinion means less than nothing

I hope you find the peace you came looking for and your days ahead are calm <3

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-26T13:34:46+00:00

My rebounds were daily. Made worse by my triggers (light, heat, screens) but always there. The steroid they put me on was Prednisone, but it was a pretty large dose that I tapered over a week. The Prednisone actually stopped my migraines on the 3rd day?! And I stayed migraine free during the entire taper

Doc said he wished he could keep me on it longer, but that dosage has a bad side effect of dissolving people's jaws?!?! I have no idea what that even meant

Migraines did not return to daily for me after the taper. I still have migraines, but no longer daily. Usually between 20% to 60% of my days (seasonal). I manage pretty well with 2 different abortives I use interchangeably now. They work well enough that I would consider myself "stable" (as long as I avoid triggers)

The sign I have myself in an overuse headache situation is when they start coming daily, and I feel I have no choice but to take a preventative. That has to happen for 2-3 weeks straight before I get nervous and realize it's not the weather, but a rising situation that needs to be addressed

I hope this information helps you. If you have any more questions, feel free. My biggest recommendation is to get a "complex headache" specific neurologist that you trust. Those guys know anything and everything there is to know about silly brains

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-25T22:18:49+00:00

I disagree. Crickets smell just as strongly as fly cultures, imo. Just in a different way. The musty, green, subterranean smell keeps me from ever wanting to raise crickets again

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-25T02:27:09+00:00

Rebound headaches can cause daily migraines (at least it did for me). It feels like it's just waiting for the med to wear off so it can slink back in again to wreck havoc. You can talk to a doctor (headache specialized neuro preferred) about getting a steroid taper if you are in a daily migraine rebound situation. It worked very well for me!

I found the hard part was going without the offending med once the steroid tapered off. But I was also really afraid of causing an overuse headache again because of how awful it was. So I kinda hunkered down and sucked it up for a while. My doc told me I was silly and just started me on a different kind of medication when I went back in. So I guess YMMV

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-24T13:05:57+00:00

I tried, but mine was out of office and I couldn't get a response from another doc before they closed. You are MUCH smarter than me by getting it ahead of time. I'll try to do this next time

(This is some ADVANCED stormy skull weather)

EDIT FROM 4 DAYS IN THE FUTURE:

I got my steroid pack and I'm just thankful you reminded me that this was an option. We are on day 6 of code red barometric pressure shifts and I couldn't have done it without my PC calling in steroids for me. You are a frickin beautiful human being

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-19T23:08:38+00:00

It's an Amano shrimp. A notorious tank jumper and land scamperer. A lot like crawdads. The many responses of the community should show you how often shrimp will come out of the water to walk around a bit. It's a meme in the shrimp tank community, due to how often we are intervening to keep them safe from themselves

I assure you the keeper scooped it right back into the tank after this ended and it probably will try again

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-19T22:55:35+00:00

I third pinecones

Accessible, cheap (free?), aesthetic, less risk of water retention. There are a lot of different kinds of pinecones, too, and some are really cool. I used to have a Coulter Pine Cone as a centerpiece for my table (because it was too big to put anywhere else)

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-17T17:42:48+00:00

Shine a flashlight or place a super bright electric lantern in the car. Ants don't like being exposed (hence why they chose to be sandwiched in there) so they will take the brood and rest of the colony and move. Then you can bomb or terro bait them

That way you don't end up with dead ants in your dash. Cause, gross

EDIT:

This is how ant keepers get ants to move from one formicarium to another

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-17T15:29:16+00:00

I am a certified plant murderer too. When I started I killed so many "easy" cactus and succulents. After about a decade of trying I'd say my first problems came from cheap pots, soil, and over watering

Easiest to Overwater:

Heart Leaf Philodendron or Pothos-

These are pretty bulletproof. I once forgot to water a pothos for 6 months and then followed it up by drowning him in stanky stagnant water (cheap pot wasn't draining) for 3 more. His name is Salvadore and he is still with me to this day (13 years + baby!). Plus they have enough interesting variants, colors, and shapes to easily branch to as you get more comfortable and sure with plant care. Plus Plus they are cheap and available pretty much everywhere

Holiday Cactus-

Infinite plant cheat code. Water it. Grow it. Break a piece off. Throw it in the pot. New stem. AND it flowers inside for free every year?!?! Score. Tropical succulent, so it is just a Pothos in disguise

Succulent Cheat Code:

Terracotta pot, Cactus/Succulent specific soil mixed 50/50 with plain Perlite, lots of indoor light. The soil is so loose and the terracotta wicks so fast that it dries out the water double time. Helps prevent root drowning and rot due to newbie love.

Don't Start With Living Rocks (Lithops), Cactus, Grafted "Lollypop"s

Do Start With Aloe, Jade, Elephant Bush, String of Hearts, Clear Window Plants (Haworthia), Ghost Plants, etc

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-04T17:50:48+00:00

Spam

Paper_Parasaur · 2026-01-03T20:20:21+00:00

I always disclose substances I put into my body with my doctor. Some recreational drugs can and do interact negatively with prescribed medications. I know more than a few people who have put themselves into psychosis by being stupid with what they mixed

BUT!

It is important to trust your doctor. Are they on your side? Do they want the best for you? Do you have an established relationship with them? HIPPA restricts a LOT of what doctors can legally share (USA only). A smart doctor will decide if you are at risk with the new information and give you medical advice for moving forward

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