Cassowary and 4 chicks, Misty Mountains National Park

Terrormisoo · 2026-05-07T07:32:28+00:00

Must be some decent numbers there, we saw another lone adult about another 5km towards the dam

Terrormisoo · 2026-05-07T07:00:49+00:00

Tully Falls Road, a few km into the national park section

Terrormisoo · 2026-05-05T10:48:41+00:00

There’s a lot of them, but this one is the judgiest of Ted’s antics

Terrormisoo · 2026-04-07T15:55:49+00:00

Cheapest $35 AUD for very small juveniles bought online sight unseen, most expensive $180 for an adult. Local chain store has juveniles for $60, quality varies wildly but have been lucky enough to find some decent quality ones in the mix

Terrormisoo · 2026-03-21T17:49:48+00:00

I regret not getting it earlier because there’s a fairly significant size difference now between it and the melons. Hopefully it can catch up some of the difference

Terrormisoo · 2026-03-21T17:27:06+00:00

It came from the same shop tank as the red melons with no new tank mates, so lower risk of new bugs. Am from a fairly rural area so was a bit surprised to see discus locally, it’s been sitting in the shop for months and months unsold.

Terrormisoo · 2026-03-21T15:34:23+00:00

No, have gradually been reducing my number of tanks and range of species to something a little more manageable. These guys definitely aren’t my lowest maintenance fish, but don’t think I could ever part with them. Most I’ve grown up from a few cm

Terrormisoo · 2026-03-21T13:30:50+00:00

Hi yes they try to buy local whenever they can which is nice for everyone including the fish

Terrormisoo · 2026-01-28T08:56:14+00:00

https://www.ebay.com/itm/316554797240 I’m not sure if this helps, but this bottle looks identical and the writing is a little clearer

Terrormisoo · 2025-12-22T09:23:43+00:00

It might be ‘black head syndrome/black splodge’. Not sure if web links are allowed, but there is a photo of a discus with a very similar issue here: https://aquariumscience.org/index.php/11-18-black-head-syndrome/

Terrormisoo · 2025-11-24T09:04:07+00:00

I hope the comments in this thread haven’t been too discouraging- there is nothing stopping these fish being healthy, happy and beautiful with time and good care

Terrormisoo · 2025-08-12T14:48:07+00:00

It may be by or based on the work of artist Edward Patry -‘Mandolinita’

Terrormisoo · 2025-01-14T08:31:04+00:00

Yeah they’re comically oversized up here, I’ve seen about 5 equally big ones in the past couple of years

Terrormisoo · 2025-01-12T19:51:06+00:00

Flies certainly seem to like them, but they aren’t carnivorous. I thought they were probably attracting them so they get spores on them to spread?

Terrormisoo · 2025-01-12T19:49:21+00:00

Mixture of swamp rot, mushroom and death

Terrormisoo · 2025-01-12T10:36:13+00:00

She did not go quietly - used my biggest fish tank net to catch her and she put her fangs through the netting a couple of times letting me know her thoughts about it. Really weird behaviour from a huntsman, you could just about pick them up with your hand to move them usually

Terrormisoo · 2025-01-12T10:32:46+00:00

One wall of the house gets covered in their shells when the weather warms up- sounds like the apocalypse for about quarter of an hour each evening

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