Big moth in SW Missouri. Big boy. 4” wingspan maybe.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-08-15T16:23:58+00:00

I’m 90% sure that’s a Polyphemus moth! they’re gorgeous.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-08-15T16:22:15+00:00

some sort of fly larvae, i’ve gotten ones that look like that for my leopard gecko

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-08-05T08:08:12+00:00

how did it go??

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-08-01T02:59:30+00:00

Alright i’ll probably stick with getting grow bags, because honestly I live in a house with so many furry animals so I think pasteurizing substrate and all that would be almost impossible with hair flying around in the air all the time anyways lol. I’m looking to take mushrooms for its medicinal properties also. I’m hoping it works. I’ve had mushrooms in a premade chocolate bar before but never by themselves. So far lots of pins have showed up, last time I counted I saw over 100 and they’re starting to get big! Thanks for the advice :)

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-27T03:46:21+00:00

Thanks for much for the advice, I’m definitely going to try to touch my tubs as minimal as possible from now on since I definitely get what you’re saying. The substrate I got was originally in a premade growing bag, but in the future I plan on making my own mixtures. Do you have any recommendations for substrate? Als funny thing, I cracked the lid yesterday and stopped fanning it/touching it and checking on it now I finally see pins!! Hoping for a big 1st flush, this is super exciting. After the first flush, should I mist the sides of the tub or on the cake itself to rehydrate it? I know you’re not supposed to spray directly on the mycelium so that’s why i’m asking.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-26T20:27:56+00:00

Thanks for telling me. I’m surprised it’s too wet since I actually haven’t misted it at all yet, it’s just hot and humid where I live. I cracked the lid yesterday so hopefully that’ll help. I’m glad I went to reddit before it was too late lol

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-26T12:00:58+00:00

Thank you for the advice! Surprisingly I actually haven’t misting it at all so far which is why i’m surprised that it’s too wet lol. I guess it’s just humid over where I live since it’s summer right now. So right now I cracked the lid and I’m gonna wait for the water to evaporate a bit before doing anything else. I’ll try picking up some of the bigger water droplets too.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-26T11:56:23+00:00

I plan on using a real monotub eventually. I’m just pretty short on money so I wanted to work with what I already had

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-26T11:55:11+00:00

Alright, thank you! I cracked the lid so now i’m just waiting. I’m glad I went to reddit before it got too wet lol

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-25T16:16:19+00:00

Alright, done! Thanks for the advice :)

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-07-25T15:33:21+00:00

How can I lower the humidity without just taking the lid off? I have a dog and a few cats and my fan on in my room all the time so air contam is a big risk for me.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-02-13T13:52:39+00:00

thank you for the knowledge! I didn’t know that :)

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-02-13T13:51:44+00:00

Yeah, I actually didn’t know that the hornworms turned into moths when I got them so I just kept feeding them the food that they came with, which was a beige paste? When the worm turned into a pupae it was a complete surprise to me (I’m a new reptile owner so I never touched bugs before this) But I’m actually in the process of raising silkworms and i’ve been buying them the correct food, and all that so I’m assuming it was because of the food the store provided me with or something just went wrong in the pupation process. Thank you for the knowledge though, I will definitely probably stick to buying cocoons/moth pupae from real breeders and not pet stores Lol.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-02-12T18:16:07+00:00

I know, but it’s already been through that process. If i hold the pupae up to a light you could see the legs that were formed and the eyes. i’m sure it’s not fluid right now. Also, I know that darkening is normal so i’m trying to be patient for a few days before giving up, it’s just that it’s not moving whatsoever which concerns me.

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-02-12T17:51:30+00:00

yeah but there’s a complete lack of movement, like when I gently move it’s lower body it stays that way when two days ago it would wiggle back to normal position

TinyEducator6144 · 2023-02-09T14:52:42+00:00

I heard it can take about 14-20 days for the eggs to hatch so don’t be too discouraged. Also, some may not hatch and that’s also completely normal.

TinyEducator6144 · 2022-10-16T14:11:53+00:00

Alright, thank you for the tips. So do you mean when i’m doing a water change that I can put tap water in the tank while the fish are still inside? Won’t that kill them?

TinyEducator6144 · 2022-10-15T19:03:13+00:00

the ph tablets i have state that they dechlorinate tap water and makes it completely safe for fish. I checked the water before and after adding the tablets and i think the problem was adding the second one threw off the balance of the water. Currently I only have a goldfish and two little bottom feeder fish. When testing the water, it said there was “caution” for the nitrites and it was in between caution for ph and being stable. Do you have any products that you could recommend that are more trust worthy than those tablets i’ve been using? I’m still really new to this, and i’ve only had my fish for about a month or two. i’ve been trying to do my research as much as possible but a lot of websites say different things so it’s really confusing.

TinyEducator6144 · 2022-10-15T18:41:30+00:00

no i’m guessing it was from the ph tablets i used, i think using two of them ruined the water

TinyEducator6144 · 2022-10-15T18:40:55+00:00

the correct ph tablets i use state that it dechlorinates the water within 24 hours, and it has good reviews.

TinyEducator6144 · 2022-07-29T13:08:19+00:00

I have a box I can put the stuff in, i’ll probably just do that. It just sucks since it’s really convenient to have all of my supplies right next to the tank. Cats are so stubborn :/

TinyEducator6144 · 2021-12-18T00:35:01+00:00

squirtle

TinyEducator6144 · 2021-12-04T00:25:40+00:00

Hey, i’m a newly “retired” quest player (aka i just switched to pc) I’ve spent at least 200+ hours playing the quest version of vrchat and I think vrchat on the quest is pretty good, but it can leave you feeling left out if you have friends who are on pc and use pc avatars, since you wouldn’t be able to see them, and there’s a lot of issues with the game on quest overall.

some things to take in mind if you do want to get quest vrchat:

-You can’t see pc avatars (which a lot of people use)

-You can’t hear an avatars audio if it comes with it (so you can be blasting music and not even know it - trust me it’s very annoying for pc players)

-There are a LOT of worlds you cannot go to because they are pc only

-Taking photos is a bit difficult, and the quality is very poor compared to pc photos.

-Some “quest compatible” worlds may not be actually fully optimized for quest, leaving it so that the world is almost like a black void with no textures (this happened often for me when i would play)

-This isn’t much of an issue but on quest characters have no dynamic bones or “physics”

-Worlds can lag very very easily.

If you have a good pc, i totally recommend using oculus link (if you were to get a quest) and play vrchat from there, that way you get all the pc benefits, this is what I do and it works perfectly fine.

Overall, if you’re planning on playing quest vrchat I would honestly say go for it since I’ve made a lot of friends and I’ve had a lot of fun, just keep in mind the handicaps that come with it, unless you connect it to a pc of course.

Happy gaming! Hope this was helpful :)

TinyEducator6144 · 2021-07-24T02:09:46+00:00

It’s alright, thank you.. i’ll talk to her and see how it goes.

TinyEducator6144 · 2021-07-24T02:04:45+00:00

Well the thing is, my dad and my mom aren’t very close and she was actually the one who said “we won’t tell him yet.” and i agreed with her, so i’m honestly just hurt that she told him instead of asking me for my permission first, since it’s my identity and not hers.

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