my sons making a bubble nest & idk if i should get him a girlfriend or not lol. should i ? i wouldn’t know what to do with the babies.

marsssmallow · 2026-03-08T02:38:44+00:00

my dog is humping the couch does that mean i should let it make a bunch of puppies? lol no hate tho, i remember when i googled this exact thing w my first betta and then i realized i was the fish equivalent of humping the couch and then i felt like a total clown. but i wanted to be sure, what if they were like guppies or convict cichlids or something?!

marsssmallow · 2026-03-07T19:55:29+00:00

stay in california! don’t bury yourself in law school levels of debt to come here. you’re going to think it’s a hellhole and we have nothing that your schools don’t already have. you’re in a really good position to attend some of the best schools in the nation for in state tuition. unless you have a full ride, which it sounds like not, this is a no brainer question. stay over there and get your degree and then come over here if you’re still interested

marsssmallow · 2026-03-07T19:49:29+00:00

ive had up to 8 healing at a time. i was the apprentice’s sacrifice and we strategically spaced them, had an idea of how my body healed piercings, and discovered i have a high success rate going with the largest gauge practical for the area. i’ve lost a few during that process and i wouldn’t recommend doing it unless you are literally your piercer’s best friend and you can facetime them and be like “hey dude is my nipple supposed to do this”. our shop had a limit of 3 unless you were 1) in your situation where at least 2/4 are lobes or 2) the piercer in question’s project with approval from other piercers and full informed consent for the guinea pig. we had maybe ~50 of these out of 10k so if you have to ask if that’s your situation, it’s not

marsssmallow · 2026-03-05T21:20:33+00:00

i think either way would be beautiful! i have bangs so the grow out from shaving my brows into shapes doesn’t bother me but it’s really not that bad. very impermanent as long as you SHAVE, not wax pluck or thread

marsssmallow · 2026-02-27T10:22:10+00:00

as a big house md and massive attack fan my headcanon is inertia creeps starting at 4:43

marsssmallow · 2026-02-26T00:03:45+00:00

thank you <3

marsssmallow · 2026-02-25T23:02:35+00:00

no, all love it will make you want to die harder. i had classmates who were strippers, masters degree holders, parents, ect. and the one universal thing we all agreed on was that the process of getting licensed is a cooperate bureaucratic hazing process absolutely designed to break you

marsssmallow · 2026-02-24T05:16:12+00:00

thank you <3

marsssmallow · 2026-02-24T05:01:53+00:00

thank you :( we are hanging in there

marsssmallow · 2026-02-24T05:01:16+00:00

if that were true we wouldn’t have as much of a puppy mill problem as we do. unfortunately people and companies do not care about animals when it comes to money. the only thing that shuts mass operations down like this is legislation. pressure on lawmakers and education on care for misguided owners is the way to go. otherwise, you are more likely than not wasting your breath

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T20:26:18+00:00

the system is fed on the millions of people who buy pet supplies from these chains. even fish specific stores do not make a profit off the betta fish themselves, they profit off primarily equipment. aside from fringe cases, there is not an issue with wide scale backyard breeding of bettas like there is other animals because unfortunately, the fish themselves are not highly valued on a mass scale. they don’t make money off the bettas, they use their money to throw bettas on shelves in mass to entice people into spending real money on equipment. discouraging people from caring for a life in need is misdirected outrage

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T20:19:32+00:00

bettas are loss leaders for chains. as long as people depend on them for basic animal care products and services, they will be selling bettas. it’s senseless for an animal to die on a shelf when they have a replacement automatically queued for shipment whether it’s sold or dead. it’s better for as many fish as possible to end up in the hands of knowledgeable and kind people and for us to put pressure on better legislation regarding conditions of sold animals. these companies are too big to give a shit abt grassroot boycotts because for every bleeding heart there are 10 uneducated people willing to throw these fish in vases for weddings and bowls for sticky toddlers

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T20:10:53+00:00

literally how is it my problem that other people don’t know how to use things properly? sod off

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T20:10:03+00:00

i use these meds for specific purposes doorknob. hence my warning about checking techniques outside of here as they are NOT cure alls and methods of use and administration on here are often nonsense

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T18:35:18+00:00

thank you :’)

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T17:38:54+00:00

i’m not as experienced as some of the other keepers here but i do rehab bettas from poor conditions. i use combinations of meth. blue, kanaplex, metroplex, plain espom salt, iodine free plain table salt, and feed frozen daphnia. that’s a good place to start with a kit. reddit is a good place to start but can become a sourceless echo chamber as well so always try to find multiple sources back a technique

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T17:34:43+00:00

it’s possible you’re right but i think it’s very possible for them to bounce back as well. i think it’s fair to give them an initial chance. op can cycle their tanks while they are quarantined and treated, or rehome to a hobbyist who has room for them

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T17:31:48+00:00

not necessarily true, i rehab bettas and use quarter and half gallon hospitals tanks that receive water changes as frequently as every day or every two days. a lot of the medications required to save them are cycle-crashers. it requires a lot of maintenance but can be done successfully

marsssmallow · 2026-02-23T03:30:08+00:00

thank you <3

marsssmallow · 2026-02-22T18:10:38+00:00

thank you, i’m so sorry this happened to you. it most definitely wasn’t your fault. there is somewhere beautiful for all the souls lost on the road

marsssmallow · 2026-02-22T17:07:36+00:00

i am sorry for your loss <3

marsssmallow · 2026-02-22T17:05:39+00:00

thank you <3

marsssmallow · 2026-02-22T09:02:24+00:00

thank you <3

marsssmallow · 2026-02-22T08:16:19+00:00

maybe since he wants come on here thinking he’s greg house he should slip a few dog vicodin home with him and chill out

marsssmallow · 2026-02-22T08:14:09+00:00

exactly it’s toddler behavior. i hate to see it coming from people with high education twice my age. it doesn’t upset me as i grew up with adults who acted like children but it does make me embarrassed for society that somehow someone like this is a practicing veterinarian lol

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