No real surprise to anyone, but I am an aquatic hobbyist. Save a few short years, I have kept aquaria my entire life. My passion generally sticks to high tech planted tanks and SA fishes (breeding discus is a fun adventure, every time).
Since the very first time I saw one as a child - I can't remember if it was a store, public aquarium, or even a zoo - there is a fish that has captured my interest; a creature that, while I'd always dreamed of playing steward for one, I'd laugh off just as readily and shrug "Yeah, right."
Introducing Aristotle, my Christmas-gift-to-myself.
...A juvenile Pterois volitans. The volitan lionfish. The running bet is three weeks before I do something stupid and get myself stung.
As everyone who has ever wielded a camera knows, these guys are gut-wrenchingly photogenic.
...Because posting two shots in the same style is practically against the rules.
He is also the inspiration for my next dragon. Imagine the creature as a fanciful cross between a volitan lion and a leafy see dragon, and you'll be spot on.
(Lionfish keepers, please avoid feeding your pet goldfish/rosie reds/other cyprinids. They are high in thiaminase and are bad for your predator! Ditto with freeze dried krill, which is nutritionally sad...)
Time to go feed the lion! :D
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