Tue, Nov. 3rd, 2009, 02:21 pm

Take a look at this article about Nomura's jellyfish.

I'd like to direct you to the picture of the ship with a net full of jellyfish, to which my initial reaction was "JESUS H. SHITBALLS CHRIST, LOOK AT ALL THOSE JELLYFISH." And aside from the bell, these jellyfish don't even look cute. I mean, they look downright Lovecraftian. Look at all those tentacles! THEY CAPSIZED A FISHING TRAWLER!

Sea nettles are cute. Moon jellies are cute. Nomura's look like ground beef gone bad or something.

Also, it looks like I'm going fishing this weekend! I don't know what kind of fish Pittsburgh has, but I haven't been fishing in a long time. I should probably feel like a terrible person for liking to watch fish, keep fish as pets, eat fish, and stick hooks in them all at the same time.

If/when I get a bigger place, I'd like to get a bigger fish tank! It's kind of like a puzzle, figuring out how many gallons you have and how many fish that can support, and then how to get the perfect combination of fish. I think once I get a tank upgrade, I would like to get some Neon Tetras and/or a betta. I don't want to be responsible for any fish deaths, so I am reading about fish and it seems like bettas and tetras get along well (and platys, I think).

Also, I must go look for a hiding place so my fish can hide in little holes. Right now I have a bridge they can swim under and a big artificial coral thing, but I think they'd like more privacy. And plants!

...dude, marimo are on sale.
I did not know they had blue lobsters.
MINI CRAB DISAPPROVES.

Tue, Nov. 3rd, 2009 09:44 pm (UTC)
[info]aurussteelsword

That is a metric fuck-ton of jellyfish. *cowers*

I like moon jellies. Sea nettles a little less, but they are pretty when they're separated from me by a sheet of aquarium glass. XD Those things, though, with all of that.... globulous brown fuzzy stuff. They are not pretty. Looking down from my fishing boat and seeing nothing but a sea of pulsating disgusting giant jellyfish is a new nightmare, thank you. x__x;

Oooh. Neon blue lobster!

Wed, Nov. 4th, 2009 02:23 am (UTC)
[info]tetradecimal

Well, I'm sure all jellyfish are cuter when they're not on you, stinging you in the face. But yeah, urgh. And their bells are sorta corpse-white, too :(

These animals are so neat. Man, now I want a bigger aquarium with blue lobsters and neato fish.

Wed, Nov. 4th, 2009 12:55 am (UTC)
[info]ayala_atreides

HOLY CRAP that jellyfish is so cool! :O

Haha I know what you mean about feeling ~conflicted~. I stopped eating fish for a while when I first got my goldfish, but then it occurred to me that I was still taking fish oil supplements (good for concentration! supposedly). I justify it by saying that some fish ("pet" species) are for pets, and some for eating. Like how horses are for riding and other four-legged herbivores are for eating.

Have fun on your fishing trip! :D

Wed, Nov. 4th, 2009 01:59 am (UTC)
[info]tetradecimal

Cool, but HUGE AND MENACING AND IT COULD EAT YOUR HEAD.

I love seafood too much to stop eating it, but yeah. I gave the Big Spaceship Gang a little extra food today. They gobbled it right up, greedy little things :)

Fishing!