End of one, beginning of another

From the writing room/tarantula zoo/aquarium park at Casa du Casey: 2018 has almost run its course. 2019 is hours away from Colorado as I type this. It has been an interesting set of days for me, both good and not as good, but overall outstanding, as my one rule for "outstanding"  is being alive. I…

How I build a Pea puffer tank

Exploring his world. So on this blog, I've talked about building tarantula enclosures. This time we get wet. One of my favorite parts of exotic animal keeping has always been the "build-out" phase. With fish, it is setting up planted tanks, usually for communities. This time I wanted to try my hand at a 'species-specific'…