Wordless Wednesday - Video Edition

My Kooky Corys

My albinos decided to sit still long enough for me to snap a picture.

My little freshwater aquarium is home to six corydoras. Over the weekend, I did a 20% water change. Nothing too exciting about that, just routine maintenance. I have a rain barrel in my back yard to collect roof runoff, which the fish like, especially the occasional mosquito larva that makes for a nummy treat for a lucky cory.

But this time, I added some blackwater extract I found on Amazon. Corys are blackwater fish, and I want to simulate their natural environment as much as possible. Man, what a difference! These are usually pretty mellow fish. They have periods of activity, such as when the plant light clicks on in the morning and at feeding time, but mostly they just lounge around on the decorations or on the bottom substrate.

After I added the extract, the little guys went crazy, darting around all over the place. That was yesterday and they're still at it. I have never seen them be so active for so long. I'm definitely adding this stuff at every water change from now on. Best. Investment. Ever.

My Face...

...when a POT finsub answers My questions with two lines of vague bullshit.

Fairuza Balk as Nancy - The Craft

I make this face a lot.

Kiriel's Kitchen

Mixing up a batch of cookies. Because it's Friday, so why not? (I'll pay for this on the treadmill later, but idgaf.)

Wordless Wednesday - Video Edition

Wordless Wednesday

Digital Art

I recently started developing an interest in fractal art. I found a very cool, free program called Apophysis that allows Me to create my own pieces. Unfortunately, the most recent release of the most popular version, 7x, won't run on My laptop for some reason. (Oh, the joys of open-source.) However, there's an older version that lets Me do most of the same things, including create 3D images, which does work for Me.

Here are a couple of My first attempts. Not fabulous, but I'm learning.

Bubble

Petals