Oh boy, you asked for it!
I live in an in between area of Florida. We aren’t South, we aren’t Central. We’re kind west-ish, if you don’t count the Panhandle being more wester (shut up, its a word!). Just about 15 from the nearest coast, and lots of water ways running through. Of course the whole place has been ruined by development because its a popular place for all the dang snow birds to come and hand out/retire to, but if you drive far enough, there are private ranches, houses on acreage, and state parks.
I’ve got quite the zoo going.
Dogs and Cats:
-Haley: 11 year old lab/golden retriever mix
-Dweezle: 10 year old rotti/australian shepherd mix
-Bentley: 1.5 year old Jack Russell/maltese mix (not actually mine– he’s moms)
-Kitty (AKA Gary): ~1 year old, picked up as a stray. Looks like a Main coon mix.
Reptiles:
-Rex: 4 year old Mali Uromastyx, currently about 9 inches, and still growing (Google it!)
-Amelia: 3 year old Dreamsicle Leopard Gecko, fully grown at 9 1/4 inches
-Rowan: 2 year old Snow Leopard Gecko, fully grown at 8 1/2 inches
-Raven: 1 year old Giant Hypo Tangerine Leopard Gecko, still growing at about 10 inches
Fish:
-150 gallon pond:
~~Feebas: 10 inch common goldfish
~~Spotty: 5 inch Common Goldfish
~~Changey: 4 inch Comet Goldfish
~~(No name): 6 inch Shubunkin Goldfish
-125 gallon pond:
~~Bruce (Wayne): 9 inch Fantail Goldfish
~~Optimus (Prime): 5 inch Ryukin/Fantail/Oranda mix Goldfish
~~Luna: 7 inch Black Moor Goldfish
~~Milotic: 8 inch Shubunkin Goldfish
~~Gimpy: 5 inch Comet Goldfish (missing dorsal fin)
****(Milotic will be joining Feebas and the other single tailed goldies in time. He’s just hard to catch LOL But everyone is small enough now where it the number of fish isn’t a problem)****
-50 gallon fish tank:
~~Pudge: 5 inch Oranda goldfish
~~Hans: 3 inch Fantain Goldfish
~~”The Telescope”: 8 inch Telescope Goldfish (missing an eye)
~~(no name yet): 3 inch Ranchu goldfish
~~3x Platies (1 male, 2 female)
~~3x Florida Swamp Darters (very cool little guys!)
~~1x Goldspot Sailfin Pleco, currently about 6 inches (still about 4 more to go!)
****(NOTE: This tank is horribly overstocked, but I have a certain look in mind, and am growing the goldfish out before weeding them out to just 2 or 3– unless I get a larger tank in the future. All goldfish lengths also include the tail, so they aren’t actually *that* big. Its also very over filtered.)****
-30 gallon:
~~10x Neon Tetras
~~3x Guppies (1 male, 2 female)
~~1x Longfinned Albino Bristlenose Pleco, male
~~1x Albino Bristlenose Pleco, female
~~3x Florida Swamp Darters
~~1x German Blue Ram, male
-6 gallon bowfront #1:
~~Ume (“oo-may”): Male purple veiltail betta
~~Astro: male blue veiltail betta
-6 gallon bowfront #2:
~~Kai (“ky”): male red and black delta tail betta
~~(no name): male “black orchid” dragon scale delta tail betta
I’ve also had rabbits, chickens, hermit crabs, numerous other kinds of fish… I’m sure I’m leaving something out LOL
