Zachary Presley

I thought tonight couldn’t get any better after spotting a few new shrimplets earlier, I lucked out and had an opportunity to catch this amazing close-up of one of my other blue dreams still carrying her eggs. You can actually see the tiny eyes and faces inside the eggs!

#aquarium #neocaridina

Fun surprise during my water change tonight — one of the mama shrimp had her shrimplets! I've seen two little ones so far, though I'm sure there are more hiding in there somewhere.
#shrimp #aquarium #fishtok #shrimptok #neocaridina

Thanks! That’s definitely been my experience until last night. Was thrilled to finally get some good ones! ☺️

Finally captured some decent photos!

When I got home from work last night, one of my berried Blue Dreams was right up against the glass, so I was able to get some really nice clear photos!

#shrimp #aquarium #fishtank #petshrimp #neocaridina #pets

A leaf that fell a hundred million years ago… still whispering through amber light.
#AmberFossil #Amber #Fossil #Fossils #PlantFossil #Plants #Paleobotany #AncientWorld #Paleontology #NaturalHistory

My #amber ring filled with a swarm of 100-million-year-old mosquitoes just landed from @amberbugs from TikTok, and I swear it looks like something straight out of #JurassicPark. I’m obsessed. If you love #fossils or #naturalhistory pieces that spark conversation, check him out—you’ll want one too.

Colombian Copal (Subfossil Tree Resin)
Late Pleistocene–Holocene (~<100,000 years old)
Andes Region, Colombia

Contains multiple insect inclusions, including a cicadomorph (leafhopper or small cicada relative), spiders, termites, and several unidentified small insects.

#Amber #Fossil #Paleontology

Just picked up this stunning 100-million-year-old pine leaf fossil preserved in Burmese amber — likely from an ancient Araucariaceae tree (early relatives of the monkey puzzle or Norfolk Island pine). 🧡💛🦖💛🧡
#Amber #Fossil #Cretaceous #NaturalHistory #Paleobotany

Fun way to spend a Saturday night—under the stars watching Gremlins on the big screen in the front yard with my nephews. Pretty proud of these brave little dudes for making it through the whole movie! 🤎🤍🤎

#MovieNight #Gremlins #Horror #NowThatsWhatImTalkingAbout

Incredible pickup yesterday during @amberbugs’s live sale on TikTok—a Burmese amber ring with a swarm of ancient mosquitoes inside! Can’t wait to get it home and on my finger. 🦟💛🦟

#Fossil #Amber #Mosquito

Newest addition to my fossil collection.

Cretaceous Reptile Limb — Burmese Amber
ca. 99 million years ago
Hukawng Valley, near Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar

Spotted my first blue dream shrimplet during today’s water change! Totally unexpected this early on, but such a fun surprise. Just hoping I didn’t accidentally siphon up any of its siblings in the process. It looks like I’ve got a berried female carrying the next batch too! 🦐

20myo, in what’s now the Dominican Republic, this beetle made a fatal mistake. But instead of fading into dust, like many of his kind before and since, he found himself caught in tree sap and fossilized. Forever sealed in amber, his story became a legacy—a rare window into a world long before ours.

You bet! 😉

@jesswithacamera.bsky.social fun news buddy! ☺️

Fun afternoon hunting fossils in the creek!

It’s time to disgust some fascist. ✊🖖
#FirstAmendment #CancelDisney+ #CancelParamount #StephenColbert #JimmyKimmel #FuckFascism

Thanks! They really are, I’m hoping that once they settle in I might get shrimplets. ☺️

I did!

I can’t change everything, but I can sleep knowing I stood by my principles. #ABC pulls #JimmyKimmel after his comments about Charlie Kirk, so I canceled my #Disney+ last night. I won’t fund companies that cave to political pressure and fascist. #Freespeechmatters #ResistCensorship #FirstAmendment

My Blue Dream Shrimp have arrived!!! 💙🩵💙

#Aquarium #Shrimp #Pets #Neocaridina #FishTank

Why last night’s Secret Society screening at the @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social was so special…
#Friends #Friendship #AlamoDrafthouse #SecretScreening #MOVIES #Letterboxd #MoviesWatched #MovieReviews #FuckCancer

Here's my Last Four Watched! @letterboxd.social #LastFourWatched #Letterboxd #MovieReviews #MoviesWatched #Criterion #CriterionChannel #Nunsploitation

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First fish in the new tank! 🐟✨ A few Otos have officially joined the cleanup crew (snails already on duty). Excited to see this little world come to life.”

#Aquarium
#FishTankSetup
#Otocinclus
#PlantedTank
#AquariumHobby

Here's my Last Four Watched! @letterboxd.social #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #Letterboxd #MovieReviews #MoviesWatched #Criterion #RobertAltman

The first critters I actually meant to add to my tank! (The first unintentional guest—bladder snails— hitched a ride on my plants).

I really hope these beautiful red racer nerite snails enjoy their new home. With any luck, they'll have some tankmates arriving Saturday. 🐌
#Aquarium #snails #fishtank

10 days in and my planted tank seems to be thriving! 🌿 Even caught more bubbles from my Golden Anubias “pearling”—tiny O₂ bubbles from rapid photosynthesis. Can’t wait to add a Blue Dream shrimp colony soon! 🦐 #PlantedTank #Aquascaping #aquarium #AquariumLife #ShrimpTank #Plants

A ★★★½ review of A Perfect Couple (1979) I’ve had a lot of fun this year exploring the work of Robert Altman—until recently, the only one I’d seen was O.C. and Stiggs back in 2022. Now, after watching ten of his films, I feel like A Perfect ...

Last night I watched A Perfect Couple (1979), and here are my thoughts:

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#APerfectCouple #RobertAltman #Criterion #CriterionCollection #CriterionChannel #Letterboxd #MovieReview