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Backwood Barns
10:02:42 Charm's Wubs
Bird, you have to have the right soil/substrate first of all. And then you have to either find someone local who will give you cuttings of their established plants, or order online (I recommend ModernAquarium if you do this, I've never had a bad order.) and then once they are established you have to trim them and keep them maintained so they don't overgrow. Sometimes that means throwing extras away, sometimes that means replanting them... if that makes sense.
Versailles
10:02:30 Versa
with*
Yay, English. Apparently I'm getting sleepy lol
Versailles
10:02:03 Versa
Bird,
I do not, Paarthurnax passed just before my move to Tennessee. However, he had a 20 gallon tank all to himself, which a ton of silk plants and caves.
Hummingbird Meadows
10:01:06 Bird
@Versa, do you currently have a betta? What size tank is he in?
Versailles
10:00:47 Versa
I ended up only with a few moss balls because my betta that I tried live plants with had serious beef with these inanimate objects lol
Backwood Barns
10:00:45 Charm's Wubs
Oh my goodness Versa. That's HILARIOUS! Such a spicy and opinionated boy you have!
Hummingbird Meadows
10:00:44 Bird
@Charm, can you explain a little more how they are so much work?
MakeEm Fancy
10:00:28 Ally 💜
My sisters betta was 6 when he passed. I had one live to be 4 before he passed. Im curious how long Fishy will live
Backwood Barns
09:59:49 Charm's Wubs
Live plants are an insane amount of work, but sooo worth it. Also, if you like houseplants like pothos/monstera they can be grown above the water column! Their roots LOVE the fish water.
Versailles
09:59:06 Versa
Bird,
2-5. although in rare cases, 6-8
Versailles
09:58:40 Versa
Charm,
Bro, mine would flare and go bonkers through his entire tank every time it turned off! It was hilarious. But I had to have it off sometimes to clean up the tank lol
Hummingbird Meadows
09:58:23 Bird
@Versa, I have heard bettas typically only live 2 years. =/
Backwood Barns
09:57:30 Charm's Wubs
Hahaha Versa! Nalo was the opposite! He didn't like his bubbler, so it got turned off. He has to put up with the sponge filter bubbles, though, which is probably why he hangs out at the HOB filter!
Versailles
09:57:20 Versa
My oldest betta lived almost until 8 years, it was wild. Named him Paarthurnax because he just, seemed eternal lol
MakeEm Fancy
09:57:00 Ally 💜
I did silk plants in mine with driftwood
Versailles
09:56:33 Versa
Live plants are wonderful for bettas. If not live, silk is also good. Just never hard plastic, they tend to tear their flowy fins on them
Golden Crest
09:56:14 | Eve
I miss having fish. I had two male bettas (seperate tanks obviously). One had tetra friends and the other had guppy friends. I also had snails in there. Their tanks were huge. I miss them <3
Hummingbird Meadows
09:55:50 Bird
I was planning on a sponge filter. I am not turned off by water changes once a week. I am mostly just deciding if I should do live plants IF I get a betta.
Versailles
09:55:12 Versa
I also got a bubbler which he went absolutely ballistic about every time I turned it off. If it wasn't on, he was so mad lol
MakeEm Fancy
09:53:56 Ally 💜
I have a betta with snails in a 20 gallon. It stays pretty clean

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Backwood Barns
10:02:42 Charm's Wubs
Bird, you have to have the right soil/substrate first of all. And then you have to either find someone local who will give you cuttings of their established plants, or order online (I recommend ModernAquarium if you do this, I've never had a bad order.) and then once they are established you have to trim them and keep them maintained so they don't overgrow. Sometimes that means throwing extras away, sometimes that means replanting them... if that makes sense.
Versailles
10:02:30 Versa
with*
Yay, English. Apparently I'm getting sleepy lol
Versailles
10:02:03 Versa
Bird,
I do not, Paarthurnax passed just before my move to Tennessee. However, he had a 20 gallon tank all to himself, which a ton of silk plants and caves.
Hummingbird Meadows
10:01:06 Bird
@Versa, do you currently have a betta? What size tank is he in?
Versailles
10:00:47 Versa
I ended up only with a few moss balls because my betta that I tried live plants with had serious beef with these inanimate objects lol
Backwood Barns
10:00:45 Charm's Wubs
Oh my goodness Versa. That's HILARIOUS! Such a spicy and opinionated boy you have!
Hummingbird Meadows
10:00:44 Bird
@Charm, can you explain a little more how they are so much work?
MakeEm Fancy
10:00:28 Ally 💜
My sisters betta was 6 when he passed. I had one live to be 4 before he passed. Im curious how long Fishy will live
Backwood Barns
09:59:49 Charm's Wubs
Live plants are an insane amount of work, but sooo worth it. Also, if you like houseplants like pothos/monstera they can be grown above the water column! Their roots LOVE the fish water.
Versailles
09:59:06 Versa
Bird,
2-5. although in rare cases, 6-8
Versailles
09:58:40 Versa
Charm,
Bro, mine would flare and go bonkers through his entire tank every time it turned off! It was hilarious. But I had to have it off sometimes to clean up the tank lol
Hummingbird Meadows
09:58:23 Bird
@Versa, I have heard bettas typically only live 2 years. =/
Backwood Barns
09:57:30 Charm's Wubs
Hahaha Versa! Nalo was the opposite! He didn't like his bubbler, so it got turned off. He has to put up with the sponge filter bubbles, though, which is probably why he hangs out at the HOB filter!
Versailles
09:57:20 Versa
My oldest betta lived almost until 8 years, it was wild. Named him Paarthurnax because he just, seemed eternal lol
MakeEm Fancy
09:57:00 Ally 💜
I did silk plants in mine with driftwood
Versailles
09:56:33 Versa
Live plants are wonderful for bettas. If not live, silk is also good. Just never hard plastic, they tend to tear their flowy fins on them
Golden Crest
09:56:14 | Eve
I miss having fish. I had two male bettas (seperate tanks obviously). One had tetra friends and the other had guppy friends. I also had snails in there. Their tanks were huge. I miss them <3
Hummingbird Meadows
09:55:50 Bird
I was planning on a sponge filter. I am not turned off by water changes once a week. I am mostly just deciding if I should do live plants IF I get a betta.
Versailles
09:55:12 Versa
I also got a bubbler which he went absolutely ballistic about every time I turned it off. If it wasn't on, he was so mad lol
MakeEm Fancy
09:53:56 Ally 💜
I have a betta with snails in a 20 gallon. It stays pretty clean

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Hair January 11, 2023 03:59 PM


DaisyMeadowEventing
 
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I have finally gotten the hang of body prep and color changes but not manes and tails lol. Any tips for painting realistic manes and tails? I fully repaint mine and use Ibis Paint X.
Hair January 11, 2023 04:02 PM


SpottyButts
 
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Manes and tails are super easy when you use the right brushes 🫶🏽 I use IbispaintX too and love it!!
I highly recommend pola's tutorial! Or I could send you mine :)
this is zomb btw LOL

Edited at January 11, 2023 04:04 PM by DenverElites
Hair January 11, 2023 04:04 PM


DaisyMeadowEventing
 
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DenverElites said:
Manes and tails are super easy when you use the right brushes 🫶🏽 I use IbispaintX too and love it!!
I highly recommend pola's tutorial! Or I could send you mine :)


Thanks, I'll take a look at Pola's and would love to see yours <3 your manes and tails are gorgeous!
Hair January 11, 2023 06:33 PM


Rivendell Steeds
 
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Honestly, I LOVE your hair techniques. Your hair is unique, flowy, and add personality to your pieces. I wouldn't change anything about it.
Hair January 11, 2023 06:49 PM


DaisyMeadowEventing
 
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Rivendell Steeds said:
Honestly, I LOVE your hair techniques. Your hair is unique, flowy, and add personality to your pieces. I wouldn't change anything about it.


Thank you <33
Hair January 11, 2023 10:17 PM


Cherry River Elites
 
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I love how you do your hair! It looks so amazing. I think the one thing, especially in your last example, that may be bugging you is that the style of the hair doesn't work with the style of the horse stock. To fix this I recommend either, yes, changing the style of your hair, OR alternatively changing how you do body prep (for example more smudging & smoothing)
Here's a piece I did when I was still doing manips, you can kind of see how the hair matches the horse because of the smudging

Edited at January 11, 2023 10:19 PM by Cherry River Elites
Hair January 11, 2023 10:23 PM


DaisyMeadowEventing
 
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Cherry River Elites said:
I love how you do your hair! It looks so amazing. I think the one thing, especially in your last example, that may be bugging you is that the style of the hair doesn't work with the style of the horse stock. To fix this I recommend either, yes, changing the style of your hair, OR alternatively changing how you do body prep (for example more smudging & smoothing)
Here's a piece I did when I was still doing manips, you can kind of see how the hair matches the horse because of the smudging


Thank you :)
Hair January 12, 2023 05:30 AM


Zomb
 
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Here is an older version of how I do my manes.. I still do it roughly the same :) you'll find a bunch of other stuff in here too, ignore those LOL
i do like the manes you do, what sticks out to me is the forelock and tail, they aren't as flowy as the mane (on your recent commissioned piece)
I used to struggle so much with movement, hell I still do! But what I used to do when I first started redrawing manes and tails, was keeping the horses natural tail (about half) duplicate it, erase it from the horse layer, then on a separate layer I begin drawing over the tail, following the direction the original tail went in. Then after a few strokes of the brush I'd delete the original tail layer and begin making it longer/making whispy bits.
I don't know if that made sense LOL but it helped me out a lot doing this

Edited at January 12, 2023 05:37 AM by Zomb
Hair January 12, 2023 08:56 AM


DaisyMeadowEventing
 
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Zomb said:
Here is an older version of how I do my manes.. I still do it roughly the same :) you'll find a bunch of other stuff in here too, ignore those LOL
i do like the manes you do, what sticks out to me is the forelock and tail, they aren't as flowy as the mane (on your recent commissioned piece)
I used to struggle so much with movement, hell I still do! But what I used to do when I first started redrawing manes and tails, was keeping the horses natural tail (about half) duplicate it, erase it from the horse layer, then on a separate layer I begin drawing over the tail, following the direction the original tail went in. Then after a few strokes of the brush I'd delete the original tail layer and begin making it longer/making whispy bits.
I don't know if that made sense LOL but it helped me out a lot doing this


I agree, I really struggle with creating movement in hair LOL Thank you so much, that really helps <3
Hair January 12, 2023 12:05 PM


Silent Hill Equines
 
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I started improving my hair using Zomb's technique, but I actually have a special brush that makes doing hair much easier if you want me to send it to you.
I'd also love the see how you repaint your horses, as that I where I struggle. I also use Ibispaintx XD

Edited at January 12, 2023 12:06 PM by Silent Hill Equines

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