smartalec13

I’ve got an aquarium at home, and though I have countless tiny bladder snails, Jasnah is clearly a different beast. She is my fiancés favorite creature in the tank because she’s got a lot of personality.

Her hobbies include posing for the camera, eating, climbing on top of plants, eating, parasnailing from the top of the tank, and of course eating.

And yes she is named after the character Jasnah Kholin from the Stormlight Archive book series. If I’m being honest though, she acts more like Lift lol

It’s a bit of a strange map, as Sontar Dov is located on the northern end of my world - the cloud with the stone tablet title is the North Pole.

I created this for running my new DnD campaign with my friends.

Sontar Dov is a mountainous land ruled by dragons and dragonlords - divided into twelve Domains ruled by Dracan, the title given to the rulers.

A lot of it is inspired by feudal Japan, which is one of the parts that really got my players excited, along with the dragons.

Now the reason for the lack of snow - a lot of the land has geothermal activity above and below the surface, but the ruling Dracans also have powerful magic. Some use this to help keep their domains warm for the people living there. So despite the northern location, Sontar Dov only has snow for maybe half the year tops. Though some areas are constantly covered.

Feel free to ask questions about the world or the map! I created the map using a real globe first, then stretched the picture in photoshop so it would look “OK” enough. From there I just painted for many, many hours in photoshop lol

I’ve had it going for about 8 months now. Originally it was going to be only CRS, but unfortunately my KH was repeatedly on the rise. After testing my rocks, my water, etc I came to the conclusion that it’s due to the pea gravel I used in filter bags to prop up the rocks.

So though the CRS population has dwindled, there is still life. I got some RCS instead, which seem to be doing well, as well as 3 Amanos and 12 Pygmy Cory catfish.

Just wanted to share my aquascape :) I am happy to answer questions - I did a good amount of research but keep in mind this is my first tank.

Edit: please ignore the ugly fresh trim on the Rotala, and the horrible background!

I set up my tank back in July 2024. A month later I brought home some beautiful CRS (Crystal Red Shrimp). They’ve been a joy to watch, but unfortunately their population is dwindling due to an unforeseen source of rising KH: pebbles used to prop up hardscape appear to be leaking minerals into the water.

Just wanting to post their beauty so it can be appreciated