Last updated: 18 August 2026 · 12 min read I run five tanks at home: four shrimp tanks and a 40 litre indoor pond with tropical fish in it, including a betta, a bristlenose and tetras. I also sell aquarium gear at the pet store I work in, so I see what fails and what […]
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Last updated: 18 August 2026 · 10 min read If you are on the east coast of Australia, paralysis tick season has already started. PetSure’s claims data shows cases climbing from August, peaking through October and November, and not easing off until around February. I sell tick prevention at the pet store I work in,
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Last updated: 18 August 2026 · 11 min read Quail are the most underrated backyard bird in Australia. They take up a fraction of the space chickens do, they lay from about six to eight weeks old, they are quiet enough for suburban blocks, and hardly anyone writes about keeping them properly here. I keep
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Last updated: 17 August 2026 · 11 min read I keep six Isa Browns in a homemade coop in the backyard, and I sell poultry gear at the pet store I work in. Chickens are genuinely one of the easiest animals to keep and one of the most rewarding, and there are two or three
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Last updated: 17 August 2026 · 12 min read I work in a pet store, which means I am not the person who sells you insurance. I am the person standing there when someone tells me what their dog’s surgery cost, and that is a different vantage point. Pet insurance in Australia is genuinely confusing,
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Last updated: 17 August 2026 · 11 min read The enclosure is the most expensive thing you will buy for a reptile and the hardest to change your mind about later. It is also the decision people put the least thought into, usually because they are focused on the animal. I run two very different
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Last updated: 17 August 2026 · 11 min read I keep green tree frogs, and I sell amphibian gear at the pet store I work in. They are one of the easiest Australian natives to keep well and one of the easiest to keep badly, and the gap between those two things is smaller than
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Last updated: 4 August 2026 · 10 min read A thermostat is the least exciting thing you will buy for a reptile and the most important. I keep bearded dragons and green tree frogs, and I sell reptile gear at the pet store I work in, and the single most common thing I see is
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Last updated: 15 August 2026 · 9 min read I have been running Arcadia lighting over my reptiles for about two years, and all three of my units are the app-controlled LumenIZE range: a 12% 24W ProT5 over the bearded dragon, a ShadeDweller over the green tree frogs, and a Jungle Dawn LED bar for
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Last updated: 16 August 2026 · 12 min read I keep a bearded dragon and I sell reptile gear at the pet store I work in, which means I see both ends of this. I see what people put in the basket on day one, and I see what they come back for a month
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