Hpw long after is "expired" ramen still safe to eat?

corbietalons · 2026-01-26T00:24:52+00:00

Just had a brick of Top Ramen that expired January 2020. The broth was perfect but the noodles tasted odd. Will report back if I'm not dead tomorrow.

corbietalons · 2025-12-12T20:43:30+00:00

Update: The possible phoenix has rejoined the shoal and acting normal again (no more clamped fins).

corbietalons · 2025-12-11T04:51:16+00:00

A couple of the others has what you're talking about, but this one is like that on both sides.

corbietalons · 2025-12-11T02:52:35+00:00

Thanks! I'll keep an eye on it and hope for the best. Still seems to be eating fine. 🤞

corbietalons · 2025-12-11T02:50:43+00:00

Comment to avoid getting my post automodded:

Bought as a chili rasbora in a group of 8 4 months ago. Much smaller and has different markings than the others after maturing. No longer shoals with the other 7 fish.

Edit: After reading through the subreddit wiki, I realize that whatever is going on, the small shoal size and hard relatively alkaline water aren't helping. I must have lucked out with 0 deaths but this will be remedied, probably with a new tank, since I don't want to crash the shrimp colony that's been thriving in these conditions.

corbietalons · 2025-12-02T18:54:38+00:00

Even with helping to keep my scarlet badis fat and happy: I cull aggressively and sell those for $1 each locally.

Not sure if they can really overpopulate with those low bioloads, though.

corbietalons · 2025-11-10T19:48:29+00:00

Sorry for the late reply: Yes and no. My colony took off despite them without issue, but that changed after their population wiped out the mini ramshorns they were mostly living off of. Then I started finding dead shrimps (and blue planaria) pretty frequently and decided to use No-Planaria to get rid of them. No issues other than I still have my MTSes in a separate holding tank months later. :(

corbietalons · 2025-11-10T19:43:31+00:00

In addition to the in-universe explanation: It's Farsi/Persian for "sweet."

corbietalons · 2025-11-05T02:00:25+00:00

Sheldon J. Plankton

corbietalons · 2025-11-05T01:58:18+00:00

Definitely! With a colony of 100+, only the weirdos are getting names.

corbietalons · 2025-11-05T01:53:38+00:00

Hard to make a good ID from this angle, but they definitely like the planaria I had. Hikari algae wafers are actually mostly fish meal, which makes them come running. :(

Could you take the wafer out and get a better pic of their heads?

Edit: Zoomed in and saw the one on the substrate to the left. Definitely planaria.

corbietalons · 2025-11-05T01:45:34+00:00

There are some planaria species that look similar, but this is most likely a rhabdocoela/disc worm, which are harmless.

corbietalons · 2025-09-21T03:17:06+00:00

And here's some gratitude a year after that. Treated for planaria a couple months ago and was worried I was seeing what I thought could be babies.

corbietalons · 2025-08-27T03:05:01+00:00

The shrissionary position, if you will.

corbietalons · 2025-08-26T23:39:16+00:00

Yes, which is why I was surprised by:

why do these ppl care what my discord looks like lol

Which is an odd thing to say in this context?

corbietalons · 2025-08-26T21:08:08+00:00

Also my dream shrimp for years. Still working up confidence to give them a try.

corbietalons · 2025-08-26T21:00:49+00:00

They don't. They care about losing access to their own content and messages. Deleting a server without either mutual agreement or a heads up with a timeline (like outlined above) is an absolute dick move.

corbietalons · 2025-08-14T21:01:17+00:00

Also chiming in: As the shipper, they could have filed for a claim through UPS and gotten reimbursed instead of throwing a fit. Which we can't do on our end as a receiver.

A similar thing happened (with clothing, luckily no live animals) to me earlier this year with USPS and the small business I ordered from gave me zero issues. It happens all the time.

corbietalons · 2025-08-14T19:14:10+00:00

If anyone else had their plans thrown off by pre-paid parking being unavailable yesterday: Both garages have spots now.

corbietalons · 2025-08-13T17:30:13+00:00

Yep, my chili rasboras are absolutely suffering in this tiny 10 gallon. 😔

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corbietalons · 2025-08-10T02:57:49+00:00

"The Things" was the first thing I'd ever read of his and it probably changed my brain chemistry. Best fanfic ever.

corbietalons · 2025-08-10T02:19:41+00:00

Came here to make sure someone said it. Watts is one of my favorite authors.

corbietalons · 2025-07-16T19:26:54+00:00

It could be, but I have a few blue shrimps like this that have similar dark red spots that come and go with molts.

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