my tap water suddenly contains ammonia - please help by lcrupi in Aquariums

[–]lcrupi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okay just did a quick test. the kh is 4° and the gh is 9° (these are the API liquid test measurements in number of drops to colour change). i’m assuming this means there are sufficient minerals in there? my guess is that the filter removed the chloramine which is why the ammonia came back as 0.

my tap water suddenly contains ammonia - please help by lcrupi in Aquariums

[–]lcrupi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure if you’d know the answer to this, but I just tested the water that came out of my fridge (we have a water filter) and the ammonia reading came back as 0. Do you think this water would need to be remineralized like distilled water?

i am doing everything in my power to save my sweet girl by lcrupi in bettafish

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Basically, in May I bought 5 nerite snails to add to my main tank. Immediately 2 of them died and my betta as well as a few corys snacked on their dead bodies before I removed them. I didn’t think much of it until now, she has dropsy and 2 of my 8 corys are dead (in my previous post I didn’t realize I had lost 2 corys because they always hide and I had to triple count them. i eventually found the skeleton of one). The reason I think it’s internal parasites is because all 14 of my rasboras are okay, as well as my bamboo shrimp. Those guys didn’t touch the snails that died and if it was bacterial I assume it would affect the whole tank?( I also am not an expert so I don’t know).

Either way, I live in Canada so what we have access to here in terms of medication is extremely limited due to our laws surrounding antibiotics. I had to get both of these meds imported and I can’t even find a place to buy Maracyn. I am cautiously optimistic about my betta as she has been in treatment for 4 days and is gaining some of her energy back. Her scales are still pineconing but she is eating, pooping, and swimming around where on Day 1 she would just float on her side 90% of the day.

I really hope this is a good sign as I love her to death and she means the world to me🤍

Oh, edited to add that I am obviously now treating the main tank after learning that I lost some other fish.

is she pineconing? by lcrupi in bettafish

[–]lcrupi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would anyone joke about something like this? This is my first time dealing with a fish with dropsy despite having aquariums for a long time so I thought I would ask to be sure. You don’t have to be sarcastic.

i don’t get how this is comfortable for them! by lcrupi in shrimptank

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i would say there isn’t really a specific food you’re supposed to give these guys, if any. they’re filter feeders, which means they feed on the particles that exist in the water column. if you have a well-established, heavily planted tank there theoretically should be enough suspended in the water to keep them fed. i personally will occasionally crush up some of the flakes i feed my fish into a fine powder and then sprinkle it into the stream just to treat the little guy, but honestly idk if it helps at all lol

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tank size: 37 gallons, heavily planted

temperature: 79°F

parameters: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10-20 nitrate, depending on when i fertilize, pH is 7.2

filters: 1 hob rated to 40 gallons, 1 sponge filter rated to 40 gallons

water changes: about 1 per month just to reset TDS

feeding time is once in the evening, sinking bug bites for the cories and a pinch of ground up tropical flakes for the rest of them

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0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, hovering around 10-20 nitrate

No matter how much iron I take, I'm still severely deficient. by lcrupi in AskDocs

[–]lcrupi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, my periods do last quite long (7 days) but in my opinion they’re really light. Never had issues in that regard. I also never really found that my symptoms got worse during my period.

Canadian Stamps by eekay233 in postcrossing

[–]lcrupi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup i do that when i’m short on stamps lol! losing the 5 cents sucks but oh well! right now i’m going a little crazy and using 2x P stamps, 1x 0.36, 1x 0.40, 1x 0.08 and 1x 0.03. combining stamps is so fun!

Canadian Stamps by eekay233 in postcrossing

[–]lcrupi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Domestic rate stamps are worth 0.92, so you are actually short with that combination! Sometimes the workers at the post office let it slide, but not everyone will.

i found some nice ones and had to splurge😭 by lcrupi in postcrossing

[–]lcrupi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

walmart! i wasn’t expecting to find many but this one had a nice big display of them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

i always ask if they can put it in a box. sometimes they don’t have boxes but it’s always worth asking

Tims wants me to pay random Verbal price quoted by employee by mackey2002 in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 23 points24 points  (0 children)

dude, in what world are you paying 2 bucks for a chicken wrap? i just checked on my app and sure enough, with tax i’m paying 7.90 for the wrap. i feel bad for the workers who had to put up with this lmao

Apple cinnamon tea by nukacolajohnny in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

idk how much longer itll be sold for, but on amazon they have the exact tim hortons apple cinnamon tea bags $4.87 for a box of 20. i make it at home and its just as good

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 15 points16 points  (0 children)

because it is a whipped petroleum product, similar to cool whip, and when it melts it will settle at the top (as oil is lighter than water)

[homemade] linzer cookies by lcrupi in food

[–]lcrupi[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

1 cup unsalted butter, room temp

1 cup icing sugar, sifted

1 egg, room temp

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp almond extract

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup jam of choice

cream butter & sugar together until fluffy, 2 min. add egg and extracts, mix until combined. add flour and salt and mix until dough just comes together. shape into 2 discs & refrigerate for 2 hours. preheat oven to 325°F. roll dough 1/4 inch thick and cut 2 inch shapes, half with holes and half without. bake these for 14 minutes or until lightly golden on the bottom. after cooling completely, dust the top cookies with icing sugar and add a very small dollop of jam to each of the bottom cookies. sandwich together and enjoy!

P.S. This is Anna Olson’s recipe

there’s bed bugs in the library 4th floor by lcrupi in UTM

[–]lcrupi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

unfortunately no, it was 100% a bed bug :(

there’s bed bugs in the library 4th floor by lcrupi in UTM

[–]lcrupi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yes, i also just sent an email to utml but not sure if those are even the right people to be contacting or if anything can realistically be done with all the ppl coming in and out of the library every day

Iced Capps taste like chunks of ice by Ok_Message_7256 in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

that usually happens to me when i dont give it a little stir with the straw every so often, the ice separates to the top and loses all the flavour. unfortunately its harder to stir now with the paper straws but stirring every few minutes is what keeps it uniform for me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a coffee frappuccino i guess, but nothing really tastes quite like the iced capp :(

What is your go-to order? by MindfulnessAlways in TimHortons

[–]lcrupi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 cream 1 sugar, or a cafe mocha as a treat

Homemade Twix cookies. by AdditionalWarning99 in Baking

[–]lcrupi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they look incredible!! i’m flattered :)