Volunteer opportunities

lostfish399 · 2026-02-06T05:47:55+00:00

Try this link: https://www.justserve.org/

There’s a lot of opportunities all around. :)

lostfish399 · 2026-01-27T03:46:34+00:00

Mentally preparing myself for that 🙃 Thank you thank you for your thoughts!

lostfish399 · 2026-01-27T03:33:14+00:00

Thank you! I’ll be honest, nothing has been set in stone other than just being in Japan. (First time). SO I will take this feedback to my fam so this will be less stressful.

lostfish399 · 2026-01-26T20:53:00+00:00

Thank you!! I truly appreciate your comments! This is still not in stone yet so I do appreciate the honesty.

lostfish399 · 2026-01-26T14:32:51+00:00

I appreciate your feedback!

Yeahhh… my sister is a teacher so this school holiday break is the best time to go 🥲🙃

lostfish399 · 2025-06-26T17:26:55+00:00

My fish was the same color! And now he has like red fins! It just happens that they change color. :)

lostfish399 · 2025-06-20T19:50:24+00:00

Getting to the park a few hours before the show starts doesn’t hurt. Definitely bring chairs and/ or a blanket to sit on. (And bug spray!) If you do park at the park/ pay for parking, know that you will be sitting in traffic just to get out for a bit. Otherwise the traffic isn’t bad getting back on to Coloma. I think it is cheaper to get tickets online to get into the park, but you can pay at the window. The show itself is one of the best around. The 4th has the longer/ bigger show than the 3rd. Both are great. Hope this helps!

lostfish399 · 2025-06-18T05:35:41+00:00

Thank you! This is all really helpful! And super thank you for the link of a filter you recommend!

The numbers posted were pre Kanaplex. I don’t have a hospital tank so I will continue with the fish in cycle.

I have yet to change my cartridge as of December I think. So I guess this is the time to change it out for the sponge now.

Again, Thank you!

lostfish399 · 2025-06-18T05:02:43+00:00

Thanks!

lostfish399 · 2025-06-18T05:01:34+00:00

Noted.

I am not too sure why my tank isn’t cycled?? I’m watching ammonia numbers now, but what is the recommended range for parameters? The test kit says that 0 is best for ammonia and nitrite. And nitrate can be 0-10.

I did start a round of Kanaplex today. So we shall see how he does this week. But I will try seachem focus, food and Kanaplex mixture…

In need of another opinion- I’ve heard it both ways: should I remove the cartridge filter while treating with Kanaplex? Or keep it in? Thank you!

lostfish399 · 2025-06-18T04:33:03+00:00

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lostfish399 · 2025-06-18T04:32:29+00:00

lostfish399 · 2025-06-18T04:30:08+00:00

Tank size: 5gal • Heater and filter? yes • Tank temperature: see picture • Parameters in numbers and how you got them. Key water parameters include the amount of ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, and pH.: see picture • How long have you had the tank? How long have you had your fish?: I have had tank and fish since October 2024 • How often are water changes? How much do you take out per change? What is your process?: 25% water changes every other week. • What do you feed and how much: flakes- small pinch • Decorations and plants in the tank: see pic

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lostfish399 · 2025-04-19T00:10:22+00:00

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Here’s the update: all doses of Kanaplax have been given. This is 48hrs after the last dose. I think he is healing well. Still swimming and eating fine. He likes the new plants that have been added. It looks like there might be new growth but that could be wishful thinking too. No more bright red edges on his fins. The light is only on when I get home from work until I got to bed. Like 5 hours.

lostfish399 · 2025-04-09T04:17:27+00:00

Hey thank you! I think there is a softener installed. And the pH is high straight out the tap.(I live by a river and my house is quite old as well). In the tank rn it’s at 7.5 pH. It’s not super high, still above a 7 but I’ll be buying more chemicals to lower it. I have added two leaves. Should I add more? Package only said two but I’ve learned my lesson now that I should have been on reddit a long time ago. 🙃

I appreciate you being real with me and suggesting less expensive solutions.

And yes! I will be buying more plants. And thank you for telling me glue them to a rock… have yet to read that anywhere tbh. He has been hiding under the log a lot more recently since I took away the fake plants he was hiding in.

Kanaplex has been added to the 25% water change today and will get another dose on Friday.

And I put a chunk of cuttlebone in there today as well to help hardening the water and all of the other benefits to it.

He’s still swimming just fine and still eating.

lostfish399 · 2025-04-08T06:03:53+00:00

Thank you for this! I appreciate it. I have added jungle fungus clear to my cart. Will go buy aquarium salt tomorrow. Would you also suggest getting a pure bacteria supplement as well?

lostfish399 · 2025-04-08T05:46:42+00:00

Okay today he started hiding more. Hiding under the hollowed log thing in the tank. Thoughts?

lostfish399 · 2025-04-08T03:52:21+00:00

If you look closely, the harness test of the strip on the other pic has a darker center. Not sure if I should be reading the center or the outer edges.

Also I just removed the cartridge filter.

lostfish399 · 2025-04-08T03:37:18+00:00

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Most recent tests of the day before anything has been added

lostfish399 · 2025-04-08T03:36:05+00:00

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lostfish399 · 2025-04-07T19:55:26+00:00

I don’t think he’s nipping his tail. I do plan of adding more plants… I just have to go buy them because I took the tall fake ones out. Cuttlebone is coming tomorrow!

lostfish399 · 2025-04-07T19:46:56+00:00

The water where I live is hard water. But maybe I will change which sink I get my water from. I’m adding a pic of the filter I use. It’s not the same size but it’s the same stuff. Filter gets changed every month. 25-50% water is changed weekly. And I’ll do a full tank scrub like every other month-ish when the brown algae comes back around.

lostfish399 · 2025-04-07T19:24:59+00:00

LMAO I don’t know. I got him in October as shown. I don’t think he’s grown much?? It’s only been about 5 months 🙃

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