Recording summary · September 2019
Cheap Japanese apartment Tour [vi0R97AxXiY]
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Overview
Daniel secured and paid for an Airbnb to gain personal space away from shared living arrangements, escape domestic conflict, make purchases without permission, and house items his wife objected to storing, reflecting on a long-standing lack of control in past living environments in England and Japan.
Daniel took delivery of twelve Japanese rice fish (medaka), tested one with goldfish, set up a new aquarium with soil and plants, and resolved cloudiness caused by soil, gravel, and unsprouted seeds through repeated water changes.
Themes
Motivations for renting an Airbnb and touring its amenities.
Setting up an aquarium, introducing medaka, and addressing water clarity.
Developments
Daniel rented an Airbnb, met the owner to pay for the accommodation, and inspected the facilities.
Twelve medaka arrived for Daniel.
Daniel placed one medaka into the goldfish aquarium before placing the fish into the new tank.
Daniel repeatedly exchanged the aquarium water until it cleared and illuminated the tank with a smartphone flashlight.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether the medaka would survive until their dedicated fish food arrived the following day.
Whether the seeds planted in the aquarium soil would ever sprout.