Well, it's been a fun two days. Yesterday I agree to take a tank without asking what the occupants are, and end up with an 84gal tank with some 18 various HUGE cichlids, pacus and plecos.
Today, it's midnight, I'm in my pajamas and I know I'm going to be getting a shipment of giant bettas from thailand, I already have too many fish for the tanks I have (funny, you think you're getting an extra tank, and end up with not enough tank space...) so I figure I'll get all adventurous and setup a few empty tanks I have laying around. I set up a couple smaller tanks for the bettas, a 55 for my new oscar, and I have this 35 gallon acrylic tank someone GAVE me. I take it outside, I fill it up, it seems fine. I take it into my master bathroom to set it up on the counter (running out of room for more tanks.. lol) I add the marbles, I add the python and I ALMOST get it all the way to the top when I hear this crrrraaaaAAAACKKING noise.
And I have just enough time to think... "...Oh, no..." before the thing EXPLODES in 35gallons of water, marbles, acryllic, a glass, and three glass candles which were also on the counter, which all shatter across my floor.
Funny, I don't usually think of 35gal as much water, but it managed to soak me, flood my blathroom, my closet and nearly my entire bedroom.
At least I just finished laying down the tile a few weeks ago... but still. I still have baseboards to worry about, and it's now 1am, and I just don't even know where to start with cleaning it up. <sigh>
In fact, my cat just had to walk through it, and it's about half a cat's-paw deep across most of my bedroom.
Maybe the next time someone offers me a free tank, I should just say no..?
It's small, I know, but that's the hex tank sitting in two distinct pieces on the counter. The back of the tank was painted black. Who'da thunk THAT was going to happen?
Today, it's midnight, I'm in my pajamas and I know I'm going to be getting a shipment of giant bettas from thailand, I already have too many fish for the tanks I have (funny, you think you're getting an extra tank, and end up with not enough tank space...) so I figure I'll get all adventurous and setup a few empty tanks I have laying around. I set up a couple smaller tanks for the bettas, a 55 for my new oscar, and I have this 35 gallon acrylic tank someone GAVE me. I take it outside, I fill it up, it seems fine. I take it into my master bathroom to set it up on the counter (running out of room for more tanks.. lol) I add the marbles, I add the python and I ALMOST get it all the way to the top when I hear this crrrraaaaAAAACKKING noise.
And I have just enough time to think... "...Oh, no..." before the thing EXPLODES in 35gallons of water, marbles, acryllic, a glass, and three glass candles which were also on the counter, which all shatter across my floor.
Funny, I don't usually think of 35gal as much water, but it managed to soak me, flood my blathroom, my closet and nearly my entire bedroom.
At least I just finished laying down the tile a few weeks ago... but still. I still have baseboards to worry about, and it's now 1am, and I just don't even know where to start with cleaning it up. <sigh>
In fact, my cat just had to walk through it, and it's about half a cat's-paw deep across most of my bedroom.
Maybe the next time someone offers me a free tank, I should just say no..?
It's small, I know, but that's the hex tank sitting in two distinct pieces on the counter. The back of the tank was painted black. Who'da thunk THAT was going to happen?
