So, long time lurker, first time poster. I had hoped the first post I'd make to the forums would be about our fish tank, and I suppose it is, just not in the way I had thought.
Yesterday, around 3 pm, as were were finishing up lunch, my boyfriend and I heard a loud snap sound from the bedroom. We went running in, only to find our 5 month old 29 gallon Marineland bowfront emptying rapidly onto the desk, and the floor below. We couldn't tell where the water was coming from, only that it was and fast. Quick thinking on my boyfriend's part got a siphon going into the bucket we used for water changes, and I was able to net out all of the inhabitants, save an untold number of molly fry who decided the gravel was the best place to hide from the chaos.
When the water had finally emptied completely, we found a crack across the middle of the bottom of the tank. The carpet is completely soaked, and we nearly had an electrical fire as the water drained directly into the power strip we used to power the tank. He had to use a towel to unplug everything from it, as it was too hot to touch.
I put the 5 danios, 3 dwarf albino cories, 1 baby red tailed shark, 4 mollies and what few fry I could net in the confusion, along with 3 african dwarf frogs into my small outdoor pond for now. They'll be fine through the end of the summer, and I've already started to find homes for them.
My boyfriend is, for obvious reasons, very leery of bringing another tank into the house right now. He immediately took everything he bought back to Petco, where, to their credit refunded him for everything he brought in, no questions asked. This is his first pet experience, and I think he's a bit scarred now!
Yesterday, around 3 pm, as were were finishing up lunch, my boyfriend and I heard a loud snap sound from the bedroom. We went running in, only to find our 5 month old 29 gallon Marineland bowfront emptying rapidly onto the desk, and the floor below. We couldn't tell where the water was coming from, only that it was and fast. Quick thinking on my boyfriend's part got a siphon going into the bucket we used for water changes, and I was able to net out all of the inhabitants, save an untold number of molly fry who decided the gravel was the best place to hide from the chaos.
When the water had finally emptied completely, we found a crack across the middle of the bottom of the tank. The carpet is completely soaked, and we nearly had an electrical fire as the water drained directly into the power strip we used to power the tank. He had to use a towel to unplug everything from it, as it was too hot to touch.
I put the 5 danios, 3 dwarf albino cories, 1 baby red tailed shark, 4 mollies and what few fry I could net in the confusion, along with 3 african dwarf frogs into my small outdoor pond for now. They'll be fine through the end of the summer, and I've already started to find homes for them.
My boyfriend is, for obvious reasons, very leery of bringing another tank into the house right now. He immediately took everything he bought back to Petco, where, to their credit refunded him for everything he brought in, no questions asked. This is his first pet experience, and I think he's a bit scarred now!
