view the pics below for a good laugh.
i managed to pick up a 20g at petsmart for a mere $30, which i thought was a pretty good deal. dashed home and started to swap out my ten gallon in the bedroom--everything went smoothly until i started to fill up the new tank. at 3/4 full (with all the water from the previous tank), i was ready to start planting, until... hey, what's that tilt with the water line?
TOO HEAVY. the tank rests on a tabletop, a long board raised by two metal file cabinets on both sides. i've strategically placed the tank directly above the cabinet for best support, but at current water capacity, the cabinet was giving way--tilting laterally. it's quite frightening to witness metal structures bending in real time. after thoroughly stunned for a few minutes, i reduced the water to almost half. cabinet stabillized, HOPEFULLY!
so water at about half full, i had so much light escaping into the room that i had to mask the glass with vinyl, from the top to right below the water line. the result is kinda goofy.
shouldn't have poked my nose into the store in the first place!
edit: oops, maybe this should've been in G.Freshwater topic.
i managed to pick up a 20g at petsmart for a mere $30, which i thought was a pretty good deal. dashed home and started to swap out my ten gallon in the bedroom--everything went smoothly until i started to fill up the new tank. at 3/4 full (with all the water from the previous tank), i was ready to start planting, until... hey, what's that tilt with the water line?
TOO HEAVY. the tank rests on a tabletop, a long board raised by two metal file cabinets on both sides. i've strategically placed the tank directly above the cabinet for best support, but at current water capacity, the cabinet was giving way--tilting laterally. it's quite frightening to witness metal structures bending in real time. after thoroughly stunned for a few minutes, i reduced the water to almost half. cabinet stabillized, HOPEFULLY!
so water at about half full, i had so much light escaping into the room that i had to mask the glass with vinyl, from the top to right below the water line. the result is kinda goofy.
shouldn't have poked my nose into the store in the first place!
edit: oops, maybe this should've been in G.Freshwater topic.
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