All right, this house is officially JINXED when it comes to fish tanks! Some of you may remember that the day after we finished moving in (about three months ago), the 33gal tank in my living room split lengthwise along the bottom panel and flooded my house. Great. Then, a couple weeks later, I walked into the "fish room" where Talon's 75gal tank is, to find that the centre brace had broken and the plexi panels and light bar, while still plugged in, were floating in his tank. Fabulous.
Fast forward to today, my day off. I'm vauuming my house, get to the fish room, and go huh, why is there water on the floor? Thinking one of the fish had splashed, I kept vacuuming...until I discovered the splash was actually a puddle on the hardwood flood.
Talon's tank is broken, the stand is absolutely drenched from it leaking overnight and is now garbage. Excellent.
Because I had to cut down SOOOO many tanks when we moved, my tanks are absolutely 100% stocked to the max now to keep as many fish as I could. I do not have another tank that Talon can move in to, even temporarily for a few days.
So...off to Petsmart to get a new tank. Christ. We can't afford this, but it has to be done. They don't have a 75gal, or even a 90gal...they only have a 120gal. I'm secretly thinking, sweet - now Richard can't get angry about having to get a bigger tank, since it's an emergency, lol. If I'm gonna have to buy a new tank, then I might as well get a bigger one for him, since the 75gal is really too small anyway.
So...we then have to rent a pick up from Budget, because we only have cars and have no way of getting the tank home asap. More $$$.
Anyway...the tank is finally home, I'm draining the broken 75gal as we speak and about to pull Talon out into a bucket. How fun has my day been
Fast forward to today, my day off. I'm vauuming my house, get to the fish room, and go huh, why is there water on the floor? Thinking one of the fish had splashed, I kept vacuuming...until I discovered the splash was actually a puddle on the hardwood flood.
Talon's tank is broken, the stand is absolutely drenched from it leaking overnight and is now garbage. Excellent.
Because I had to cut down SOOOO many tanks when we moved, my tanks are absolutely 100% stocked to the max now to keep as many fish as I could. I do not have another tank that Talon can move in to, even temporarily for a few days.
So...off to Petsmart to get a new tank. Christ. We can't afford this, but it has to be done. They don't have a 75gal, or even a 90gal...they only have a 120gal. I'm secretly thinking, sweet - now Richard can't get angry about having to get a bigger tank, since it's an emergency, lol. If I'm gonna have to buy a new tank, then I might as well get a bigger one for him, since the 75gal is really too small anyway.
So...we then have to rent a pick up from Budget, because we only have cars and have no way of getting the tank home asap. More $$$.
Anyway...the tank is finally home, I'm draining the broken 75gal as we speak and about to pull Talon out into a bucket. How fun has my day been
