This time, I did it right.
I knew what I wanted in the fish tank, I put egg crate (light diffuser) down so the rock would be safe. I put the sand in after the rock. I filled it up. I put in ammonia and started the process of fishless cyclng.
Less than a week ago it had plenty of water and marine life in it. No problem.
This evening I was drinking a wine cooler and I get up to go look at the tank and see water on the floor. No problem, I had done some maintenance and made a mess. I cleaned up.
10 minutes later my towel had gone from a few patches of wet to drenched and water was dropping off the side of the tank. I sat there with paper towels wiping down the tank, hoping it was leftover water from earlier maintenance. Then I got to watch the water re-appear. This was a slow-ish leak with no obvious source. At least it was slow; I didn’t have 65 gallons of water on my floor.
I emptied the tank to 2/3rds full and walked away. Came back and water was all over the place. Still leaking.
So, at this point I’d had 2 wine cooler. I turned off all the electronics, I hooked up the python and drained the tank. Around 50% full the tank stopped leaking. Awesome.
I guess that the reef tank was a ticking time-bomb; at least it had decided to let loose before I put in any livestock. But it couldn’t do that before there was wet sand to pull out? 50lbs of it.
So, now this weekend I get to once again pull crap out of the tank. Then I’ll post it cheap as a reptile tank (leaks don’t matter then) and/or just give the fucker away.
I still want a cichlid tank, I have the setup I want and I have all of the equipment minus a leak-free tank. But I have no way to get one here, and delivery is expensive for heavy items. So, I don’t know….
My frustration level is through the roof and I can feel the depression setting in. Alistare had an aggression issue, JC had a virus issue, and now I can’t even seem to get a fish tank running successfully.
At least Mai was there to play fetch with me. Elka was passed out under my bed during the whole adventure.
This week has plain out sucked; at least it’s almost over. But there’s still a whole 24 hours and 15 minutes for shit to go wrong before Sunday.
-Lisa, 1 month, 1 week, 2 days, 14 hours, 48 minutes ago .:;. Comment (0)