My crazy ambitious afternoon

Sorrell · Sep 26, 2004

Sunday is my big water change day. All the bettas get done twice a week, rotating days other then Sunday, but on Sundays I do all 6 big tanks and then all the bettas which is a lot . Anyway, I just invested in a python after many people told me how insane I am for doing a 150 and a 100 with buckets

I started my water changes on the 150 all excited with my new python

I decided to be very ambitious and take out 50%...worked great until I went to fill it. My faucet blew the attachment off everytime I switched the flow :hyper:

Spilling and shooting water everywhere :grr:

So I got to carry 75 gallons in my 2 gallon bucket.

Why do I have a 2 gal bucket you ask? Well my friends, my dear husband used both my 5 gal buckets for soap related activities

I went to Wal-Mart and was told 5 gal buckets are a seasonal item :blink:

Apparently I missed bucket season.

After I filled the 150, I still had all the other tanks to do, besides being exhausted the only eventful thing that happened was this. In trying to cut corners and fill my betta tanks on top of the entertainment center by pouring water directly from the buckets in ( I usually fill them with cups) The bucket back splashed as I lifted it over my head

Dumped 2 gallons straight on me :-(

I'm tired

clutterydrawer · Sep 26, 2004

look on the bright side...at least you won't have to wash your hair so soon

really though, when is bucket season? and what are 5gal buckets used for, in bucket season? im intrigued :lol:

Vegan Peaches · Sep 26, 2004

bucket season? thats not good, I'm getting a 55 gallon soon and I need a 5 gallon bucket >.< Oh well... 55 gallon's are easier to water change than 150's, im sure, lol.

Sorrell · Sep 26, 2004

I'm sure you can surpass bucket season by going to Home Depot or Lowes, we don't have one, so I'm just stuck with Wal-Marts logic

enchanted · Sep 26, 2004

5 Gallon Round Buckets = Home Depot $3.99.

Have you figured out why the python was blowing off? I would like to know because I'm looking into one.

Teelie · Sep 26, 2004

Must be a regional Wal-Mart thing as they have 5 gallon buckets here still.

isu_guy · Sep 26, 2004

Its times like that when I make people repeat what they say a few times to see if they see the absurdity of what they just said.

"Excuse me where are the 5 gallon buckets?"
"I'm sorry, 5 gallon buckets are a seasonal item"
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that please?
"5 gallon buckets are a seasonal item"
"Wait, just one more time, cause I swore you just said that there is a season for 5 gallon buckets."

That is so ridiculous.

Boggle · Sep 26, 2004

LMAO

Murphy's Law...

I'm sure the fish were very amused :fun:

pnyklr3 · Sep 26, 2004

That reminds me of the cartoons with Bugs BUnny and Daffy Duck. But instead the arguement is:

"Bucket Season"
"Shovel Season"
"Bucket Season"!
"Shovel Season"!

:lol:

karrihug · Sep 27, 2004

i would like to know what bucket season is too :lol:

but on a more helpful note, my python blew off the faucet two or three times, so my husband went to the hardware store and bought a heavy duty ring to screw onto the end that attaches to the faucet. problem solved. it is harder plastic than the green on the python, cost about $0.50. and it is hard enough to not be able to cross thread it and get stuck or damaged.

hth
karri :flex:

Logitech · Sep 27, 2004

That is a crazy, ambitious afternoon.
I didn't know they had bucket seasons.
You should try to fix those fittings on your Python.

clutterydrawer · Sep 27, 2004

I've worked it out!

bucket season is when buckets are harvested from the bucket trees. They can only be picked when they're ripe and they don't store well, so you can only get them at that particular time of year.