shelaghfishface
the one and only
i feel like crying!
went to bed about 10ish last night,with a major head-ache.. then the little ones all start sneaking into the bed. i wasnt impressed as i dont get more than a couple of hours each night anyway,so i grabbed a spare duvet and pillows and came down to the sofa,not long after i decided that the oscars needed back the airpump that i had put on the platy fry tank( theres broke yesterday) so i swapped it over ,got all cosey and warm... then at 3.45am got woken up by the most horrendous gurrgling noise.. took me few mins to realise it wasnt my alarm clock, then i got up to see what it was and put my feet straight into 1 soggy rug.....the silicone pipe had escaped from the fry tank ( which im sure i tucked in) and has emptied approx 50 litres of water over the floor ( laminate),the gurrgling was the filter pumping nothing!
i quickley opened the tank as i had 2 females in there in nets,and dropped the nets into the water left, the tank must have emptied quite fast as the females are fine,as are the 100+ fry that are in the tank.
i have just finished moving the sfas out, and used about 10 bath towels and a mop and bucket to get it all cleaned up.....
and why?? .. all because i didnt use a non-return valve on the line
.. ive got brusies on my ass from kicking it myself!!you wouldnt believe how annoyed i am at myself, nearly murdered my fish, possibly have ruined the laminate floor,dont take much to make it curl up at the edges, and my rug is ruined and in the garden.the worst bit being that i have about 8 non-return valves all nice and new in a box under the tank 
and too top it all, i felt like i havent had 5 mins sleep, im pretty sure jambo and buddy are peeing theirselves laughing at me
from a very tired very upset shelagh xxxxxx
lessons to be learnt
went to bed about 10ish last night,with a major head-ache.. then the little ones all start sneaking into the bed. i wasnt impressed as i dont get more than a couple of hours each night anyway,so i grabbed a spare duvet and pillows and came down to the sofa,not long after i decided that the oscars needed back the airpump that i had put on the platy fry tank( theres broke yesterday) so i swapped it over ,got all cosey and warm... then at 3.45am got woken up by the most horrendous gurrgling noise.. took me few mins to realise it wasnt my alarm clock, then i got up to see what it was and put my feet straight into 1 soggy rug.....the silicone pipe had escaped from the fry tank ( which im sure i tucked in) and has emptied approx 50 litres of water over the floor ( laminate),the gurrgling was the filter pumping nothing!
i quickley opened the tank as i had 2 females in there in nets,and dropped the nets into the water left, the tank must have emptied quite fast as the females are fine,as are the 100+ fry that are in the tank.
i have just finished moving the sfas out, and used about 10 bath towels and a mop and bucket to get it all cleaned up.....
and why?? .. all because i didnt use a non-return valve on the line
.. ive got brusies on my ass from kicking it myself!!you wouldnt believe how annoyed i am at myself, nearly murdered my fish, possibly have ruined the laminate floor,dont take much to make it curl up at the edges, and my rug is ruined and in the garden.the worst bit being that i have about 8 non-return valves all nice and new in a box under the tank and too top it all, i felt like i havent had 5 mins sleep, im pretty sure jambo and buddy are peeing theirselves laughing at me
from a very tired very upset shelagh xxxxxx
lessons to be learnt
its soaking and so is the duvet i was using ,it must have been trailing on the floor, so if the filter didnt wake me up the thort that i weed myself may have.. oh its done now, but i will be using NRV in future for sure
