racefan Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I was sitting downstairs this morning at 5:30am on the computer & turned to look at my tank and much to my horror, through the darkness I see water (lot's of water) on the floor in front & beside my 40B. AHHHH!!! I jumped up turned on the lights (yes I surf the net in darkness until the tank lights come & the fish wake up) and grabbed my Shamwow's (another thing I am embarrassed to admit owning) & started sopping up water. Long story short, the bottom glass cracked! Luckily Petco is having it's $1.00 a gal sale so I was able to pick up another one for $40.00. Now I just have to set them back to back & mark where they are drilled so I don't have to re plumb it. Also REAL lucky it happened on a weekend & not while I was at work! Side note, it seems the football gods don't want me to watch any playoff games. Last Sunday I was all set to watch football when my wife says "the kitchen sink is leaking under the cabinet" well, $40.00 worth of supplies & 5 hrs later I was done. waaay to long of a story. Let's just suffice it to say this is 2 Sundays in a row something happened to prevent me from kicking back to a game. Oh well could be worse..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Glad it wasn't worse, and don't feel alone I wont let any 1 turn the living room light on till the fish wake up or after lights out. Is this weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Great story! Glad you had the shamwow handy! Good thing you were home. After hearing about your story and reefsafaris 40b I worry about the 40b at the pioneer school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Kim. What happened to reefsafari's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Kim. What happened to reefsafari's? He had bought set up 2 40bs from petco and one just started leaking for no reason one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 He had bought set up 2 40bs from petco and one just started leaking for no reason one day. If this one leaks your going to see a "For Sale I'm buying a puppy" thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 If this one leaks your going to see a "For Sale I'm buying a puppy" thread! LOL get an acrylic one then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 I got a pic of the crack, or should I say cracks!(laugh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yikes that's crazy! That could have been a disaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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