Cooked live! Keep your girlfriend away from fish tank!
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Hmmm so you got fish eh?...Show me yours and I'll show you mine, and I promise I won't run!...Morledzep;2374631; said:
I had a friend stop by the house to feed the birds and my betta every 2nd day. I said 'ONLY A COUPLE FLAKES, Like 4 or 5'.
Came home after 2 weeks water smelled bad, was muchy-brown. Half the can of food was gone.
The beta was toast (part of the smell?), amazingly the 2 loaches survived.
Now I put food in zip-lock bags and label them with the date...(and use a pet-sitting service)
Came home after 2 weeks water smelled bad, was muchy-brown. Half the can of food was gone.
The beta was toast (part of the smell?), amazingly the 2 loaches survived.
Now I put food in zip-lock bags and label them with the date...(and use a pet-sitting service)
Later (with a pet sitting service) I had 2 Pacu and a couple other fish in a 125 gallon tank. I had made the mistake of using the suction cup mounts (instead of the clamps) to hold the powerheads on top of the uplift tubes.
Came home from a 1 week vacation, knew something was wrong when we opened the front door. One of the powerheads had been bumped off and was pointing upwards. It had shot approx 20 gallons of water out. The carpet was damp for a few feet in each direction.
We asked the pet-sitter when it happened (as we were worried about mold). She said she 'hadn't noticed' any problems with the tank
Came home from a 1 week vacation, knew something was wrong when we opened the front door. One of the powerheads had been bumped off and was pointing upwards. It had shot approx 20 gallons of water out. The carpet was damp for a few feet in each direction.
We asked the pet-sitter when it happened (as we were worried about mold). She said she 'hadn't noticed' any problems with the tank
Sorry for your loss.
The imperative thing here is not to let "anyone" do "anything" to your aquariums. I am trying to educate my wife but she only listens for seconds at a time and tells me to talk about it later. Right now she only likes to look and it's only a matter of time before she decides to get involved while I'm not home and I'll be adding a thread of my own on this topic.
The imperative thing here is not to let "anyone" do "anything" to your aquariums. I am trying to educate my wife but she only listens for seconds at a time and tells me to talk about it later. Right now she only likes to look and it's only a matter of time before she decides to get involved while I'm not home and I'll be adding a thread of my own on this topic.
Keep in mind, there is a vast difference between stupidity and ignorance. Shame they have to learn the hard way.
idk, i explained everything to my husband when we got the first tank, and the first rule is he doesnt touch. he knows how to do it now but id have to be very very sick before i let him touch my babies. He even set a 5ft up in his office at work and i let him feed them but travel to do the maintance every weekend..
