Over the last couple years, there have been about a half dozen tremors, and one 5.5 earthquake here on Isla Taboga.
They were enough to rattle my 180 gal tanks seams sufficiently enough to cause up to maybe up to 20 gallons per day leakage.
And with our islands water facility being off line for over a month, and the start of the dry season, ...well...a little disconcerting.
On Panama's version of Craigs list a 220 gal with stand popped up for sale for $450, I went a looked at it, it is well braced, so I bit the bullet.
It arrives tomorrow (hopefully intact, always a gamble(?)by panga (small boat) over 10 miles of Panama bay to the beach near where I live, so today, I optomistally tore down the leaky 180.
Fish and aquatic plants were transferred to the 125 gal sump, terrestrial floating plants, some rockwork, and submerged logs into a 30 gal bucket.
Below the tank set up, pre most earthquake damage
They were enough to rattle my 180 gal tanks seams sufficiently enough to cause up to maybe up to 20 gallons per day leakage.
And with our islands water facility being off line for over a month, and the start of the dry season, ...well...a little disconcerting.
On Panama's version of Craigs list a 220 gal with stand popped up for sale for $450, I went a looked at it, it is well braced, so I bit the bullet.
It arrives tomorrow (hopefully intact, always a gamble(?)by panga (small boat) over 10 miles of Panama bay to the beach near where I live, so today, I optomistally tore down the leaky 180.
Fish and aquatic plants were transferred to the 125 gal sump, terrestrial floating plants, some rockwork, and submerged logs into a 30 gal bucket.
Below the tank set up, pre most earthquake damage
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