It started over the long weekend....simple....garbage disposal blew up. Ok I can deal with that. Tuesday after work got a new one and hubby put it in. Run the dishwasher on wednesday and it wont drain. Wednesday evening feeding time for fishies and their treats are soggy....freezer not very cold, so we turned it up a little and talked about looking into a new one the next day if it was going out. Thursday morning...still in bed....just couldnt get up on time for work when our 12 yo son comes running into our room "Dad your tank's empty and it's raining downstairs".
Our 125 gallon tank is set up against the banister above the stairs that lead to the basement where our boys rooms are. When he came out of his room he stepped in the water. We ran into the living room and there is our beautiful tank with all but a couple of inches of water drained out onto the floor and running down the wall of the stairs. In that couple of inches was our 2 pacus, shovel nose catfish, 12" royal clown knife, and our two new 4-5" silver arrows (our 9" silver had "jumped ship" about 2 weeks ago). Our sweet quick witted son runs out of the room hollering "i'll grab a towel" and returns with one towel....
With some fast acting and transfering different fish into different tanks (compatibility), we were able to grab everyone and get them to a safer place.
So now I have an empty 125g tank and flooded floors.....why not go to the fridge...lol. It's dead, freezer full of meat slowly defrosting, not to mention the brine shrimp and blood worms. So off to the store to grab a carpet shampooer and get the first passes done to extract a little water. Run to the city to buy a new fridge and transfer all the food before it goes bad. Hurry off to the big city to exchange the tank (covered by the lifetime warranty since it was a seal in the bottom that had split) I spent the rest of thursday then friday morning extracting water before I started shampooing and about 7pm tonight figured it was as good as it's going to get. Oh but in the middle of all this I talked to my dad and he explained there is a plug where the dishwasher hooks in that you have to remove so it will drain, so at least the dishwasher drains now.
After all is said and done I am a little concerned about the long term affects of this. My living room still smells like fish water, and what about under the carpet. We have all the windows open and fans running. Does anyone know if homeowners insurance covers something like this or have any experience with the insurance getting professionals to clean it up right?
Thanks for any advice you have.
Our 125 gallon tank is set up against the banister above the stairs that lead to the basement where our boys rooms are. When he came out of his room he stepped in the water. We ran into the living room and there is our beautiful tank with all but a couple of inches of water drained out onto the floor and running down the wall of the stairs. In that couple of inches was our 2 pacus, shovel nose catfish, 12" royal clown knife, and our two new 4-5" silver arrows (our 9" silver had "jumped ship" about 2 weeks ago). Our sweet quick witted son runs out of the room hollering "i'll grab a towel" and returns with one towel....
With some fast acting and transfering different fish into different tanks (compatibility), we were able to grab everyone and get them to a safer place. So now I have an empty 125g tank and flooded floors.....why not go to the fridge...lol. It's dead, freezer full of meat slowly defrosting, not to mention the brine shrimp and blood worms. So off to the store to grab a carpet shampooer and get the first passes done to extract a little water. Run to the city to buy a new fridge and transfer all the food before it goes bad. Hurry off to the big city to exchange the tank (covered by the lifetime warranty since it was a seal in the bottom that had split) I spent the rest of thursday then friday morning extracting water before I started shampooing and about 7pm tonight figured it was as good as it's going to get. Oh but in the middle of all this I talked to my dad and he explained there is a plug where the dishwasher hooks in that you have to remove so it will drain, so at least the dishwasher drains now.
After all is said and done I am a little concerned about the long term affects of this. My living room still smells like fish water, and what about under the carpet. We have all the windows open and fans running. Does anyone know if homeowners insurance covers something like this or have any experience with the insurance getting professionals to clean it up right?
Thanks for any advice you have.
