Teamun creates an incident.
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fatrockstarOn my way home tonight I realized I hadn't given Grady any dry food. Shit. He was going to be a royal pain in the ass until I put some gushyfood on a plate for him, so I hurried. When I got in he was noisy and whiny, and I talked to him, saying things like "I know I know, don't freak out on me I'll get you your food..."
...and then I walked into the dining room.
The dining room is where Teamun's tank is. I just bought a new one at the end of November -- a 55 gallon acrylic that gives him a fuckton of space to swim around in. I had to buy another wire shelf to elevate his basking rock, the water was so deep. His basking rock is heavy enough that the shelves don't move easily, so I wedge the tubes from his tank filter behind them so they don't go anywhere. This method has worked for years. Until now.
My dining room was a shallow sea of turtle water all pooled under my dining set and only two inches of water remained in the tank. Teamun was sitting at the bottom, staring at me like a cranky old man. Grady was still howling about food nonstop, which made my shock worse. I barked at him to shut up, but he wouldn't. I got louder, he got louder. Because I was irritated by his meowing I couldn't see through my shock to what had really happened. I ended up throwing him into a bedroom so I could think straight.
A few deep breaths later and I figured out what happened. Teamun had worked himself into a small gap between the shelving and the wall of the tank and PUSHED. This moved the shelving several inches from the wall of the tank, releasing the output tube of the filter. Without something to hold it down it flew out of the top of the tank onto the floor, where it proceeded to spew "filtered" turtle water onto the floor until the tank was mostly empty. Guessing by the amount of water on the floor, I can only guess it happened around noon. I got home at six.
Yay.
What a great start to the evening. I had planned to do some recording tonight, maybe some claywork -- anything but watch TV. Instead I have been mopping up my dining room floor with old towels and replacing the felt feet on my dining set. Crap.
...and then I walked into the dining room.
The dining room is where Teamun's tank is. I just bought a new one at the end of November -- a 55 gallon acrylic that gives him a fuckton of space to swim around in. I had to buy another wire shelf to elevate his basking rock, the water was so deep. His basking rock is heavy enough that the shelves don't move easily, so I wedge the tubes from his tank filter behind them so they don't go anywhere. This method has worked for years. Until now.
My dining room was a shallow sea of turtle water all pooled under my dining set and only two inches of water remained in the tank. Teamun was sitting at the bottom, staring at me like a cranky old man. Grady was still howling about food nonstop, which made my shock worse. I barked at him to shut up, but he wouldn't. I got louder, he got louder. Because I was irritated by his meowing I couldn't see through my shock to what had really happened. I ended up throwing him into a bedroom so I could think straight.
A few deep breaths later and I figured out what happened. Teamun had worked himself into a small gap between the shelving and the wall of the tank and PUSHED. This moved the shelving several inches from the wall of the tank, releasing the output tube of the filter. Without something to hold it down it flew out of the top of the tank onto the floor, where it proceeded to spew "filtered" turtle water onto the floor until the tank was mostly empty. Guessing by the amount of water on the floor, I can only guess it happened around noon. I got home at six.
Yay.
What a great start to the evening. I had planned to do some recording tonight, maybe some claywork -- anything but watch TV. Instead I have been mopping up my dining room floor with old towels and replacing the felt feet on my dining set. Crap.
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