Well fuck me sideways with a pogo stick and make me beg for more. . . DAMN was it a good day.
For some reason I couldn't sleep last night. I finally passed out around 4am and was wide awake at 7:15, as usual. I got up, threw a few messages up on SG and cooked breakfast . . . and then my phone rang - tragedy had struck.
The call was from a co-worker of mine (Matt) whose brother (Mike) owns a dive shop. A year ago, he set up a 300 gallon saltwater aquarium in his shop and this moring he opened his shop to find 70+ gallons of water on the floor. Since they know I have a tank, they called me for help.
I arrived at the scene after a quick shower. I probably could have skipped the shower since what followed left me soaked to the bone. The tank had cranked from bottom to top and was still leaking. Since everyone was still in panic mode, I took over . . . top off, fish in buckets, arrangements made for a local pet store to baby sit and off we went to save the fish.
The first consideration was buying a replacement tank. To give you an idea of cost, $1K was the minimum Mike would have to spend to get a tank half the size.
Now, I have dreamed about having a large reef tank (over 180 gallons) for years. I can stomach the cost of the tank but once you add in rocks, sand and various support equipment, the cost of the tank is MINIMAL! Mike had had enough and ended up selling all of this to me for a few hundred bucks! WOOHOO!!!
Some people have drugs, others alcohol . . . my addiction is my aquarium . . . and right now I am one happy monkey!
Today I had about as much fun as a boy can have with his clothes still on!
For some reason I couldn't sleep last night. I finally passed out around 4am and was wide awake at 7:15, as usual. I got up, threw a few messages up on SG and cooked breakfast . . . and then my phone rang - tragedy had struck.
The call was from a co-worker of mine (Matt) whose brother (Mike) owns a dive shop. A year ago, he set up a 300 gallon saltwater aquarium in his shop and this moring he opened his shop to find 70+ gallons of water on the floor. Since they know I have a tank, they called me for help.
I arrived at the scene after a quick shower. I probably could have skipped the shower since what followed left me soaked to the bone. The tank had cranked from bottom to top and was still leaking. Since everyone was still in panic mode, I took over . . . top off, fish in buckets, arrangements made for a local pet store to baby sit and off we went to save the fish.
The first consideration was buying a replacement tank. To give you an idea of cost, $1K was the minimum Mike would have to spend to get a tank half the size.
Now, I have dreamed about having a large reef tank (over 180 gallons) for years. I can stomach the cost of the tank but once you add in rocks, sand and various support equipment, the cost of the tank is MINIMAL! Mike had had enough and ended up selling all of this to me for a few hundred bucks! WOOHOO!!!
Some people have drugs, others alcohol . . . my addiction is my aquarium . . . and right now I am one happy monkey!
Today I had about as much fun as a boy can have with his clothes still on!
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