Morcs Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Well I had a fun eventful day today. Ended up breaking my 250L... I needed to shift it along on my stand a bit, and whilst i drained it I decided I needed a new piece of poly (mine was so thin and the tank was bowed)... So drained tank, shimmed onto couch and went about moving the sideboard, just a bit of lateral movement and one of the end skirts decided to break a wee bit. Chipboard. Not cool. Decided to put the tank in the garage on my uber cabinet (too big to get up the stairs) so called a mate around and we started sliding the tank down the stairs. Going down I dropped my end from about 1'' height. Was enough to send bottom to top cracks on both sides I had about $600 worth of fish sitting in a 30L plastic tub with a heater and a sponge filter luckily... frantically called a mate who had a ute and went up to hollywoods to get a new tank. So after an eventful day I have a 4x2x2ft (122x60x60) 120gallong (430L) uber tank sat in the garage all setup and running. Took the old tank out onto the backlawn. Armed with a pair of sunnies, motorcycle gloves and a hammer I got to work making the whole street think I was smashing lots of windows. I now have a 4ft tank in pieces sat in the recycling bin :lol: Awesome. Now I just need to find another job so I can get an FX5... Im not used to having to stand on a chair to get in the tank... im 6'2'' LOL :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 THat's terrible. I would have salvaged as much glass as i could have and then used it for an upcoming project. glad to hear the day didn't end on a bad note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 That does suck I have had similar experiences.. I dropped a 2fter the other day and smashed that to pieces I to would have salvaged as much of the old tank as possible, it is possible someone may have wanted it to repair it and use it as a sump or something, or even cut up remaining pieces for spare lids or something glass is always handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted November 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 That does suck I have had similar experiences.. I dropped a 2fter the other day and smashed that to pieces I to would have salvaged as much of the old tank as possible, it is possible someone may have wanted it to repair it and use it as a sump or something, or even cut up remaining pieces for spare lids or something glass is always handy I wouldve got depressed having it sat around... a reminder of my clumsiness Spray... and walk away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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