Help
I made arrangements with a LFS that they will take all my fish for a store credit. Had to wait for 2 weeks because they didn't have tankspace to accomidate them all. Finally today it happened.
This place in only 4 blocks away from me, and I considered an idean of hauling fish in a bucket which would mean, I had to make 3-4 trips. Another option was to use 18 gallon rubbermaid container on this little folding handtruck I have. Needless to say I went with option 2 in order to save time and lessen the stress both on my and the fish.
So I rolled up a rug, Opened up and secured a handtruck, placed the bin on it, and started syphoning the water.
When was the last time you had to catch a 15" oscar? Was it in the mood to fight? Make sure you wear a helmet and a full scuba gear when you do! After transfering all fish from the tank to the bin, my livingroom looked like a tsunami (sp) went right through it
There must've been close to 30 gallons of water on the floor. Needless to say, myself, Mrs. Stab, and both cats were soaking wet as well.Finally I started making my way to LFS. In a bin I had approximately 12 gallons of water, 15" oscar, 6" oscar, 12" severum, 5" rainbow cichlid, 3-3" black bar silver dollars and 18"+ gibbiceps pl*co. Things weren't bad in the beginning, other than each time I hit a tiniest bunp water would splash from under the bin's cover. Then handtruck folded on itself a block away from my house
There I was at 10am standing in the middle of the street with a huge bin full of live fish and a broken handtruck. I had no choise but to carry the damn thing. I made another half a block and realized that disks in my spinal coloumn are slipping out of allignment, shoulder ligaments are tearing, and a number of small but very nasty hernias are beginning to bulge in my stomach. Besides, I felt the bottom of the bin bowing down, and knew that it will not hold another 3 blocks, nor even a block to go back home
Fortunately my mom works for the Dept. of Ed. and she is on a summer break now. They only live a 5 minutes ride from me, so I had to call her to come with a car and help me (I hate asking my folks for help but here I had to other options). She was home (thank god!) but just woke up (damn!). She was willing to help but I had to give her 15 minutes to get ready. Ok, so that was reasonable, and allthough my knees were shaking and I was out of breath after hauling 12-15 gallons of water. I remained standing on the street.
One hour later I was still standing. The sun was blasting. It must have been close to 86F, and I had no choise but to stand in front of the bin with my back to the sun to shield fish from the heat. Unfortunately I was wearing shorts and now backs of my ancles are raw
Finally mom came and within 2 minutes I was at the store. Made it out with $100 in fish credit, so thats a good thing.
I gotta go lay down now, cause I think I have a hemorraghing somewhere inside
