I know. I hate cliches. Especially in blog titles.
As I was composing the last entry, something in the tank began to knock.
Thought I haven't regaled the blogosphere with the story of the night our tank exploded, I will, eventually. But in the meantime, I was hearing a knocking from the tank and I've never heard a knocking from a tank. I checked for drips. No drips. I checked for...I dunno, elves? Tank gnomes? What the f*ck knocks in a fishtank? An extremely polite rasbora? A gourami demanding rent money?
I put my hand under the tank and felt the glass and to my dismay, what was actually just dirt felt like cracks in the glass. For a few seconds I prepared to vomit in terror and to be electrocuted as 55 gallons of water came down on my head and into the power strip under the tank. Then I realized there were no cracks and composed myself.
After a brief Google (I love a brief Google) it became apparent that it was the heater. Aqueon is the brand. Other people have reported knocking. It didn't knock until I moved it half an hour ago. Every time the light comes on, it knocks. So I unplugged it and plugged back in my old, ugly POS heater that has never let me down. Not sure where to go from here. I certainly don't want the Aqueon sending out shards all over the tank. Going to have to watch the temp for fluctuation.
EDITED at 9:30pm...the tank was down two degrees. That's not bad considering an entire heater has been removed. After all of the money I've spent lately, buying a heater is the last thing I'll complain about.
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