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July 25th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Aquarium dropped & broke
A few days ago, I visited an aquarium store somewhere near my house and was choosing what fish to buy. Then, I saw a man staring at a beautiful betta in the shelf in a small 10g tank i think. The man chose the fish and decided to buy the tank AND the betta.
He carried the tank with his own two hands (the tank had no handle, it was only a glass tank with no cover), lifted it from the shelf and his hands slipped and he dropped the tank with the betta in it! AHH!! HE DROPPED THE WHOLE TANK!
When I heard the loud crash, i felt like there was an earthquake happening! The tank broke into pieces and the water was everywhere on the floor. The betta was jumping everywhere, the man tried using his hand to grab the betta but always missed. I was shocked and couldn't do anything. The shopkeeper then rushed and caught the betta with a net.
(sorry if it's a long story)
The man's hand was bleeding because of trying to catch the betta, he got his hands cut by the glass. The man still had to pay for the tank and the betta. The betta was OK and still healthy (THANK GOD!). I then bought the fish i needed and went home.
I don't know whether it's funny but it was kinda dumb for the man to carry the tank by himself. | 
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July 25th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  I guess he underestimated the weight of a 10g tank. | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple  I guess he underestimated the weight of a 10g tank. | Yeah, he was lucky too that the betta was still alive!  | |
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July 25th, 2008
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| | Moderator
| I bet he was soooo embarrassed  Poor betta and poor man.
carol | |
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August 1st, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Poor little Betta! Lol, you don't go and buy the display tank mate... That is SUPPOSED to be there permenantly!  | |
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August 1st, 2008
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| | Moderator
|  At least he wanted to keep the betta in the 10g.! | |
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August 1st, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| 10g of water looks sooooo light, boy can water be deceiving  | |
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August 1st, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by David C 10g of water looks sooooo light, boy can water be deceiving | Yeah! I agree!  | |
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August 2nd, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| poor dude I can't barely lift a 5 gallon poor dude it probably weighed a ton poor dude | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Even if you can lift one, the water gets to sloshing like crazy before you can hardly get going. | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Oh my gosh that is terrible! I am glad the betta is okay. I don't know why he thought he would just pick the tank up himself! Poor guy. | |
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August 4th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| I feel much more sorry for the fish than for that customer...*eye roll to that customer wherever he is* Interesting story, thanks for sharing!
Also I am sorry to hear about your dog, Peacemaker92, what happened? | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by Birdo I feel much more sorry for the fish than for that customer...*eye roll to that customer wherever he is* Interesting story, thanks for sharing!
Also I am sorry to hear about your dog, Peacemaker92, what happened? | She ran out of my house that day and came back looking sick.  At that time, I wasn't at home. My mom saw her so sick, she knew she was already poisoned. So she gave her water to drink and then went out to send my little sister for ballet. Then came back an hour later and found her motionless in my small garden... | |
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August 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| wow I hope she RIP   | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by peacemaker92 She ran out of my house that day and came back looking sick. At that time, I wasn't at home. My mom saw her so sick, she knew she was already poisoned. So she gave her water to drink and then went out to send my little sister for ballet. Then came back an hour later and found her motionless in my small garden... | I'm so sorry! I hope she is happy in the great big dog bed in the sky! | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Thanks for your wishes Mollie and Hatchet! It really means a lot.
Yesterday, my family made a conclusion on how she died. You can read it on my signature. Thanks! | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by David C 10g of water looks sooooo light, boy can water be deceiving | I wouldn't try and lift my full 10g, the pressure of the water slashing around, and if it's not held perfectly, excess stress could be put on the interior walls of the tank.
I don't need 10g of water on the floor! 
Last edited by Steve113; August 6th, 2008 at 07:17 AM.
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Steve113 I don't need 10g of water on the floor! | I once spilled a 10L bucket... It looked like I had drained my whole 48gal onto the carpet! So, imagain what 10gal would look like...  | |
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August 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| hehe yeah - I've had a few near misses - 10g is 3 of those buckets - My carpet would be ruined.
Although a nice excuse for that wooden flooring I've been looking at... 
shh...
Last edited by Steve113; August 25th, 2008 at 07:18 AM.
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August 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| WOW! I can't imagine so much water spilling onto the floor... I hope it doesn't happen to me. | |
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August 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Every now and then I get the sudden realisation of how screwwed I'd be if my 55 cracked!
hehe the whole place would be ruined! It's just not good to think about things like this! But I'd DEFINATELY get my new wooden flooring then! | |
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August 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Won't water ruin your wooden flooring? Why don't you get tiles or cement flooring?  | |
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August 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| err...
Because it's my lounge... | |
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August 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| oh ok. Sorry! | |
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August 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| hehe no worries,
Thought it was strange that you suggested a cement floor in my living room.
:P | |
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August 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| This is why we need to have signs that say never  pick up a tank with water in it, and why the directions that come with the tank say not to do it. If only people would stop to think before they do something!  | |
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August 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
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Originally Posted by heartsongsinger This is why we need to have signs that say never pick up a tank with water in it, and why the directions that come with the tank say not to do it. If only people would stop to think before they do something! | so very true!  | |
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August 11th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| poor beta. im glad its ok, at least he was kind enough to try to keep the beta in a big tank. i hate it when people smash betas in tiny little bows | |
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August 14th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by cichlidlover poor beta. im glad its ok, at least he was kind enough to try to keep the beta in a big tank. i hate it when people smash betas in tiny little bows | hehe,
I disagree with the idea of smashing bettas period.
Regardless of the size of tank they're in - It's not very fair! :P | |
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August 15th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| I am suprised the store wouldn't drain the tank down for him if they were going to sell it as is...poor guy I feel bad for him.
I once knocked over a full 5 gallon bucket of water on a carpet of a rented house...can we say carpet cleaner...lol. any dirt that is in the carpet gets flushed to the edge of the puddle so if you dont suck the water all out and then shampoo while it is still wet it will dry with a dirty line at the edge. | |
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