Is your kitchen a death trap?

[juniperlea]

I slipped on the kitchen floor, yet again. It was not my fault. The fish need 'new' water, and in the process of giving them new water, some of it frequently ends up on the floor. Do any of you fear walking walking on water?

 

[ProudPapa]

What kind of shoes are you wearing? You might want to consider getting some with slip resistant soles.

And since you asked, I'm pretty careful not to spill more than a few drops, so it hasn't been an issue for me.

 

[coralbandit]

My fish room is carpeted ! Real pro here !
I have flooded several times and not slipped ..My wife hates me !
I love reading your post .,
I hope you are ok ..You made this after you got up right ?
When I was on another site I had a thread I named" I spill water everyday " . I still do !
I wear decent shoes to avoid electric shocks !

 

[Demeter]

Sometimes I fill the 5gal bucket a little too far and it ends up slopping over the edge a bit. I gave up wearing socks while doing water changes.

After all is said and done I go back through with a towel, water changes and mopping get done at the same time

 

[juniperlea]

What kind of shoes are you wearing? You might want to consider getting some with slip resistant soles.

And since you asked, I'm pretty careful not to spill more than a few drops, so it hasn't been an issue for me.

I have Raynaud's in my toes and, sadly, my gigantic nose. Let's not discuss my nose. But, let's discuss my toes. I found Glerups, calf-skinned shoes/slippers. With those shoes/slippers (which I wear in public!), I am able to physically tuck my warmly socked toes under my *** and all is well, until I walk into the kitchen. You cannot walk on water with calfskin soles. I'm wondering why you're careful about spilling a few drops.

 

[angelcraze]

Same here, no socks, no sleeves to water change anymore lol! Actually I have to wear shorts or roll up my comfy pants too! I take water from the kitchen to fill up the reservoir, so i'm sure I've slipped on the kitchen floor, or at least I know I've gotten a few soakers lol!

 

[juniperlea]

My fish room is carpeted ! Real pro here !
I have flooded several times and not slipped ..My wife hates me !
I love reading your post .,
I hope you are ok ..You made this after you got up right ?
When I was on another site I had a thread I named" I spill water everyday " . I still do !
I wear decent shoes to avoid electric shocks !

I love that... "I spill water everyday"....! Yes, I got up, incredibly creative curses from my mouth that I'd be proud to share with everyone of you out there!!!! I really don't care about my bruises. I just really don't want to break things that will cost me money to replace. Bruises and bones will heal. My pocket-book won't!

 

[Basil]

Most of the floors in my house are hardwood. Yep, even in the kitchen. I find the wood isn’t as slippery.
But I still wear shoes while doing WCs and I have a couple dedicated fish towels that I throw down before I start. Cause I always spill water!

 

[juniperlea]

Most of the floors in my house are hardwood. Yep, even in the kitchen. I find the wood isn’t as slippery.
But I still wear shoes while doing WCs and I have a couple dedicated fish towels that I throw down before I start. Cause I always spill water!

Lucky you. You have REAL hardwood floors. I have a roll of late 1970s linoleum (I'll bet you don't even know what that is).

 

[ProudPapa]

I'm wondering why you're careful about spilling a few drops.

I don't understand what you're wondering about, but I'll try to explain. To start, I use a 2.5 gallon bucket, not a 5, so it's much easier to handle. Yes, I have to make more trips, but my tanks are in the room adjoining the kitchen, so the extra trips aren't an issue in my opinion.

And second, all that gets on the floor is what drips off while I'm carrying it if the bottom of the bucket is wet.

 

[AcuarioAmazonico]

Entire house is hard wood floor (kitchen too) but for the bathrooms. I spill everyday. I don’t even care anymore. I know that I’m going to spill so water change is done in short with no shoes and a few old towels around to mop up the biggest sploshes and then I get the mop out and pretend to be a clean housekeeper

 

[Dechi]

Buy a python, no more water on the floor.

 

[mattgirl]

I don't understand what you're wondering about, but I'll try to explain. To start, I use a 2.5 gallon bucket, not a 5, so it's much easier to handle. Yes, I have to make more trips, but my tanks are in the room adjoining the kitchen, so the extra trips aren't an issue in my opinion.

And second, all that gets on the floor is what drips off while I'm carrying it if the bottom of the bucket is wet.

Same here. But a 2 gallon bucket is all I trust myself to carry from kitchen to tank. To prevent drips I hold a folded paper towel under the bucket while carrying it. I don't trust the handle not to break so never carry it by the handle. One hand on the top edge of the bucket and one holding a paper towel on the bottom. Perfect position for pouring the water into the tank.

I have 2 dedicated bath towels that I put down before I start my water changes. I can't afford to slip and fall so do everything I can think of to keep it from happening. Old age and brittle bones is the pits.

Buy a python, no more water on the floor.

That is until you have a really bad water changing day and the connections pop loose. I wish I could remember who that happened to just a couple of days ago.

 

[Basil]

Lucky you. You have REAL hardwood floors. I have a roll of late 1970s linoleum (I'll bet you don't even know what that is).

Born in 1966 so I definitely know what linoleum is lol!
Which is why I have a house full of wood floors! Ok, some of the floors have been there since 1901. And they are not even so no tanks in that part of the house. But our addition is all wood and it’s level

 

[Fashooga]

I changed my water today, no drips...but I don't use buckets. Just a pond pump and a python...easy peasy.

 

[Dechi]

That is until you have a really bad water changing day and the connections pop loose. I wish I could remember who that happened to just a couple of days ago.

I suppose it can happen but it’s never happened to me in 10+ years and I never tightened them even once. Now I will and I’m good for another 10 years, lol !

 

[juniperlea]

Born in 1966 so I definitely know what linoleum is lol!
Which is why I have a house full of wood floors! Ok, some of the floors have been there since 1901. And they are not even so no tanks in that part of the house. But our addition is all wood and it’s level

Born in 1959. I live in a slab foundation apartment complex, somewhat put together in the in the late 1970s. I really, really, wish I lived in a building constructed in 1901! A (real) floor, a (real) floor, my kingdom for a (real) floor! LOL!

 

[smee82]

I always get a bit on the floor but come the weekend the living room needs a mop anyway so its not a problem

 

[AcuarioAmazonico]

My two biggest fears:

coming home and feeling the wet (flooded) floor under my feet,

and

walking in and knowing there’s been a tank jump as you smelt that dry fish on the floor odour the second you opened the door

 

[juniperlea]

My two biggest fears:

coming home and feeling the wet (flooded) floor under my feet,

and

walking in and knowing there’s been a tank jump as you smelt that dry fish on the floor odour the second you opened the door

Oh my goodness, Is that like finding the african dwarf frog that you know you 'lost' and found two months later, under some physical structure in your kitchen?

 

[kallililly1973]

I've had a couple "Woah" moments but never fell. Half my addition is tile and the other half is laminate hardwood flooring but I get those $5 2x6 rug runners and put them all around in front of the tanks so when a spill happens its usually on those then if they get "crappy" I get more those are in front of my 55 and 29

 

[MissPanda]

Sometimes I fill the 5gal bucket a little too far and it ends up slopping over the edge a bit. I gave up wearing socks while doing water changes.

After all is said and done I go back through with a towel, water changes and mopping get done at the same time

I gave up wearing clothes in general while cleaning my tanks. Haha I got sick of fishing up my good clothes or jammies. I shower after anyways.

 

[MissPanda]

I've had a couple "Woah" moments but never fell. Half my addition is tile and the other half is laminate hardwood flooring but I get those $5 2x6 rug runners and put them all around in front of the tanks so when a spill happens its usually on those then if they get "crappy" I get more those are in front of my 55 and 29

You remind me of my mom with the carpets. She drives me nuts with random carpets all over the house haha

 

[PascalKrypt]

You know you're a pro when you put the towel on the floor before getting the siphon and the buckets.

*Know thy enemy and thyself and thou shalt not lose a thousand battles.

 

[MissPanda]

You know you're a pro when you put the towel on the floor before getting the siphon and the buckets.

*Know thy enemy and thyself and thou shalt not lose a thousand battles.

I think I have you beat, I roll out a whole tarp that's been cut to fit around my tank. Too many times spilling stank fish water into the carpet I had to devise something.

 

[PascalKrypt]

I think I have you beat, I roll out a whole tarp that's been cut to fit around my tank. Too many times spilling stank fish water into the carpet I had to devise something.

I think it helps that I have tiles A towel is all it takes to clean my messes.

Kudos to all that effort though!

 

[MissPanda]

I think it helps that I have tiles A towel is all it takes to clean my messes.

Kudos to all that effort though!

It was better than the alternative which was getting a bucket and hand washing the carpet where water had spilled. I'm buying a house soon and I'm gonna rip out any carpets in there. I hate carpet.

 

[angelcraze]

My house was total 1970s when I moved in! Linoleum kitchen floors and lilac toilet, sink and shower! Can't remember the color of the fridge and stove. The kitchen counter had a tiny green and white floral pattern Tiles on the wall were patterned as well- YUCK!

Everything got ripped down and replaced or painted within a week!

I had a tarp with cut outs, but my fishroom has cement floor, so no big deal to just mop it with a towel afterwards. Upstairs I lay a towel out beforehand.

 

[kallililly1973]

My house was total 1970s when I moved in! Linoleum kitchen floors and lilac toilet, sink and shower! Can't remember the color of the fridge and stove. The kitchen counter had a tiny green and white floral pattern Tiles on the wall were patterned as well- YUCK!

Everything got ripped down and replaced or painted within a week!

I had a tarp with cut outs, but my fishroom has cement floor, so no big deal to just mop it with a towel afterwards. Upstairs I lay a towel out beforehand.

Avocado perhaps

 

[angelcraze]

Avocado perhaps

The fridge and stove? Maybe lol! My mom had a mustard washer and dryer for the longest time! Guess they don't make em like they used to!

 

[KribensisLover1]

A python will change your entire life

Amazon sells them for $$30something

 

[Elkwatcher]

I have fish towels just for water changes, makes the clean up easier. A big one on the floor and one covering the stool the bucket sits on. Actually I have small towels folded everywhere as I've got my arms in my tanks almost daily.

 

[angelcraze]

I have fish towels just for water changes, makes the clean up easier. A big one on the floor and one covering the stool the bucket sits on. Actually I have small towels folded everywhere as I've got my arms in my tanks almost daily.

I have them hanging in the fishroom!

 

[Basil]

A python will change your entire life

Amazon sells them for $$30something

Unless you get into a fight with it while trying to roll it up!

 

[Guanchy]

I do water changes in the bathroom, and from the living to the bathroom I'm always dripping water all over the place but... my wife is always following me around with the mop and yelling ! while our baby girl plays with the water on the floor! its a chaos lol

 

[coralbandit]

I have fish towels just for water changes, makes the clean up easier. A big one on the floor and one covering the stool the bucket sits on. Actually I have small towels folded everywhere as I've got my arms in my tanks almost daily.

Winner !
I wash mine [fish room has washing machine and dryer in it ??] no soap !
They are all over !
You can ring them out in buckets for minor issues !

 

[Basil]

I do water changes in the bathroom, and from the living to the bathroom I'm always dripping water all over the place but... my wife is always following me around with the mop and yelling ! while our baby girl plays with the water on the floor! its a chaos lol

But you have the whole family involved in your hobby

 

[Guanchy]

But you have the whole family involved in your hobby

haha right!

 

[Smalltownfishfriend]

I carry around 60 gallons of milk and water to my 40 calves every day. I don't slop water at all, from my water changing bucket, practice makes perfect!