True Story

Remember how I wrote about Philip getting a salt water aquarium for his birthday? Do you also remember how much I hate fish? Okay, good. So apparently you have to cycle the water in a salt water tank to prepare it for fish. It takes about 4 weeks to do so. Last Sunday Phil checked his water and his tank was cycled. He came running into the playroom where Max and I were playing and shared the good news, he was able to go buy fish. Max was super excited, he has been so patient with having no fish. So Philip goes to put the water test kit away and Max and I are still in the playroom.

Cue cute baby toddler playing:

As we are playing I hear Philip shout, OH! S@&$! Phil never swears. So I knew this was bad. I came running out to him and you will NEVER guess what happened!!!!!!

The fish tank cracked and was leaking, no not leaking, pouring water! 33 gallons of SALT WATER on my wood floors. Phil is freaking out, I am freaking out, Max is looking at us like we have lost our minds. Finally I shout to get buckets and towels. And we both watched in horror as water came rushing out. I was worried about my floors. Phil was bummed that he lost all the cycled water.

Really, this really happened.
Here is the proof of the cracked tank. We eventually lifted the darn thing and carried it outside.

This was a freak accident. Phil was able to return the tank. He was able to get a new one. No, he did not get the same one. He got an upgrade.

And the good news, he was able to save some of the water and rock from the debacle and his tank cycled in less then a week. So he now has little critters inside. We have some snails, hermit crabs, and an emerald crab. Max loves to watch them scuttle around.

Let's just hope that never happens again!