Im The Most Unluckiest Person!!!!!!!!

flamingo · 03-31-2006, 02:11 PM

Ok, I was on here earlier..a little bit too long..so I decided I should log off and start to clean my 30 like I planned today well.

I started off doing a 50 percent water change (needed it badly) and guess what happens?!? NINE INCH NEEDLENOSE FLEW!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!! My favorite fish just went sailing onto the carpet (in tank now but it made me sad

). THen I went to clean my canister filter (xp1) and there was a whole mess of troubles. First I took it apart and water went flyinng everywhere. Then I had to clean the tubes...which took 40 minutes. Andfinally I had to put it together...fun huh?

It started with me filling the tubes up....ok....then started it up..and NOTHING HAPPENED. I tried to get the automatic whatchamacallit self suction thing going but it just made a buzzing noise. Well After a while I got it to work and I was so happy! Until...I noticed I put the tubes on the wrong thing and the suction was on the spray bar, and the "blowing" was going through the filter tube WHIPEEEE!!!!
So then I had to switch them up..I turned the filter off. SO THen proceeded to take the tubes off and forgot about one thing...the water shot out right into my face....what I call a good time

.SO eventually got it back up and running nad guess hwat....one of the tubes fell off because I forgot to put the clamp on...so now my floor is soaked. WEll got it all back p and runing and the things kept coming off the suction cups so had to rearrange it 80 times nad the cover fell int eh water twice....lucky not plugged in.

Well basicly i'm soaked, peod, and irritated beyond belief....just another day in the life of me!!!!!

Georgia Peach · 03-31-2006, 02:31 PM

lol - sorry

wildtiger · 03-31-2006, 02:39 PM

Geez, I think we would get along great. Sounds like my kinda tank cleaning. lol

flamingo · 03-31-2006, 02:40 PM

roflmao...I feel a little bit better but jeesh.

I was kind of stupid and kept forgetting about what happens with the suction and all lol so I shot water in my face and all over the floor.

wildtiger · 03-31-2006, 02:43 PM

lol I can relate, not with a canister filter though...just a plain ole syphon, leave it in the tank to go dump the water and come back to find one end on the floor the other end in the tank and water a 1/2" deep on the floor...sad thing is, I've done this more than once. lmao

Anyways, glad your needlenose is ok.

leveldrummer · 03-31-2006, 02:43 PM

i have had plenty of days like that, just think, they can only get better...

flamingo · 03-31-2006, 02:44 PM

lol thx.....

rbishop1 · 03-31-2006, 03:47 PM

So....what you are saying is..everything is fine.?

Lucky you!

Sprite42 · 03-31-2006, 04:06 PM

*snickers* Been there and done that! But, it is truly hilarious to 'hear' it happen to someone else! I don't think I would have been brave enough to tell everybody though!

Glad all came out ok in the wash!

AshleytheGreat · 03-31-2006, 04:08 PM

^^^ ditto

you could be dealing with dying fish right now. I personally choose a messy water change, but thats just me.

craftyflalady · 03-31-2006, 05:06 PM

Soooo I am NOT the only one!! Good to know! LOL

flamingo · 03-31-2006, 07:54 PM

lmao, yeah i'm REALLY happy my needlenose or anything else isn't dead.

Otherwise today would of sucked lol. And nice to hear i'm not the only unlucky person lmao. I can never just "do" something. It's always has to be a tradgedy spread out .....

IloveCichlids · 04-01-2006, 01:28 AM

That really sucks... I was setting up my new XP3 and while attatching the hose assembly I did not trim the hoses, well I went to disengage the clamp (with my brand new knife of course) and ended up in the ER with 6 stitches after stabbing myself. That was not fun at all. This happened about 2 months ago.

There is one good saying...It is better to be P'ed off than P'ed on. Hope that helps you a little bit.

I also broke the housing to my Fluval 404 (which probably only needed a piece for the motor housing to be as new as the day it was bought) when I was rushing to the kitchen to get a towel to stop the bleeding.

**Cichlid Man** · 04-01-2006, 03:49 AM

Wow Flamingonhot, sounds like you've had a pretty rough time. Don't let it discourage you though, many fishkeepers I know give it up because of having even less trouble than you.

flamingo · 04-01-2006, 10:49 AM

lol, i'm not gonna give up. I have had more trouble catching cichlids in my tank and that didn't stop me either! Lmao.

Ah well, it's nice to hear stories like that..makes me feel like i'm not alone with my troubles lol.

ILC-sorry to hear what happened to you though

.

Christine · 04-01-2006, 10:59 AM

Sorry bout that...

Heres one to make you feel better... A month ago, I was filling my 20 gallon with the python. Walked into the kitchen to pick up my drink, hubby called me to the computer room to talk to me for a minute. The sweet man that he is, he offered me his chair while we were talking. An hour later, I stood up and screamed my head off as I realized the python has been filling my 20 gallon all this time. I flooded our entire bedroom and basement. We actually had to call a "disaster recovery team" and file a claim with our homeowners insurance.. thank goodness, we don't live in an apartment. I will never live that one down hehe. - "Honey, can I get a new fish?" "No dear, you still haven't recovered the $1k from our insurance deductible yet" I guess we all have fun huh

leveldrummer · 04-01-2006, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flamingonhot

I have had more trouble catching cichlids

oh my god.... dont even get me started....

flamingo · 04-01-2006, 11:28 AM

lol!

Christine, that's gotta be one of the worst things I've heard happent to someone! lol. That probably closely rivals the 300 gallon tank falling through the floor lmao.

and level....hehehhehe

**TheOldSalt** · 04-02-2006, 04:08 PM

I guess the wettest I ever ( unintentionally ) got was while trying to move some sea turtles from one pool to another. Those flippers of theirs can really make a big splash

ALFA WOLF · 04-02-2006, 05:54 PM

i am the luckiest person...ever ...ever ever ever...i was changin the water and i rested the half gallon tnak that i use to put in water and take out... well it was full of watter and i was gunna rest it on the corner of aquarium but i missed and all the water fell on the circut box deal with all the plugs and right before it eletricuted me all the power went out in my whole block. And i went to church the next day

03-31-2006, 02:11 PM	#1
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	Im The Most Unluckiest Person!!!!!!!! Ok, I was on here earlier..a little bit too long..so I decided I should log off and start to clean my 30 like I planned today well. I started off doing a 50 percent water change (needed it badly) and guess what happens?!? NINE INCH NEEDLENOSE FLEW!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!! My favorite fish just went sailing onto the carpet (in tank now but it made me sad ). THen I went to clean my canister filter (xp1) and there was a whole mess of troubles. First I took it apart and water went flyinng everywhere. Then I had to clean the tubes...which took 40 minutes. Andfinally I had to put it together...fun huh? It started with me filling the tubes up....ok....then started it up..and NOTHING HAPPENED. I tried to get the automatic whatchamacallit self suction thing going but it just made a buzzing noise. Well After a while I got it to work and I was so happy! Until...I noticed I put the tubes on the wrong thing and the suction was on the spray bar, and the "blowing" was going through the filter tube WHIPEEEE!!!! So then I had to switch them up..I turned the filter off. SO THen proceeded to take the tubes off and forgot about one thing...the water shot out right into my face....what I call a good time .SO eventually got it back up and running nad guess hwat....one of the tubes fell off because I forgot to put the clamp on...so now my floor is soaked. WEll got it all back p and runing and the things kept coming off the suction cups so had to rearrange it 80 times nad the cover fell int eh water twice....lucky not plugged in. Well basicly i'm soaked, peod, and irritated beyond belief....just another day in the life of me!!!!! __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

03-31-2006, 02:31 PM	#2
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	lol - sorry __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

03-31-2006, 02:39 PM	#3
wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362	Geez, I think we would get along great. Sounds like my kinda tank cleaning. lol __________________

03-31-2006, 02:40 PM	#4
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	roflmao...I feel a little bit better but jeesh. I was kind of stupid and kept forgetting about what happens with the suction and all lol so I shot water in my face and all over the floor. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

03-31-2006, 02:43 PM	#5
wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362	lol I can relate, not with a canister filter though...just a plain ole syphon, leave it in the tank to go dump the water and come back to find one end on the floor the other end in the tank and water a 1/2" deep on the floor...sad thing is, I've done this more than once. lmao Anyways, glad your needlenose is ok. __________________

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03-31-2006, 02:43 PM	#6
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	i have had plenty of days like that, just think, they can only get better...

03-31-2006, 02:44 PM	#7
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	lol thx..... __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

03-31-2006, 03:47 PM	#8
rbishop1 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West End, NC Age: 54 Posts: 34	So....what you are saying is..everything is fine.? Lucky you! __________________ Bob Bishop West End, NC

03-31-2006, 04:06 PM	#9
Sprite42 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arkansas Age: 46 Posts: 315	snickers Been there and done that! But, it is truly hilarious to 'hear' it happen to someone else! I don't think I would have been brave enough to tell everybody though! Glad all came out ok in the wash! Last edited by Sprite42; 03-31-2006 at 04:12 PM.

03-31-2006, 04:08 PM	#10
AshleytheGreat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mi Town Posts: 785	^^^ ditto you could be dealing with dying fish right now. I personally choose a messy water change, but thats just me. __________________ So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this malarkey with any sort of further response.

03-31-2006, 05:06 PM	#11
craftyflalady Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 50 Posts: 397	Soooo I am NOT the only one!! Good to know! LOL

03-31-2006, 07:54 PM	#12
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	lmao, yeah i'm REALLY happy my needlenose or anything else isn't dead. Otherwise today would of sucked lol. And nice to hear i'm not the only unlucky person lmao. I can never just "do" something. It's always has to be a tradgedy spread out ..... __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

04-01-2006, 01:28 AM	#13
IloveCichlids Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO Age: 29 Posts: 456	That really sucks... I was setting up my new XP3 and while attatching the hose assembly I did not trim the hoses, well I went to disengage the clamp (with my brand new knife of course) and ended up in the ER with 6 stitches after stabbing myself. That was not fun at all. This happened about 2 months ago. There is one good saying...It is better to be P'ed off than P'ed on. Hope that helps you a little bit. I also broke the housing to my Fluval 404 (which probably only needed a piece for the motor housing to be as new as the day it was bought) when I was rushing to the kitchen to get a towel to stop the bleeding. __________________ When you feel like this... , just watch your fish, & have a tasty beverage (of your choice, I like Kool-Aid)!

04-01-2006, 03:49 AM	#14
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Wow Flamingonhot, sounds like you've had a pretty rough time. Don't let it discourage you though, many fishkeepers I know give it up because of having even less trouble than you. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

04-01-2006, 10:49 AM	#15
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	lol, i'm not gonna give up. I have had more trouble catching cichlids in my tank and that didn't stop me either! Lmao. Ah well, it's nice to hear stories like that..makes me feel like i'm not alone with my troubles lol. ILC-sorry to hear what happened to you though . __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

04-01-2006, 10:59 AM	#16
Christine Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 860	Sorry bout that... Heres one to make you feel better... A month ago, I was filling my 20 gallon with the python. Walked into the kitchen to pick up my drink, hubby called me to the computer room to talk to me for a minute. The sweet man that he is, he offered me his chair while we were talking. An hour later, I stood up and screamed my head off as I realized the python has been filling my 20 gallon all this time. I flooded our entire bedroom and basement. We actually had to call a "disaster recovery team" and file a claim with our homeowners insurance.. thank goodness, we don't live in an apartment. I will never live that one down hehe. - "Honey, can I get a new fish?" "No dear, you still haven't recovered the $1k from our insurance deductible yet" I guess we all have fun huh

04-01-2006, 11:28 AM	#18
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	lol! Christine, that's gotta be one of the worst things I've heard happent to someone! lol. That probably closely rivals the 300 gallon tank falling through the floor lmao. and level....hehehhehe __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

04-02-2006, 04:08 PM	#19
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,358	I guess the wettest I ever ( unintentionally ) got was while trying to move some sea turtles from one pool to another. Those flippers of theirs can really make a big splash

04-02-2006, 05:54 PM	#20
ALFA WOLF Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 414	i am the luckiest person...ever ...ever ever ever...i was changin the water and i rested the half gallon tnak that i use to put in water and take out... well it was full of watter and i was gunna rest it on the corner of aquarium but i missed and all the water fell on the circut box deal with all the plugs and right before it eletricuted me all the power went out in my whole block. And i went to church the next day __________________ empty 10 gal.. any ideas lmao?

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