{"id":101,"date":"2007-03-03T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2007-03-04T02:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=101"},"modified":"2008-02-26T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T23:39:33","slug":"splursh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"*splursh*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we discovered that our fish tank was leaking.  Just a slow leak, thank goodness, but enough to leave a small puddle on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had that tank for at least 20 years, probably more like 25, and it has been used to house multiple rodents when it wasn&#8217;t being used to house assorted fish, so I decided it would probably be better in the long run if we bought a new tank rather than trying to fix the old one.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know how to change from an old leaky tank to a new one?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pull the plug on all the electric stuff and remove the lid from the tank.<\/li>\n<li>Take the hoses off the power filter and put them in a bucket.<\/li>\n<li>Chase calico cat out from behind tank.<\/li>\n<li>Carry tank lid, heater, filter hoses and filter to kitchen sink.<\/li>\n<li>Chase calico cat out from behind tank.<\/li>\n<li>Siphon out a full bucket of water and set the bucket close to the tank.<\/li>\n<li>Net out each fish and put it in the bucket.<\/li>\n<li>Chase calico cat away from bucket full of fish.<\/li>\n<li>Siphon most of the rest of the water out of the tank, one bucket at a time, pouring the water in the kitchen sink and chasing away calico cat as necessary.   When tank is mostly empty, remove plastic plants.<\/li>\n<li>Scoop all the rocks out of the bottom of the tank, one handful at a time, and put them in a bucket.<\/li>\n<li>Pick up the tank with the last few ounces of sludge filled water and move it to the kitchen.<\/li>\n<li>Pick up the tank stand and put it outside to dry.<\/li>\n<li>Wipe up water and loosened paint from the floor inside the fake fireplace.  Put small fan from bathroom in there to blow the area dry.<\/li>\n<li>Sit down to relax and read a magazine, with calico cat on lap.  Periodically remind cat that she does NOT want to get into that bucket of fish.<\/li>\n<li>When everything is mostly dry, reassemble stand and replace new tank.  Put all electric stuff back.  Put rocks in tank, carefully.  Put plastic plants back.<\/li>\n<li>Carry water from kitchen, one bucket at a time, till tank is mostly full.  After second bucket, put calico cat in bedroom and shut door.<\/li>\n<li>Turn on filter, air stone and tank heater.<\/li>\n<li>Catch fish in bucket with net and replace in tank.  Pour water from bucket into tank until tank is full.<\/li>\n<li>Feed fish, stand back and admire tank.<\/li>\n<li>Release cat.  Tell her &#8220;tough noogies.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(the following is the calico cat in front of the old fish tank&#8211;new alignment looks the same)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/infmom.net\/images\/catfish.gif\" title=\"calico cat and fish\" alt=\"calico cat and fish\" height=\"389\" width=\"519\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we discovered that our fish tank was leaking. Just a slow leak, thank goodness, but enough to leave a small puddle on the floor. We&#8217;ve had that tank for at least 20 years, probably more like 25, and it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/?p=101\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[71,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infmom.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}