Water Water Everywhere...
In the last post, you found out that we purchased yet another fish tank. A lovely 29 gallon tank to hold just three gold fish. Granted they had "outgrown" their former lush 10 gallon home, and needed a bit more room to swim in.
We got the tank all set up, applied the chemicals and planned to move the fish on Tuesday, giving the tank 24 hours to cycle the water treatment.
On Tuesday morning, Terry got up for work, went down to check on the tank and found soggy carpet. Yep, you guessed it - water next to the tank. So when he got home he emptied the tank, moved it and re-filled it while it sat on the linoleum floor (to see if it leaks). He pulled up the carpeting, took off the panelling, and started to dry out the basement. I should explain: Our basement is a solid wall poured foundation - and we have NEVER had water in the basement in the 20+ years we've lived here. Not even during 2008 when Cedar Rapids was hard hit by all the rain and flooding.
The next day, after letting the tank run 24 hours in a different spot, it was determined that it doesn't leak. There was no water anywhere on the floor. So two days later, once the carpet was dried out and the walls put back in place, he emptied the tank and moved it back to where we wanted it. And filled it again. I'm waiting for the utility company to call and say "Mrs. Schrafel, we think you have a water leak somewhere, you haven't used this much water since Jared moved out and stopped washing his car three times a week". LOL (Love you Bear).
Since the boys are both gone and there is no explanation as to how the carpet got so wet, we decided to blame the dog. ;-)
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