The Fish Tank Incident

So I believe before Christmas I discussed the plight of my backordered fish tank. Actually it's not MY fish tank; it was a gift I gave to Austin for Christmas. A 12 gallon Eclipse tank - top of the line, supposed to be super quiet, easy to clean, etc. I like his fish tanks, but I hated the cleanup process and how quickly they got dirty, etc. So after moving them into our new apartment, I decided part of his Christmas gifts would be to replace his fish tanks to nice clean new ones that had fancy filters and things to keep them sparkly clean. The little ones we picked up at PetsMart. The big one I had to order. And it was backordered. I ordered it in November. It arrived December 23, the day we LEFT to go to Florida so I had to get Austin's mom to have her next door neighbor take it in (I had shipped it to his parents' house because it's easier for them to get packages than it is for us in an apartment complex).

So this weekend when we were over at his parents' house, we finally got to pick up the big fish tank. And yesterday afternoon Austin cleaned the other two (they lasted almost a month without cleaning - yay!) and moved the fish to the new tank. Sounds good, right? Except when he opened the box, a part of the frame of the fish tank had chipped. It didn't look like a big deal so he decided not to worry about it and go ahead and get it all ready. Well, apparently it was a bigger deal than it looked because it was humming and the lid wouldn't fit on. An Eclipse tank is NOT supposed to hum and the lid IS supposed to fit on. Blah!

So this morning, I call to ask PetsMart.com what to do. They say if we can exchange at the store to go ahead because that way we will have it; otherwise, call back and they will schedule pickup and then eventually delivery. So Austin starts calling around because of course, the PetsMart that is like two feet from our apartment is out of stock. So is the other one in Irving. So he finds one in Southlake which is really not too far from where we live (that's actually the one that the PetHotel is in where we take Maddie when we are out of town). But with traffic it can be a nightmare. So he left an hour ago to go home, put the fish back in their old tank, clean everything up as much as possible and get it back into the box to look presentable, and then he gets to drive to try to get the ONE tank they had (at least they put it on hold for him until tonight). Then he'll have to come back and rescue his fish by putting them BACK into the new tank. Let's just hope this one isn't cracked or funky in any way because the poor fish are probably wondering what they did to deserve the fury!!!! :) Stay tuned tomorrow for more fishy stories! (man I love my cheesy humor - ha!)