Yesterday at about 8 o'clock in the evening i went to my room to get some sheet music for a song i was playing. I glanced at my 40g tank and saw a small stream of water flowing down the front of the glass! Turns out I filled it too high, so it was leaking from around the black support at the top. There was a puddle on the floor and the foam under the tank was pretty wet. the tank is on my dresser that my grandfather made for me, so I couldn't let the tank stay on it wet.
I then enlisted my dads help and started emptying the tank. Since the only stocking is shell dwellers, it was pretty easy to get it empty. I just emptied 5 gallons and added the shells with the fish in it into it(in a bucket). Then, i kept on emptying water till there was about 2 inches in the tank. I removed the rest of the shells and put them in another 5g bucket. Then I removed the sand and put it in a double bagged plastic garbage bag. Removed a bit more water, then me and my dad lifted the tank off the dresser and put it on the floor. Then we dried off everything and reversed the whole process. At nearly 11pm it was finally done. Thank God it wasnt worse.
I then enlisted my dads help and started emptying the tank. Since the only stocking is shell dwellers, it was pretty easy to get it empty. I just emptied 5 gallons and added the shells with the fish in it into it(in a bucket). Then, i kept on emptying water till there was about 2 inches in the tank. I removed the rest of the shells and put them in another 5g bucket. Then I removed the sand and put it in a double bagged plastic garbage bag. Removed a bit more water, then me and my dad lifted the tank off the dresser and put it on the floor. Then we dried off everything and reversed the whole process. At nearly 11pm it was finally done. Thank God it wasnt worse.
