Originally Posted by carhop
every time i see a fish tank i rember a friends little boy slept over and turened the heater up we had cooked fish except a carp named charlie poor charlie lived alone after that
What a bummer!!!
I once had my son (who was 17 at the time) do a water change after I went to bed. He forgot to turn the filter and water pumps back on after he was done and being that my tank sealed very well, I lost about 30% (several hundred dollars worth at the size they were) due to suffocation. I now have separate air pumps on a different power strip. We only shut off the water pumps and filter when changing water, the air pump stays on at all times. I even have a battery back up pump on the tank now. We call that time "The great kill-off"