warning to old people about moving aquariums!

[kimmers318]

Ohhhhh my aching back! I am too old for this! Some of you may remember that I currently have my niece living with me. In order to put another bedroom in the house so the 3 girls don't have to share....our tv/playroom must be disassembled. In order to disassemble the tv/playroom we need to open up room in the living room and rec room, thus, the living room got a make over yesterday that involved having to move the 75 gal mbuna tank and the 90 gal oscar tank. These tanks are on the same stand so they had to be done one right after another without any breaks in between. The 90 gal got a 40% water change....then 3 10 gal tanks were filled.....1 for each of the 2 oscars....one for the pleco. 90 gal lifted off of stand and put aside. Then the 75 got a 40% water change...out comes all of the rocks, then we get to catch the fastest fish (in my NOW opinion) on the frickin face of the the earth to place them in buckets all around our living room. Said buckets are also holding the water we need to put back in. We move the couch and stand only to find out the outlet where the tanks are going isn't grounded and the plugs won't fit in it! So now at midnight my husband is rewiring an outlet (thank goodness we had a new outlet for the bathroom that hadn't been put in yet!) before we can proceed to put tanks back on stand. Moving the 75 gal all glass aquarium was a piece of cake. Taking the OLD 90 gal (1/2" thick glass) was a real pain, literally, to lift off of floor back onto stand! My back feels like it has been run over by a freight train, but all fish are safely back in their homes and seem to be doing okay.
Word to the wise.....don't attempt this at home unless you have some nice young strapping boys to do the heavy work for you!!!

[jeffs99dime]

also, make sure you lift with your legs and not your back. bend your knees

[Glasstapper]

sorry to hear about your back, but glad to hear the fishies are okay! :)

Just go easy on your back for a few days, take some ibuprofen, and nice long hot baths.

[jeffs99dime]

sorry to hear about your back, but glad to hear the fishies are okay! :)

Just go easy on your back for a few days, take some ibuprofen, and nice long hot baths.

sorry to hear about your back trouble kimmers!

[Lady Hobbs]

Then the 75 got a 40% water change...out comes all of the rocks, then we get to catch the fastest fish (in my NOW opinion) on the frickin face of the the earth
ROTFL And just which one might that be? For me it was the loaches! If any of mine get the size of "Madge" I will just use a pellet gun and shoot into the aquarium.

And what kind of stand holds those two aquariums!! A block wall! I can just see the panic setting in when the elec outlet was wrong. sheesh What a job. Why didn't the hubby call in one of his heavy duty friends?

I moved my tanks last week but mine were wee jobs compared to yours.

[Incredulous_Ed]

Sorry to hear about the back kimmers.

[Drumachine09]

Might i reccomend some Bayer Back and Body?:ezpi_wink1:

[Juannie]

Hope your back feels better soon - maybe try an epsom salt bath - magnesium is a muscle relaxant and/or heat pack (or hot water bottle) on it, that'll relax it for sure.

Take it easy now:11:

[kimmers318]

Jeffs99dime....I did ATTEMPT to lift only with my legs, but the darn thing was so heavy and then the twist to slide it across the top of the stand was just apparently the last straw after everything else we did with these tanks. Taking it from the stand to floor was a piece of cake. From the floor to stand instantly created a tank that somehow had doubled in weight!

Hobbs.....the fast frickin fish were hubbys mbuna. He worried about the oscars, but they were simple even if they are about 8" now. They had NO fear of the net, I guess because they haven't been netted in almost a year. The mbuna on the other hand have seen the net a few times when hubby had to remove babies. Some of them are growing out in a fry tank (hopefully to find a new home and not become oscar food) and a couple are staying with us. Demasoni and acei young 'uns.

Heating pad is working overtime and pain relievers are my best friend! I only have to move a 29 and 20 for myself...that will be a breeze compared to this.

[jeffs99dime]

get better soon kimmers!thumbs2:

[NorthernBoy]

my back, my neck, my neck and my back!!!

[jeffs99dime]

my back, my neck, my neck and my back!!!

tha doca say i need a' backiotomy!!!!

[NorthernBoy]

Ya I say old people should just sit in a recliner smoking cigarettes, watching baseball and sipping soup. JK Did you guys ever notice that old people's homes always smell like soup or pot roast. Why is that?

[Severus]

All old people do have that same weird smell... My grandfather used to smoke pipes and i thought it smelled great in his house. I believe the tobacco was half and half. i should buy some of that stuff just to smell it..

[Lady Hobbs]

Do you know what smells like urine and is in a row?

A line dance at a nursing home.

[NorthernBoy]

ooh jokes... heres one

Jon lived in Anchorage, Alaska. Right downtown. His house was literally right downtown. But he had no indoor plumbing. He did, however, have an outhouse. The older he got, though, the further away it seemed to get.

One night, he decided to just skip the trip. Instead, he decided to just relieve himself right there off the front porch.
His wife was pretty pissed about his decision. Jon, you moron. Our neighbors can see you when you do this, you know.
He'd not given THAT scenario much thought, so he promised his wife he'd not do it again.
Not too many nights later, though, it turned bitterly cold. Right in the middle of the night he had to piss like a race horse. He got up, put on his slippers, and headed out of the bedroom to do his business.
He was back in two shakes (so to speak). His wife, suspicious as wives are apt to be, said, You weren't gone very long.
That's right.
You went off the porch again, didn't you?
Yes, I did.
We had a talk about this, remember? The neighbors could see you, right. They'll know it was you and what you're doing out there. Naw, they won't know it's me! This time I was squatting down!

[Lady Hobbs]

All old people do have that same weird smell...

I resemble that remark. :41:

[kimmers318]

You guys are a trip! Thanks for the smiles....I really need it after all of the work this weekend moving furniture (with still 2 more rooms to go!) and the mindboggling experience of checking out my niece's myspace! Oh my! Life is not good......her life just ended and she doesn't even know it yet....family conference Saturday.

[Abbeys_Mom]

Good luck with you niece. It's going to be hard "re-parenting" her. Sounds like your house it going to be a better place for her.

[Lady Hobbs]

Abbey is right there. This kid has done as she's wanted for a long time and breaking her will not be easy. They do not like the freedom they had jerked from them. She definately is a candidate for counciling but if she's anything like my daughter was, will fight it to the end and then refuse to even get in the car to go there!

I hate to say it but some of these kids need the snot knocked out of them. They like to set their own rules in YOUR house, for sure. You have taken on a huge task with this girl, turned your home upside down for her and are all stressed out over her. Someday she may appreciate it but it sure takes a long time for "someday" to come.

[Lindsay_D]

I personally like some old people. Just the other day some old guy stopped me on my walk down the canal just to tell me my shoe was untied. It was really nice though. I ended up walking way a head of him and i bought him a coffee. i walked back on the canal to find him sitting alone. i gave him his coffee and we sat drinking coffee for about an hour.

He said i was the nicest red head he's ever met. I asked him why he said that and he told irish people usually have a temper. FUNNY RIGHT!

me have a temper *cough*

[Severus]

I resemble that remark. :41:

Haha. Im sure you dont Hobbs. You may be the oldest here but you arent 80....




Yet. lol
For the record- Just kidding

[jeffs99dime]

resemble? lol

[crackatinny]

I personally like some old people. Just the other day some old guy stopped me on my walk down the canal just to tell me my shoe was untied. It was really nice though. I ended up walking way a head of him and i bought him a coffee. i walked back on the canal to find him sitting alone. i gave him his coffee and we sat drinking coffee for about an hour.

He said i was the nicest red head he's ever met. I asked him why he said that and he told irish people usually have a temper. FUNNY RIGHT!

me have a temper *cough*

That was a very kind hearted thing for you to do, people should always remember, we are all going to be old some day:thumb:

[kimmers318]

Yes, abbeys mom and Hobbs....I have my hands full, and taking this on when I already have a terminally ill father is not the thing for me, but kids come first. The one hope I keep holding onto is that she can be turned around with some consistency and discipline. No matter how "gay" my rules are, or how "retarded" her punishment is, she does not waiver at all from saying she WANTS to stay here. She could easily run back to her mothers and know that my mother would probably see to it that the kid had all she wanted, or she could go to her fathers whose rules are just as tough....but she wants to stay here. This is the first time she has had a true family and I hope it keeps her happy. This is some positive and I also hope that alot of the bad things she has done were for attention. She has not worked too hard to try to hide much, so she may simply want someone to acknowledge that she is acting up and spend time with her. Keeping fingers crossed!

[Severus]

Good luck with everything kimmers! For all that you do for your family you should be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize!