Letters of a Betta Addict

Well it’s every aquarists nightmare, but also a most unfortunate aspect of this hobby. I got back from a week’s holiday last night. Did a check and everything in the tanks looked fine. This morning I grabbed my book-bag (sitting on the floor beside the 32 Gallon tank) and the bottom of it was more then damp… but less then truly wet. A bit of snooping confirms it. The bottom seam on one corner of the 32 gal tank is leaking. In fact it’s dripping from the bottom down through the inside of the stand then down the leg. This is not making my day.

You see the 32 Gallon is my only tropical tank remaining, the 20 gal was converted to coldwater and will actually be taken down when I move into the new apartment. This means that I don’t have another tank to move my red tail shark to. This also presents another more complicated problem. I’m downsizing to a smaller apartment and I really hate to give up this tank. However with it leaking now… I don’t know. I love the tank and I hate to tear it down so we’ll see what can be done. Red is one of my favorite fishy babies and I hate to have to re-home him over something as simple as this…