The Big Score
Today Madalene walked in and informed me that someone had left a terrarium or something by the side of the road on our block. I jumped up, pulled on my shoes, and ran down the street to investigate. What I found was an abandoned bird cage and a 20 gallon (long) fish tank! Both were placed on the side of the road in the classic “this stuff is abandoned” way. I grabbed the tank, and ran home with it. After a quick cleaning and checking out, the tank seems to be fully usable. It seems to have contained some sort of rodent who has chewed on the silicon a bit, and there are a few small chips out of the glass on the corners. I haven’t filled it with water yet, but my guess is that it will hold the water just fine. If not, a quick dab of silicon sealant should take care of things nicely.
The fish have been bugging me about a larger space as it is, and this is the perfect opportunity! More information to come as I figure out where the heck I’m going to set this thing up.
Thursday 20 Nov 2003 | Sam | Personal
ever the scrouger….i hope those little fishy voices havent kept you up too late! that would worry me….
Yep, that’s my boy! Nice find and snag.
I love to scrounge. I think I’m going to need to get a tube of silicon sealant for this bad boy, seems to be thin in a few places. The biggest problem now is finding (or building) a piece of furniture that will hold its weight!