light caught on fire!

[zoanthid2009]

so i have two 29g set up in my room with baby tilapia for an experiment for school with one of those lights that come with the tanks you get from petco or wherever. so im just relaxin at my house and my smoke detectors start blaring and im like oh sh*t and rush to my room where there was lots of smoke. The ballast was ablaze and the plastic container the light was in was completely melted. The circuit was tripped so i got two muscle shirts and soaked em really quick in water and covered the fire. it put it out for a little bit but it soon came back, in like 3 seconds. since these tanks where right next to my window i just opened it up and threw the fixture out the window. so now there are like four fans in my room and it smells horrible. but the fish are fine. they have lots of carbon and two air pumps each so...how was your night?

:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin::lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:

 

[ynnhoj86]

so i got two muscle shirts

muscle shirts huh LOL

Man I hate when that happens..My VHO's at my parents house just about caught on fire before my little brother turned it off. The endcap was smoking and burnt, Good thing you were home.

 

[zoanthid2009]

yea they were just scattered around on the floor haha and yea i know i can believe how fast it fried

 

[aquaph8]

I guess ive been lucky so far. Ive had smoke but no fire yet. Gotta love coming home to that burnt plastic smell.

 

[zoanthid2009]

Gotta love coming home to that burnt plastic smell.

Yes! I didnt sleep in there last night it was too smelly :lolspin:

 

[Basketstar]

Why didn't you just snuff out the fire with your muscles?

But seriously, I'm glad everyone's ok.

 

[sillygoose]

wow - I'm glad all is well. What brand was the light, do you know?

 

[zoanthid2009]

if only i thought of that! haha and yea me too im real lucky i was home. and as to the brand im not sure, its just the generic one from petsmart

 

[willandmelsreef]

thats to bad sorry to hear that

 

[WienerDog]

Can you atleast wash the shirts and wear them again? If not, I am sorry for your loss. BTW, am sorry about the light, could of been worse. I am firefighter, I see it all the time. You could of been out somewhere and no there to handle it.

 

[zoanthid2009]

the shirts are perfect condition, as long as you dont mind melted plastic haha. and yea im just glad i was home!

 

[AL915]

Man that it scary. Glad everything turned out all right.