OgreMkV
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Well... it's been a crazy few weeks. I had the tank going so great. I had a yellow tang that would eat nori from my hand... so would a .50 cent sized blue crab. The skimmer was great. I did find a small mantis but oh well.
Then hurricane Ike hit. We decided at the last minute to evacuate. So at 3AM on Friday, we haul *** to Austin. Ike hit about 18 hours later and destroyed so much it wasn't even funny.
Port Arthur, my town, has a 14 foot sea wall and it BARELY held. There are three communities very close by that didn't have a sea wall and they were flooded. I worked in a little town called Sabine Pass. The high water mark was 14.4 feet. There were about 6 houses out the entire community that survived. Ironically, several citizens had just been awarded government grants to rebuild their homes on piers.
My home was without power for just over 10 days. We were not allowed to return for 8 days.
The tropical tank was a little worse for wear, but mostly survived. The SW tank was devastated... again. I've never seen a crust on the surface of a fish tank, but there was when I came back. And I was right that punching a hole in that crust was very, very bad.
On the other hand, while in Austin during the last two evacuations (Gustave and Ike) I interviewed for and got a job there. Instead of teaching, I'll be working for a publishing company. I start Oct 6, so I've been making a mad effort to get my house ready to sell and move.
I'm planning on selling my two small tanks and getting one bigger one when we're settled in the Austin area. It probably will not be salt water.
Then hurricane Ike hit. We decided at the last minute to evacuate. So at 3AM on Friday, we haul *** to Austin. Ike hit about 18 hours later and destroyed so much it wasn't even funny.
Port Arthur, my town, has a 14 foot sea wall and it BARELY held. There are three communities very close by that didn't have a sea wall and they were flooded. I worked in a little town called Sabine Pass. The high water mark was 14.4 feet. There were about 6 houses out the entire community that survived. Ironically, several citizens had just been awarded government grants to rebuild their homes on piers.
My home was without power for just over 10 days. We were not allowed to return for 8 days.
The tropical tank was a little worse for wear, but mostly survived. The SW tank was devastated... again. I've never seen a crust on the surface of a fish tank, but there was when I came back. And I was right that punching a hole in that crust was very, very bad.
On the other hand, while in Austin during the last two evacuations (Gustave and Ike) I interviewed for and got a job there. Instead of teaching, I'll be working for a publishing company. I start Oct 6, so I've been making a mad effort to get my house ready to sell and move.
I'm planning on selling my two small tanks and getting one bigger one when we're settled in the Austin area. It probably will not be salt water.
It's tough not to be soured on it after all you've been through. Hopefully you'll rethink the SW in the future. The reactions from kids makes it worth the headaches IMO.
