Today, I noticed my 5-gallon glass vase/aquarium was leaking at the base. When I went to move the vase so I could transfer everything to a new aquarium, the bottom completely detached, sending water, sand, sea shells and fish crap everywhere. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out my friends replaced the water in my bottle with vodka when all my fish died. Any water I don't finish the night before, I pour into my tank the next morning. Thousands of dollars and years hard work, gone. FML
Today, I came home to my boyfriend emptying his bowels into my aquarium. FML
Today, I heard a loud crashing noise. I ran into the kitchen to see what it was. My cat had knocked over my fish bowl and had my Beta in her mouth. After scolding her and rescuing it, I decided to clean its bowl. When I went to dump some of the water in the sink, my fish went down the drain. FML
Today, I accidentally broke a vase. When I was clearing it up, I used my bare hand to sweep up the shards without thinking. I'm still fishing pieces of broken glass out of my hand. FML
Today, I bought a fish bowl and a fish for $15. I brought him home and sat him on my desk. Everything was going well until the shelf gave out and his bowl slid off of the shelf... onto my $2,000 computer. The computer is fried and is not covered by the insurance, the fish is fine. FML
Today, after a shitty day, I went to the kitchen to make myself something to eat. When I grabbed the salt container, the bottom lid came off and the salt went everywhere. FML
Today, while dropping files off at my boss's house, I tripped and fell into his fish tank. We both watched as a crack spread all the way across the glass and shattered, covering his carpet in fish and water. His only words to me were, "I'll see you at work tomorrow. Maybe." FML
Today, I started a new job at a glass shop and my boss asked me to vacuum. I ended up tipping over and shattering the most expensive bong in the shop, which retailed at $3,000. FML
Today, I found my brand new tropical fish dead in its tank because my boyfriend got drunk last night and decided to pour red wine into the aquarium. FML
Today, my mom bumped into a table with a glass vase on it. Seeing that the vase was about to fall, I lunged to catch it. Before I got there, the vase fell and shattered, resulting in me diving into the broken shards. FML
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Buttsexpirate 9
And thus Atlantis was destroyed.
RecklessJellyBea 7
Your fish must be devastated.
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Buttsexpirate 9
And thus Atlantis was destroyed.
thefaced 0
At least it wasn't 55 gallons!
Pandakins12 0
Trololololol
evilscorpi 29
My mother has two of them idk how she does it with the cleaning and all but hey their taken care of
gojira666 7
Seafood for dinner
akinsel2 6
Why on earth would you try and move an aquarium that is leaking from the base???? First of all you should remove the water whenever you move an aquarium, but if it is leaking from the base is it not common sense to NOT MOVE IT??? Let me think...it's cracked at it's base...if I pick it up all the support the base is gaining from whatever stand it's on goes away...yeah, I'll just pick it up when its still full of crap and water, nothing bad is gonna happen right??? I mean 5 gallons of water + all the other sand and pebbles and crap doesn't actually weigh anything right?? DUMBASS!! YTDI!
FarSide 23
Fish shit happens.
howsitgoingjc 2
This comment made me lol
saIty 17
Hmm sounds like a good mini beach for toys.
RecklessJellyBea 7
Your fish must be devastated.
EwanSmith 2
devastated fish is my favourite facial expression, closely followed by bemused badger
yumlicious 4
Probably dead.
zombicidal 11
they won't remember it in 30 seconds anyway
JinxosGirl87 0
Voilà, instant beach!
Jonkbaby 23
f the fishes' lives
samikitty961 8
poor fish! please tell me you saved them before you picked up the sand and seashells!
compasseagle89 8
in a situation like this, why would someones first response be to pick up sand and seashells first?
fleeper 13
I hope so too!!! ?
dumboears 8
It doesn't say it sent the fish flying to the floor. I'm hoping she put them in another container before she tried picking up a faulty aquarium.
spd2fst4u 5
That... Is a big spoon and I want one!
samikitty961 8
10: she said that the sand and water and shells and whatnot fell out, but she didn't mention the fish.
XxSKELETOxX 0
It did say fish crap...
Glidefedt 6
OP never mentioned fish, only fish crap. These fish are not the ones you are looking for.
Dandeska 7
Why so big tank?!
JavIin 0
A 5g tank is very very small. The average size is around 29g..
MerrikBarbarian 9
5 gallons is just over goldfish bowl size dumbass. That isn't big at all. Most tanks are 10-100 gallons or more.
DataWog 30
A 5g is the smallest tank you can get, and it still weighs over 50lb when full. Water weighs 10lbs per gallon, it adds up fast. That would be why when first setting up you're told a) make sure your tank is level, otherwise it will stress the joins, leak, and eventually bust a seam and b) never, ever try to move a filled fish tank. You can't even NUDGE a 5g when it's completely full, let alone pick it up and move it. Even discounting the weight, the entire thing is too unwieldy to maneuver, and good luck picking something up when its bottom is completely flush with the table. I'm guessing the tank was at the MOST about 1/3rd full (which would still be 15-20lbs), unless the OP was a complete and total moron. Though her use of the word 'vase' in conjunction with the entity 'fish' makes me assume the worst in that regard.
tylermt1999 17
smooth like keith stone
MandyMeow_fml 18
Oh no! Were the fish okay?
Jimboom 12
Guess who is having fish for dinner tonight.
allen2688 6
Yeaaaa! guppies, goldfish , and neon tetras!!
Grimmerie 31
Goldfish and tetras together? No.