Well, after observing the newly added driftwood last night, I came to the conclusion I didn't like it. So, I decided to make some adjustments this morning which were no fun because of how I had mounted the driftwood on to the 12" x 12" tiles. It was a PITA to move everything plus have to dig the tiles out. Anyway, I got it done and decided to load an old Rena Filstar XP XL filter with a good amount of carbon, polyester fill (poor man's filter floss) and a little Zeolite and hook it up to help clear the tank quicker. I hooked up the filter and, upon getting it priming, I ducked into the laundry room to change a load of clothes. I came back into the living room to water gushing from the top of the filter where the hosing housing attaches and about 8 gallons of water on the floor. I quickly broke the siphon, amidst shouting a few choice words, and dislodged the hosing housing from the filter to examine it. Upon examining it, I saw that the each of the O-rings were missing from their fittings and caused the leak. I then vaguely recalled pulling off the O-rings from when I had previously been using it. I did this in case the filter might have been sitting in the garage for a length of time that might cause the O-rings to rot. This way, I would be forced to use new O-rings. Well, my plan to force myself to use new O-rings worked a little better than than I guess I planned. Ahhhh, the fun of aquarium keeping with dain bramage! :D
