This past week, our family fish tank broke. There is a plastic piece that surrounds the glass at the top and cuts across the center at the top to support the glass pieces of lid. The piece that goes across the middle snapped about a week ago, causing the glass lids to dip into the water. We fixed the issue with the lid by placing a metal grate across the top. However, this was just the superficial issue. When my mother and I were looking at the fish tank yesterday, we realized the plastic did not snap due to its age or the weight of the glass covers. By lifting the plastic piece up to its original place, we realized there was a gap of a half inch or so. We then realized that the back piece of glass was bending outward!!! Yes, bending :/ !!! My mom ran to Petco to buy a new tank because of the safety issue. During the transfer of the water and the fish, you could clearly hear the tank creaking. After all the water was out of the broken tank, there was no more gap between the plastic support and the back of the tank. So through our initial observation, we were misled to think that it was due to the age of the plastic or the weight of the glass tops. However, after taking a closer look at the tank, we realized that the back glass was pushing out. We then, after removing all the water, came to the conclusion that the snapped plastic was not causing the glass to push back but it was instead the other way around. The glass’s outward force is what broke the plastic.
I would have totally thought that the fish tank was breaking due to old age also. Often times it is very easy to come to conclusions without actually knowing what is really wrong. For example I have a fish too, and one day I came home and it was died. I was so mad because I thought that my cousin was the one that killed it. After talking to him he said that when he came home the fish was already dead. This means that the fish probably just died of old age. I think that it is a bad thing to reach to a conclusion when you dont know all the facts, but I often do it. Everyone does it. I think that it would be a lot better for everyone to not judge someone or a situation until they know all the facts.
ReplyDeleteIf i was in your position, I would have thought the exact same thing. I haven't heard of anything like that before happening to a fish tank so i really enjoyed reading your story and experience. I sometimes assume things happened because of a certain reason, but usually when i find out the truth i was completely wrong so it is embarassing on my part so i try my best not to assume stuff about different things. i usually assume stuff when something is missing or a job wasnt done. For example it was probably this person because they usually don't do their job most of the time, but then i realize it was someone else so i accidentally put blame on another person.
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