Kids are Awesome!!!

kookerson · 09/29/2007, 10:56 AM

Woke up this morning and saw a 12" long, diagonal scratch down the front of my 75 gallon.........after much interogation, I come to find out that my 4 year old wanted to clean the front of the tank with a rock. Just thought Id' share this for entertainment purposes! : )

layer3switchguy · 09/29/2007, 11:13 AM

Ugh.... Some how I've managed to avoid that so far, but it's inevitable!

Hope you can do something about the scratch!

kookerson · 09/29/2007, 11:21 AM

from what I understand.....to fix a scratch in glass just makes it worse......it will take the scratch away, but it will look a little distorted.......

Maxi · 09/29/2007, 01:06 PM

Wow! That's an interesting story. Really is lol.
Whenever I have family over I hide everything under the beds, use locks, lol.

My little causen fed my dog a whole bag of dog treats for his dinner. That dog was happy... but there went a 12 dollar bag of treats you can only get in this one store that is about 40 miles away... lol.

payyourtoll · 09/29/2007, 02:00 PM

wow that really sucks.

jcpatella · 09/29/2007, 02:09 PM

Man, that's horrible. At least your child was "cleaning" the tank for you! How do you get mad at a 4 year old who meant well?

RickySan · 09/29/2007, 02:46 PM

what a way to wake up!!

Giga · 09/29/2007, 02:59 PM

I do not have kids yet(me and my wife first year is comming up) and now I have something to look forward to!) To me that would be an exuse to get a new better tank

mgtesting · 09/29/2007, 03:31 PM

ya i know that issue my 2 year old likes to use the magnet clenaer to clean the sand bed... sand and glass dont mix...

rbtwo4 · 09/29/2007, 03:32 PM

Good thing the kid didn't use the rock and bang on the glass to put it in with the other rocks!!!!!!!!!

ahullsb · 09/29/2007, 04:30 PM

Wow! Thanks for the "natural" birth control for the day! I'm really sorry though that is terrible.

loosecannon · 09/29/2007, 04:48 PM

Some how 1 2 3 time-out just won`t cut it this time!

kookerson · 09/29/2007, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rbtwo4
Good thing the kid didn't use the rock and bang on the glass to put it in with the other rocks!!!!!!!!!

Thats the very first thing I said! I can only imagine what he could have done had I not installed a locking latch on the cabinet when I was building it!

kookerson · 09/29/2007, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by loosecannon
Some how 1 2 3 time-out just won`t cut it this time!

Actually, thats not what got him in trouble. I realize that kids will be kids......its when he started lying to me that I got upset!

09/29/2007, 10:56 AM	#1
kookerson Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,017	Kids are Awesome!!! Woke up this morning and saw a 12" long, diagonal scratch down the front of my 75 gallon.........after much interogation, I come to find out that my 4 year old wanted to clean the front of the tank with a rock. Just thought Id' share this for entertainment purposes! : )

09/29/2007, 11:13 AM	#2
layer3switchguy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 843	Ugh.... Some how I've managed to avoid that so far, but it's inevitable! Hope you can do something about the scratch! __________________ 120g Oceanic Tech (48x24x24) 90lbs of Live Rock ATB Small Cone ATI 8 Bulb Powermodule (T5) 2 Vortech MP40W Prodibio Profilux P3ex Controlled Current Tank Info: 120g Oceanic Tech

09/29/2007, 02:00 PM	#5
payyourtoll Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Port Richey Posts: 666	wow that really sucks. __________________ Rob Current Tank Info: 150 reef - 29 clown

09/29/2007, 02:09 PM	#6
jcpatella Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 814	Man, that's horrible. At least your child was "cleaning" the tank for you! How do you get mad at a 4 year old who meant well? __________________ Dogs - Man's best friend; entropy's greatest catalyst. Current Tank Info: Biocube 8 on the way!

09/29/2007, 02:46 PM	#7
RickySan Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 518	what a way to wake up!! __________________ RM3 Current Tank Info: AGA 30g Reef 36x12x18, 4x39 ATI T5, 39w LED, Koralia 425, VorTech MP10wES, HOB CPR 2 Skimmer, 60lbs LS, 40lbs LR

09/29/2007, 11:21 AM	#3
kookerson Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,017	from what I understand.....to fix a scratch in glass just makes it worse......it will take the scratch away, but it will look a little distorted.......

09/29/2007, 01:06 PM	#4
Maxi Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,381	Wow! That's an interesting story. Really is lol. Whenever I have family over I hide everything under the beds, use locks, lol. My little causen fed my dog a whole bag of dog treats for his dinner. That dog was happy... but there went a 12 dollar bag of treats you can only get in this one store that is about 40 miles away... lol.

09/29/2007, 02:59 PM	#8
Giga Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Virginia beach, VA Posts: 1,709	I do not have kids yet(me and my wife first year is comming up) and now I have something to look forward to!) To me that would be an exuse to get a new better tank __________________ "You said it didn't bite!"......."Well"......"It didn't bite me." Current Tank Info: cool

09/29/2007, 03:31 PM	#9
mgtesting Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Plainfield, IL Posts: 96	ya i know that issue my 2 year old likes to use the magnet clenaer to clean the sand bed... sand and glass dont mix...

09/29/2007, 03:32 PM	#10
rbtwo4 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NY Posts: 747	Good thing the kid didn't use the rock and bang on the glass to put it in with the other rocks!!!!!!!!! __________________ I am completely ADDICTED!!!! Current Tank Info: 30G Rimless Deep Blue, AI Sol, 120 SWC Skimmer, Apex controller, MP10

09/29/2007, 04:30 PM	#11
ahullsb Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 2,729	Wow! Thanks for the "natural" birth control for the day! I'm really sorry though that is terrible. __________________ Andy Sacramento, CA Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef w/20 gallon sump/ER135/ 75 pounds of live rock, 4 in sandbed, 2 b&w ocellaris clowns, yellow watchman/pistol, rosy scaled wrasse, Mystery wrasse, Copperbanded Butterfly, Lighting 48" outer orbit 2 150 mh/ 4 t5 actinics

09/29/2007, 04:48 PM	#12
loosecannon Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: port kent Posts: 1,292	Some how 1 2 3 time-out just won`t cut it this time! __________________ I like getting WET! Current Tank Info: 44gal. 40 gal. 75 gal. 30gal. and working on a 75gal. rigt