RCD/GFI is good.
Apr. 13th, 2010 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
urocyonI got a bit of a shock a few minutes ago, literally and figuratively.
We've got a chronically Camallanus worm-ridden guppy in a hospital tank, both to keep one of the other fish from picking on her and to get the worm reservoir out of the tank she was in. :/ (I'd thought they were wiped out, or I wouldn't have moved the sole surviving gup into there.)
At any rate, I went to siphon out uneaten food, and got a mild shock when my hand went in the water. The heater is now unplugged, which seemed to fix the problem. Both of us are just lucky it wasn't worse, what with 230V and all.
I'd thought about running aquarium electricals through at least plug-in RCD/GFI units, like the pond stuff, and wish I'd gone ahead and done it before. Ah well.
Replacing the heater isn't that critical, AFAICT, since the kitchen stays warm; it was mainly in there to help prevent temperature swings in a small tank near a leaky window. I'll watch the thermometer, and see if it's necessary.
Maybe Dippy will act less nervous now that there's not current leaking through her water. *headdesk*
The worms seem to be resistant to flubendazole now; I guess I'll try levamisole again. Poor fish (and tough!).
Yesterday, I had a pretty bad muscle spasm day to the point of its turning into Kebab Night, probably from overdoing things over the weekend. It's better today so far, but I'm trying to take things easy anyway. Easier said... ;)
We've got a chronically Camallanus worm-ridden guppy in a hospital tank, both to keep one of the other fish from picking on her and to get the worm reservoir out of the tank she was in. :/ (I'd thought they were wiped out, or I wouldn't have moved the sole surviving gup into there.)
At any rate, I went to siphon out uneaten food, and got a mild shock when my hand went in the water. The heater is now unplugged, which seemed to fix the problem. Both of us are just lucky it wasn't worse, what with 230V and all.
I'd thought about running aquarium electricals through at least plug-in RCD/GFI units, like the pond stuff, and wish I'd gone ahead and done it before. Ah well.
Replacing the heater isn't that critical, AFAICT, since the kitchen stays warm; it was mainly in there to help prevent temperature swings in a small tank near a leaky window. I'll watch the thermometer, and see if it's necessary.
Maybe Dippy will act less nervous now that there's not current leaking through her water. *headdesk*
The worms seem to be resistant to flubendazole now; I guess I'll try levamisole again. Poor fish (and tough!).
Yesterday, I had a pretty bad muscle spasm day to the point of its turning into Kebab Night, probably from overdoing things over the weekend. It's better today so far, but I'm trying to take things easy anyway. Easier said... ;)
