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[Matt Rogers]

Hello, my name is Matthew Rogers and tonight I succumbed to A.I.A.A. - Aquarium Induced Anxiety Attack!

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It all started on my drive home. A black cat crossed the street in front of me right near my house. Apparently that meant something.

I get in, looking forward to taking it easy after a stressful day at work, and look at my tank.

Something wasn't right.

I noticed one of my corals had tipped slightly and wedged itself between some rocks. Well, I thought, I'll just move that front rock a bit and put the coral back.

OOPS!

The whole damn deck of cards came tumbling down. A BOULDER AVALANCHE!! Coral was pressed against glass by rocks! Frags flying everywhere!

I let out a weird scream! [smiley=shocked3.gif]

OH NO!! My perfect natural looking rock formation gone like that!

I panic, then I run for the buckets...
I start removing rocks, corals, down to the remaining foundation.

I reach for the bottom... ACCKKKK... major water displacement - water pouring over the sides of the glass!! [smiley=cry2.gif]

I am REALLY FREAKING OUT!

I grab the siphon and pour water in the buckets, not before getting a lot all over the wall!

I make more weird noises... jeez I'm a freek! I am losing my MIND!! [smiley=dizzy.gif]

Then I start putting rock back, some fall against the glass... the anxiety worsens... I start thinking the glass will crack!

I try to calm down, but then I notice after I stack most of the rocks, I put the ugly ones in FRONT!! More rocks fall! The water becomes very cloudy!

I START SWEARING LIKE I HAVE FREAKING TOURETTES!!
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I want to run outside screaming and chew the trees down with my TEETH!!


But then I tell myself panicking is not helping and only making it harder.. I take a breath and I actually LOOK at what I am doing.

Eventually it started to look right, and I got it done without killing everything and myself.

Thank you for your time, this has helped.


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matt