775 Aquascape (1/2)

After Electrician Wu retired, he had no other hobbies, and he wasn't fond of keeping cats, dogs, or birds––he found them to be too noisy. But just when he had developed a strong interest in keeping fish, the leakage incident happened and he was a little disheartened.

Zhang Zian smiled. Zian knew what Electrician Wu was thinking about. ”There's no need for you to give up just because you've met with a setback. After all, an electrical leakage is a very rare occurrence.”

”No, no… even if the probability of it happening is small. Once it does, it's like a zero and one difference.” Electrician Wu waved his hands. Even though he was sad, there was no other solution. Once bitten, twice shy.

The high conductivity of seawater further increased the danger of an electrical leakage as compared to a freshwater tank. Although it was theoretically possible to switch off the power for the heating rod before it made contact with the water to ensure safety, there was still the chance of people being careless after a period of time, especially since he had a grandson.

If he insisted on keeping saltwater fish, there would be tremendous pressure from his wife, so out of consideration for the family's harmony, he decided to give up fish keeping.

”Actually, if you're really keen on keeping saltwater fish, I have a solution.” Zhang Zian took the chance to make a proposal. ”You can use a heating rod with a working voltage of 24 volts, so even if there's an electrical leakage, it would not cause harm to anyone.”

”Ah? There's a heating rod with a working voltage of 24 volts?” Electrician Wu was first surprised, then happy.

The human body's safety voltage level is 36 volts. Any voltage below 36 volts was very safe. Even if the heating rod with a working voltage of 24 volts had an electrical leakage, it would not cause any danger to the human body.

”I don't see any on sale?” Electrician Wu looked over at the different heating rods displayed on the counter; they all had a working voltage of 220 volts.

”Um… I don't have a 24 volts heating rod here. I've never even heard of it.” The boss was confused, too.

Zhang Zian smiled slyly. ”If you plan on buying a 24 volts heating rod, I can leave you an address. It's high-end aquarium equipment imported from Germany, so it's going to be expensive, but it's definitely safe. It just depends on if you're willing to invest in the safety aspect.”

The audience in the broadcast channel immediately exploded. After going on for so long, Manager Weak Bird was just trying to take advantage of the situation and using the opportunity to promote his own product…

Of course, Electrician Wu was not able to see the bullet screen. He thought that Zhang Zian had recommended some other aquarium equipment shop to him.

Before he retired, Electrician Wu had to participate in the safety production learning organized by the factory every year, so he had seen and heard many unfortunate accidents that were caused by negligence, malfunctions, and misoperations. He knew full well that safety was priceless, and accidents would always occur when people felt that they wouldn't.

Immediately, he patted his own chest and said, ”How expensive can it be? Is one month of my retirement salary enough?”

The retirement life of his neighbors and colleagues were all very rich and colorful. Some had spent tens of thousands of dollars on an SLR camera and its lens, heading out on the streets to take pictures. There were also those that bought a drone for their love of aerial photography, flying through ravines every day. Even if the drone were to crash, they would just buy a new one… Compared to all those, the cost of keeping fish was really cheap.

As for his wife's nagging, he had already listened to her for tens of years. There was already calluses in his ear, so he was just going to let her go on.

”Well, not that much.” Zhang Zian added Electrician Wu's WeChat and sent over his shop address.

Electrician Wu took a look at the address. There was no time for him to go over today since he snuck out of his home with his grandson. He still had to face the wrath of his wife when he returned home, so he planned to let it rest for a few days before heading over.

He said his goodbyes to Zhang Zian and Snowy before he led his grandson out of the fish market building.

The boss of the aquarium equipment shop was already very curious. He asked Zhang Zian where the heating rod with a working voltage of 24 volts came from, because he was aware that the more high-end a piece of equipment was, the higher the profit. But Zhang Zian did not answer his question––he just used an excuse to leave the third floor with Snowy and walked down the stairs to the second floor.

The second floor had sand, live rocks, aquatic plants, seaweed, filter equipment, corals, decorative corals, and other aquarium aquascaping supplies. They also had finished products of fish tanks on sale, those that they had already done aquascaping for.