[GSAS-Member] Rescue tanks I mentioned last night - URGENT!

["Phil Lacefield Jr." <phil@lacefield.com>]

Okay kids, here's the story on those tanks in need of rescue in Bothell I
mentioned at the meeting last night.  Calye and I went up there today, and
it was a real mess.  The husband is in jail for some pretty serious domestic
abuse, and the wife and five kids are hiding out with relatives or some
such, and haven't a clue how to care for this stuff.  The house is in
shambles, full of ferrets and birds (which I'm sure she's also looking to
rehome, but I didn't ask) and just a real disaster area, but there is hope
yet.  

We got there just in the nick of time - the main salt tank was in danger of
totally crashing and killing everything in it within 24 hours, I'd wager, pH
was off the scale.  We managed to rescue two triggers and a puffer - each
four or five inches long - that had been temporarily stored in an Eclipse
5gal tank full of water the conistency of turkey gravy!!  They're now at
Blue Sierra recovering and breathing some nice clean water, so get there and
ask Jonah for the fish I rescued and he'll set you up.  There are also two
freshwater tanks in the basement, the big one is a community tank that looks
pretty healthy, the other is a 40gal that is stuffed right full of Oscars
and koi.

Anyway, here's the list of what she has available.  Please keep a couple of
things in mind: these need to be gone NOW, as in the next day or so, not
much past this weekend if at all possible.  Second, do NOT try to lowball
her or rip her off, or buy things piecemeal - this woman is in a very bad
way and needs all the help (and cold hard cash) she can get, so don't go
there expecting to score a massive setup for ten bucks.  She's already been
ripped off by some douchebag - the first guy that came to her house stole a
bunch of live rock and her overflow sump and/or intake pump, so the second
guys over there graciously replumbed it for her so it would keep
circulating.  Treat her fairly and with respect, or don't go, period.
Remember, pay it forward, 'cause karma's a real bitch when it comes back
around the wrong way...

Main Salt Tank
 - approx 75 gal. acrylic, round corners, no obvious name brand, drilled and
plumbed
 - stand with glass doors to sump
 - 4' slim strip light up top, we didn't get a chance to check out the model
but I think it's a quad CF fixture
 - sump/refugium underneath, looks like about 40 gal size, 250gal-rated
Berlin skimmer & pump, return pump, BioBalls
 - maybe 50-60lb. of sand, a good two-inch thick bed 
 - Vectan UV25 sterilizer
 - probably 100lb or more of live rock that is rapidly dying
This would be a good solid main tank, were it set up right and cleaned up.
It is currently empty of livestock, just has sand and rock, and will need
drained so bring hoses (the back porch door is only about ten feet away.)

Second salt tank
 - approx. 90 gal, maybe larger, acrylic round corner
 - stand, black hood, internal 24" tubes
 - sump underneath, but it was very dark in that room so I didn't get a good
look at it
 - half-filled with stagnent salt water, will need drained (yummy!)
This would also make an excellent main tank, but it is much less complete -
no skimmer, pumps or plumbing that I could see.

Main freshwater tank
 - approx 50 gal acrylic tank
 - Fluval 404 canister filter
 - stand, hood
 - big box o' bits (nets, pipes, ammo chips, etc)
Livestock include: 4X Sunburst Gourami, 6X Giant Danio, 3X Sunburst
swordtails, 6x random guppies, 14X ruby eye tetras, a handful of plants but
nothing special
 - this tank seems rather healthy, considering the circumstances; I showed
the housekeeper the proper way to feed them

Oscar tank (in computer room)
 - approx. 40gal tall acrylic tank
 - HOB filter of some type, couldn't see a make
Livestock includes one HUGE albino Oscar, about 9" long, one smaller Jack
Dempsey (about 6" long), one mystery ciclid (very pretty, some kind of
African), 2x spotted koi
This tank is insanely overcrowded, but they're Oscars, so it's not like it
really matters :-)

There is also an unused 29gal high setup in the upstairs bathroom, stand,
hood, didn't look like it had ever been set up.

Now, I'll give you the contact info, but you have to PROMISE to a.) call her
only at reasonable hours, 2.) treat her with dignity and respect - after
what she's been through, and with five kids, she needs the love; and III.)
DO NOT RIP HER OFF.  You know what these things are worth, and you know that
she'll probably take whatever offer you give her, so do the right thing.
Please.  Her name is Serena, her phone number is 425-273-1740 and email
serenarae28@yahoo.com.  Tanks are in Bothell, right by the new high school.

Good luck! - Phil




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