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

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

Thanks Phil, that's really decent of you.

Side note--

I just called her about the ferrets. I'm a ferret guy and I am more worried
about them than the fish, honestly. She has 5, but there is a very good
local shelter if she can't sell them all. I'm going to talk to my people
there to see what we can do for her. (Because she is hard up, she really
wants to get some cash for them. Which I can understand, but it's another
barrier to an easy adoption.)

If anyone in the club wants a couple of ferrets, this would be a great way
to get them, and I can advise on their keeping.


- MS

On Nov 14, 2007 7:06 PM, Phil Lacefield Jr. <phil@lacefield.com> wrote:

> 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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