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

[Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org>]

Any idea what kind of birds she had? I am also a parrot chew toy so  
worry about the feathered folks....
Linda

 From my iPhone somewhere or other...
linda@bozuk.org

On Nov 14, 2007, at 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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