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

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

Linda,

When I spoke to her she mentioned that the birds had new homes. I think
friends took them.

- Matt

On Nov 14, 2007 8:12 PM, Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org> wrote:

> 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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