Disaster Strikes!

[Europhyllia]

wow bullstedman that sounds great. 65 should be easier to transport and return. Thanks.
Let me see what we can come up with.
Can't do anything until the truck is fixed...

[txmike]

We have a 125 that needs cleaning, but the wife and I are willing to deliver it to you if you need it. You can always put it on the stand and not fill it all of the way. I can always add some braces to your stand if you are not confident in it. The wife and I were able to move the 125 by ourselves, so we can always get it into your house. We are going to PM you our number in case you want to call.

[Mike]

The MAAST loaner comes with the stand and everything... we have not heard from Eve. We can call her if it is something you want to do...

[Europhyllia]

Mike and Kristy,
thanks so much for the offer. Awesome offer especially with the delivery and much appreciated.
However I think we will pick up a cheap smaller tank from craiglist as soon as we have access to our truck again (or we can look into renting a truck today). After this experience I don't want to chance borrowing a tank. I'd rather not be responsible for it.

It's been a crazy week. Usually we have 3 vehicles available -now we're down to 1. First we had to get one car to the shop (still there) because my husband hit a deer on the way to work. Then the truck developed a gas leak. Then the tank burst overnight. Not superstitious but I don't feel comfortable borrowing anything right now...
Some of the wooden boards in the living room are already curling. There was so much water it actually came through the wall out onto the front porch.
My poor fish. I wonder how many will survive? Erik had his transfer go so smooth and still lost so many fish.
Mine has been such a disaster and probably was way more stressful on my fish and corals. I wonder what will be left when the new tank is ready to accept inhabitants...

[txmike]

We basically paid $40 for the 125. It is not a big deal--it doesn't have a stand though. If something were to happen to it, you could either give us $40 or frags when your new tank is up and running. It really isn't a problem. We still don't know what we are going to do with it--either sell it eventually or make it a huge vivarium--but that is way down the road. I have the 130 to work on and we still have two vivariums and a turtle tank to build. Give me a call and we can discuss--no need stressing out those little fishies and beautiful coral!

[txmike]

We also have a 55 that isn't drilled, but no stand. We got that one for free. Let us know.

[kkiel02]

If you need anything let me know

[alton]

Karin I pmed you, sorry about getting back to you so late and your nightmare. Maybe you could use the 100 gallon tub for your temp setup. I don't need it back for a while and I don't need the pump till next weekend so no hurry to get it back.

[Mike]

If it smaller you need and want to pick up in a car, we have a 20g long and metal stand in our garage. I got it free and it is just sitting there. MAAST also has that 30g in the library you could check out. Between those, you should be able to split up the fish and corals and hopefully make it through okay. Good luck- shout if you need anything..

[Europhyllia]

found a 75g on craiglist but they said it's been in the garage for 2 years. do you think that's too risky to get (silicone getting brittle maybe?)