Oooookay. Here's how a total n00b ended up with 30 commercial tanks.
So. I have always wanted a saltwater tank but knew I couldn't afford one. I creeped places like this, scanned facebook marketplace for potential miraculous posts like "100g aquarium complete with all equipment, free, will deliver and set up at your house" but it never happened
Then my husband, who loves a good deal, says "there's a 100 gallon tank up for auction that no one has bid on." I look, and it's a commercial saltwater tank from a fish business that must have sadly been closing down. Used, no equipment, but starting bid was $25. So I said "hell yeah!"
My husband calls me at work the next day. Says "so we got the tank for $25. No one bid on the other lots. The auctioneer refused to move foreward until the tanks were sold. Offered me all the lots for $1. So... now we have 31 fish tanks for under $30 with fees.
Holy hell. We rent a Uhaul and a couple of international students. Two friends show up. One of them is recovering from brain surgery a year ago and the other's mother just died.
We managed to load almost all the tanks on the UHaul except for two absolute monsters of frag tanks that I need GONE by Monday or the auction house will ban us.
I am frantically messaging local coral businesses.
My husband is like "I can't help but notice that you, a person who supposedly had no plans for a saltwater tank in the foreseeable future, know what a frag tank is and what it is used for..."
The international students help me get the many many tanks unloaded on my deck, back patio, side of the house, and help me hoist the one tank I want to keep to the landing where I plan to keep it.
My goal is to trade the tanks for equipment etc to see if I can do my first built all with that initial $300 for Uhaul and help moving it...
Join me on this crazy journey?
And if you know anyone in vancouver who wants commercial used tanks all ready to hook into existing systems... hit me up...
So. I have always wanted a saltwater tank but knew I couldn't afford one. I creeped places like this, scanned facebook marketplace for potential miraculous posts like "100g aquarium complete with all equipment, free, will deliver and set up at your house" but it never happened
Then my husband, who loves a good deal, says "there's a 100 gallon tank up for auction that no one has bid on." I look, and it's a commercial saltwater tank from a fish business that must have sadly been closing down. Used, no equipment, but starting bid was $25. So I said "hell yeah!"
My husband calls me at work the next day. Says "so we got the tank for $25. No one bid on the other lots. The auctioneer refused to move foreward until the tanks were sold. Offered me all the lots for $1. So... now we have 31 fish tanks for under $30 with fees.
Holy hell. We rent a Uhaul and a couple of international students. Two friends show up. One of them is recovering from brain surgery a year ago and the other's mother just died.
We managed to load almost all the tanks on the UHaul except for two absolute monsters of frag tanks that I need GONE by Monday or the auction house will ban us.
I am frantically messaging local coral businesses.
My husband is like "I can't help but notice that you, a person who supposedly had no plans for a saltwater tank in the foreseeable future, know what a frag tank is and what it is used for..."
My goal is to trade the tanks for equipment etc to see if I can do my first built all with that initial $300 for Uhaul and help moving it...
Join me on this crazy journey?
And if you know anyone in vancouver who wants commercial used tanks all ready to hook into existing systems... hit me up...