my new baby... AKA The Café

Stang67 · Sep 4, 2024

Mhamilton0911 said:
Didn't buy the tank. It was awful. Not at all as described. Words he used were "immaculate kept condition" and " perfect silicone". Nope. Tank was trashed, silicone was so dry you could hear the tapping from my fingernails. Huge chips of silicone missing from aggressive scraping or fish nibbles. Stand looked savable from the outside but so much water damage on the inside it was shocking. The sump was a standard 55g and also trashed, broken baffles, some compartments still full of black goo from who knows how long that it had been taken down so definitely should have been delt with.

Had several to look at, 3 were in the same silicone NOPE condition, 2 were NOPE redseas, and 1 was really nice and outside my budget, and he called the guy who consigned it and got it to my offer price, but with the dishonesty of the tank I originally came for I just couldn't do it. How could I trust anything he said about the tank?

Disappointed. But not scammed so there's that

That stinks. Sorry but that just means you were meant to get something better.

Mhamilton0911 · Sep 4, 2024

I'm kind of picky for used. Needs to look well taken care of or almost new.

Hubs felt bad and asked me to look local on FB while we were still there, found one, was new with tags still on it. Turns out it wasn't new and they just used old pictures to sell it. I'm done now.

I'm not going to mess around anymore with FB. Gonna buy new. I thought I had good chances with a storefront, but I was wrong.

Daniel@R2R · Sep 4, 2024

Happy hump day, everyone! Hope you all are having a great week! Anybody else going to RAP Cali this weekend?

00W · Sep 4, 2024

Mhamilton0911 said:
I'm kind of picky for used. Needs to look well taken care of or almost new.

Hubs felt bad and asked me to look local on FB while we were still there, found one, was new with tags still on it. Turns out it wasn't new and they just used old pictures to sell it. I'm done now.

I'm not going to mess around anymore with FB. Gonna buy new. I thought I had good chances with a storefront, but I was wrong.

Still looking for you!
Everything way up here is pretty beat up.
If you want a gun or a 4x4, now that's a different story.

JoJosReef · Sep 4, 2024

Daniel@R2R said:
Happy hump day, everyone! Hope you all are having a great week! Anybody else going to RAP Cali this weekend?

Wish I could! You going?

Daniel@R2R · Sep 4, 2024

JoJosReef said:
Wish I could! You going?

Yep! I'll be there. I will be helping with the raffle table (I think...unless they need me somewhere else) on Saturday from 12-3. Otherwise, I'll just be wondering the floor checking out all the awesome corals!

JoJosReef · Sep 4, 2024

Daniel@R2R said:
Yep! I'll be there. I will be helping with the raffle table (I think...unless they need me somewhere else) on Saturday from 12-3. Otherwise, I'll just be wondering the floor checking out all the awesome corals!

How does one slip out for 3-4 hours without the family noticing....

F i s h y · Sep 4, 2024

Daniel@R2R said:
Yep! I'll be there. I will be helping with the raffle table (I think...unless they need me somewhere else) on Saturday from 12-3. Otherwise, I'll just be wondering the floor checking out all the awesome corals!

Pick me up something good