tidewater fishtank rescue

so when my fish tank leaked away while i was on vacation i posted an ad on cl and came away with a 55 gallon set up stand light filter and a marineland magnum 300 canister filter and 75 gallon rr tank with a hob protein skimmer all for free i decided to start the tidewater fish tank rescue because apparently the people in the area are just itching to give fish stuff away lol so any one in my area let me know if you need any thing and i will try and get it for you also if you dont want any thing let me know i will be posting photos of my 75 gallon reef tank i will be using any one that can help me with a sump build please do

Pshh I always need free tanks haha : ) altho I have been looking for a wet dry filter for my honduran red points hehe

im getting a 50 gallon from newport news friday

I love the idea....However please don't make it a money making ordeal. Don't want to take in free stuff or great deals and then turn around and flip them for extra. I can't stand the people that do that. If we let everyone have a good deal that's how the hobby expands


IM not saying that's what you all had in mind, IM just sayin.

yeah i just figured i would stock pile it for who ever needs em in the tide water area maybe just a lil bit for gas money but i have a big empty shed so ill will stock pile

Yeah no problem taking "tips" for your findings and your helping hand.

Expand the hobby!

Though harmless for the most part this is what keeps most fish stores from hosting/sponsoring fish clubs. They associate clubs with "ideas" like this and they figure that now they will have competition from within. Some of the "smaller" lfs see this as a benefit. More tanks out there mean more places to put "Their" fish! Anway I think it's a great idea to build a rescue type "thing" however when your solicite things for free be very careful about how you go about distributing them! I know a guy that got free stuff and gave it away but he took "Donations" and he ended up in court.... Whatever you do don't post anything about money. PM any info dealing with money to that person! Anyway now that I've said that, I have about 10, 55 gallon tanks that I will be getting rid of in the next few months to a rescue type organization of course!

yeah i will mostly just be doing with people from the forum most of the tanks i plan to use my self lol

I got a 55 with a broken bottom you can have for free if you want to fix it lol : )

lol im trying to stay away from broken stuff lol

haha good choice I am going to put it on the curb next week sometime not worth keeping it around : / stupid jack dempseys knocking over rocks

Well since you are rescueing tanks...I would like to rescue some small tanks. If you see any out there 1g in size....maybe up to 2.5g, let me know. Preferrable rectangle as I have seen some mini bow's.

Need a few more small ones for my breeding projects.

Man I missed this. Good idea.

i will see what i can do just missed a 8 gallon bio cube yesterday

That may be too big. ;o)

I'm thinking of hitting up a place like MJDesign or similiar. Maybe they will have some cheap glassware.

yeah a 1 gallon shouldn't be to much

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Can I move it to the Chapter section for you all?

probably a good idea to move it : )

I got a few small tanks I would be willing to get rid of hit me up if you want pics , will get them to you after I get back from D.C.

That's a good idea. I keep my eye out on CL as well. If find anything I will let you know, and if you don't want to come to the Hampton/NN side of the water immediately, then I would be willing to help you out on this side of the water.

Also, a fish rescue might help keep some people from flushing fish or taking them to a store to be overpriced.

ok jd what sizes? i personally need a 30 long for my sump but i will take others to hold i have a big empty shed to store them in. foose send a pm with your number ill be in touch i missed out on a 50 gallon cus it was in nn and i couldn't make it till Friday :(

PMd you. Would love to help in any way I can.

jd what size tank are you getting rid of?

Nothing as big as a 30g for a sump I was going to get rid of some smaller fry / guppy tanks

How small is small?