Would you take over someone else's tank?

[Gumbies R Us]

Imagine one day you were approached by a fellow reefer, and they were getting out of the hobby. They asked you, you can have everything for free as long as you take care of it. Would you do it?

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

 

[Biokabe]

Do I have room for it?

If yes, yes. If no, no.

My biggest constraint right now is physical space. If someone wanted to give me a 200 gallon aquarium... that's great, but I don't physically have anywhere I could put something like that.

So that's what it comes down to. Can I physically fit it into my current home?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Depends on the look of the tank and what was in it. I would not want to be fixing someone else’s problems or keep a tank with creatures that I wasn’t wanting in the first place.

And, of course,,if it looks like windex it’s a hard “no”. lol

 

[keagan]

It's hard to get live rock in my area. Strict rules in Canada on importing and the few places with good rock are in Ontario or Quebec so shipping costs an arm and a leg. I would 100% just for the rock.

 

[BryanM]

Very unlikely. I also do not have room for another tank.

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

It's hard to get live rock in my area. Strict rules in Canada on importing and the few places with good rock are in Ontario or Quebec so shipping costs an arm and a leg. I would 100% just for the rock.

But you won't take care of everything else.... see trick question!

 

[EnterName]

I probably have to pass. Moving an already established tank is a lot of work I simply do not want to invest the time in right now. I would rather set up something completely new from scratch.

Do I have room for it?

If yes, yes. If no, no.

What if you have the space for it, BUT:

• It's a G1 RedSea Reefer with a visible bubble on the silicone seam,
• It's riddled with a toxic Dinoflagellate strain
• It has > 200ppm NO₃ and 5ppm PO₄

Where do you draw the line?

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

I probably have to pass. Moving an already established tank is a lot of work I simply do not want to invest the time in right now. I would rather set up something completely new from scratch.



What if you have the space for it, BUT:

• It's a G1 RedSea Reefer with a visible bubble on the silicone seam,
• It's riddled with a toxic Dinoflagellate strain
• It has > 200ppm NO₃ and 5ppm PO₄

Where do you draw the line?

 

[keagan]

But you won't take care of everything else.... see trick question!

This sounds nuts but I'd stick an ugly tank in the basement and take livestock I don't like the look of just to get the rock even if it was loaded with pests. 10 pounds of live rock would cost me 120 bucks before tax at the closest LFS and 220 bucks in gas to go get it.

 

[vlangel]

Nope, I am a one tank gal and I have my 1 tank pretty much just the way I want it.

 

[Biokabe]

I probably have to pass. Moving an already established tank is a lot of work I simply do not want to invest the time in right now. I would rather set up something completely new from scratch.



What if you have the space for it, BUT:

• It's a G1 RedSea Reefer with a visible bubble on the silicone seam,
• It's riddled with a toxic Dinoflagellate strain
• It has > 200ppm NO₃ and 5ppm PO₄

Where do you draw the line?

In that case... I'd help them find homes for the livestock (including my own tank if it works), take the rest of their equipment and help them dispose of the tank.

 

[StartingATank]

Imagine one day you were approached by a fellow reefer, and they were getting out of the hobby. They asked you, you can have everything for free as long as you take care of it. Would you do it?

Are you offering?

 

[Privateye]

I've accepted this offer 3-4 times in my life. Mostly as friends graduated from college. Sometimes I'd just adopt the inhabitants, sometimes I'd take the tank too.

My best pickup was from a pet store that decided to stop carrying fish. One day I got a call: "Do you want the 125 gallon tank at the front? You just have to come take all of the fish and equipment."

No brainer! Until then my largest tanks were 55 gallons. Of course the center brace (it was the old style with 1 brace) broke after 1 year, but I limped along with a C-clamp for another year and replaced the tank with a new one when I moved. So I guess I had to buy the tank anyway!

 

[KrisReef]

Depends on the look of the tank and what was in it. I would not want to be fixing someone else’s problems!

Totally agree! I would like to know how much and what caliber of equipment it is going to come with.

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