Our House Robbed - Tank Destroyed

[tjsj111]

Our granddaughter is 3yrs old. She attends the Central Institute for the Deaf in st. Louis, while her Grandpa and I were at a Sign laungage class the other evening we were robbed! For some reason they threw a kitchen chair thru our reef tank. Well you can only imagen the rest. the hardest part was telling our little Angel. where all the fishes went . if it was up to me we would be done with it all the time and money Grandpa put in to it. But the baby does'nt understand and the tank was Really helping her in her speach, anyway, I WTB A 75gal no bigger than a 120gal tank and stand. but its all about money . If you have something cheep please contact us. This tank has been very important to our grand baby and to us.
Thanks for listening,
Sheryl & Tony

 

[Dert42]

that really stinks. sorry to hear it!
i can't offer any help other then maybe some free frags when you're up and running again.

 

[dphins]

You can have my 75 gallon tank. It doesn't leak and it's free. I was going to keep the stand, but I might be persuded in letting it go for cheap.

 

[Dert42]

what a guy!

 

[Shooter7]

Sweet...way to go, Mike! :thumbsup:

I can supply some free frags as well, most likely.

Sorry for what happened to you.

 

[McBeck]

Kudos to Mike for his generous offer! I hope you guys are able to get things back to normal soon. Dealing with a break-in is tough stuff. Let us know if you need someone to lean on.

 

[tjsj111]

The kindness is overwhelming , I can't wait to tell Grandpa.dphinsx2 check your private mail. I will e-mail the others back after Grandpa gets home and tell him the good news.
Thanks Everyone

 

[jefathome]

Oh man.. that sucks.
Throwing a chair through a tank makes it sound like it was some one you know, not an impartial theif.

A "professional" theif would not waste the time/effort, or risk having some one hear the loud "CRASH". All they want is $$$

Either that, or it was some random crack head.

 

[Sk8r]

Either that or a juvvie without a brain.

If they catch these slime, their criminal prosecution does not mean you cannot sue them in civil court, and see if you can attach their cars or whatever else, and sue the parents.

 

[dphins]

Pm replied to.

 

[Boosted Rxp]

also a guy on craigs list selling a 75 with stand for $100 obo its balck with a black stand

 

[RobbyG]

Throwing the chair makes me think Teenagers did it. This sucks on so many levels, I wish they had an instant death button for people like that.

 

[tjsj111]

dphinsx2, sent you another pm. I think you all are right. We have a feeling it was a "FRIEND" also. This dphinsx2 is a great guy!

 

[inwall75]

WOW!!!

I'm so sad for your loss but I'm glad things appear to be working out.

I hope your FRIEND gets caught and is prosecuted for this behavior.

 

[spooda420]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8179612#post8179612 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RobbyG
I wish they had an instant death button for people like that.

first off Im sorry for your loss, why kill helpless animals like that?

second. I agree with the instant death button. maybe not for crimes like this but others.

Third is that criminal would be a good target for the AR-15. I sure hope hes fast or else it would not be fun.

 

[tjsj111]

I lust wanted to say thank you to everyone, I see my wife has shared our story with you all, thanks for understanding our situation. dphinsx2 ( mike ) Has offered his 75gal free, Do you realize he lost lost everything he had in the storm, and still offers us this gift. truly a special person. mike my wife pm you our phone number. still need to buy stand if any one wants to sell one

 

[TWINPEAKS]

I agree spooda what better way to test new weapons but on criminals;would save alot of research money simulating the real thing.

 

[levon15]

Yeah dphinsx2 is a great guy.

Way to go

 

[dphins]

Your welcome Sheryl & Tony. I hope you get the tank up soon.:thumbsup:

 

[pewter_jean]

If you need a stand to go with Mike 75 gal tank, I have a stand. All I'm using it for right now is a dust collector. I also have some strip lights, or a corallife pc. I don't know what kind of frags you will have or what kind of light you will need. I am in Highland Il, Maybe Mike and I can get together and put the 75 tank with the stand before we get it to you.