i just got back from mike's place, after hanging out for a couple hours and you guys aren't going to believe this.
you ready?
when i called again later today mike was pretty distraught. he told me his tank holding almost all of his acan lords and micromussas crashed. TODAY. i went over to confirm and wow, it was terrible. his water was 94 degrees and the culprit wasn't a blackout. it was his DOG. this puppy english bulldog chewed the hell out of the power cord of the chiller and everything in his tank was stripped to the skeleton and hanging by mere filaments. every single polyp. i've been through a tank crash, but just considering the dollar amount here, it was one of the worst things i've seen yet in terms of reeftanks. give me a little bit and let me get the pics out of my camera, hosted and linked to rc. btw, any of you SOB's who are thinking "serves you rights" or "bad things happen to bad peoples" or "good riddances"- from the bottom of my heart, i hope you guys are next- because of all the jerk reefers that i've met, mike was one of the few that i'd actually want to hang out and have a few beers with and just talk shop. not to mention that he had a habit of pulling out the dremel and cutting me free frags after beer 6 or 7.
because seriously, it seems to me that a lot of you people look for the worst in people and really need a hug or something.
Captainpicard- i just read all your correspondences w/ mike and it looked like you were just as much at fault as he was. both of you were insulting each other like kids, but i think YOU were the one talking mess about his family, sexual orientation and god knows what else. also, it seemed like HE was the one who didn't want to sell to YOU. correct me if i'm wrong... and he asked you repeatedly not to contact him further and you kept trying to get a last word in. pretty juvenile crap, if you ask me. i don't remember who started with the cursing, but seriously- you were saying some pretty gnarly stuff man.
doctor- i read the same of all your recent correspondences and it seemed to me that mike was willing to help you out in anyway, which you were open to... and then within a day you seemed to go bipolar on him. why didn't you wait to see what he was willing to do for you? his take was that he was out of town for the weekend. either way, i guess it matter little to none at this point. and i agree with everyone who says that your micros look amazing, even in the state that they're in. btw, mike says to leave them under uri actinic vho's, at the proportion that he uses and see what ends up happening. that goes for the 2 others that spoke out against him in this thread.
but for the record- i think it's safe to say that this discussion is over. i will post in a few or maybe tomorrow. it's 2:31am and i'm tired of mediating this poo-flinging war that doesn't even involve me directly. you guys have a good night and i hope you people remember that fish tanks are meant to remove stress.
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I'll set you up with the Lemonade, Floyd, OJ for $630.00 2 polyps of each.... *note though they really do not look like those advertisment pics that are on Frags.org or reeffarmers... I do not want to mislead you... Current colony pictures are available at the begining of this post Mr. Bae
