leslie hempel
Professional Aquarist
geez guys have i been having a hard time trying to get my yellow tangs back...
a couple months ago i was urged by 2 people (1 a family member and the other a friend) to sell them my yellows and my clams when i pulled my tank down to construct the new stand as the old one was warping and threatening to crack the tank...
needles to say things went wronf.. the friend took 3 clams and the family member 3 yellow tangs.. i declared that once they left my possession the risk became theirs.. one of the clams died and i was only pd for 2... so i left it.. the yellows were never pd for and the story was that the petrol price had gone up and his petrol card had been taken away and fuel was now for his expence...
about 2 weeks ago my wife asked the family member who took the tangs if he was still going to buy them his reply was "i dont know" she asked him again last weekend and he went ballistic basically saying that he deserved to keep the tangs as he had looked after them and for all the favours he had done for us.. i demanded the cash at least have forfeited all the corals and just want to be able to replace my tangs...
after an ugly battle i have finally gotten the cash.... i am very pissed off... i gave him the tank, rock, pumps at cost, saved him R1K on skimmer and although the tank burst (second hand glass that i had pointed out chips etc beforehand and a design flaw which i will take responsorbility for) i was still held liable for even though i gave him the glass...
the reason i am rambling on about this is to show you how nasty this game can get.. this is not the first time i have helped someone and been burnt... so guys as nice as it can be this hobby really has a dark side...
hoping that no one else experiences what i have just gone through...
a couple months ago i was urged by 2 people (1 a family member and the other a friend) to sell them my yellows and my clams when i pulled my tank down to construct the new stand as the old one was warping and threatening to crack the tank...
needles to say things went wronf.. the friend took 3 clams and the family member 3 yellow tangs.. i declared that once they left my possession the risk became theirs.. one of the clams died and i was only pd for 2... so i left it.. the yellows were never pd for and the story was that the petrol price had gone up and his petrol card had been taken away and fuel was now for his expence...
about 2 weeks ago my wife asked the family member who took the tangs if he was still going to buy them his reply was "i dont know" she asked him again last weekend and he went ballistic basically saying that he deserved to keep the tangs as he had looked after them and for all the favours he had done for us.. i demanded the cash at least have forfeited all the corals and just want to be able to replace my tangs...
after an ugly battle i have finally gotten the cash.... i am very pissed off... i gave him the tank, rock, pumps at cost, saved him R1K on skimmer and although the tank burst (second hand glass that i had pointed out chips etc beforehand and a design flaw which i will take responsorbility for) i was still held liable for even though i gave him the glass...
the reason i am rambling on about this is to show you how nasty this game can get.. this is not the first time i have helped someone and been burnt... so guys as nice as it can be this hobby really has a dark side...
hoping that no one else experiences what i have just gone through...