he lost all power this weekend and only 3 tanks are surviving as of today.If everyone gives just a pair of fry he will be up and running again in no time flat.

How did this happen?

That truly sucks! Haven't bought any fish from him but anyway I can help I will do my best.

Sorry to hear that, I feel for him...

my god, that's aweful.i'll be happy to help in any way that i can

no good to hear ... what a bummer.. if i didnt live in australia..i would gladly donate some fish ..i have a few bossy males who need to relocate.. hope he gets up and running soon ..

wow, thats a real setback, srry to hear that.

lee email me hopper3483@bellsouth.net

how did he lose that much??

Sorry to hear this :( So unfortunate

I feel for him, here in Tulsa we lost power from a very severe ice storm for days on end. Fortunately I did not lose any power.

Everyone that has posted please e-mail me @ mikearndt24519@sbcglobal.net
Thanks For Careing

real bad ice/snow storm took out their power and his generator wasn't big enough to run his house and the tanks.,so he had to make a choice. Family first.

bummer kinda makes u think what u would do if you had a blackout.
i think he will buy some more generators incase it happens again

Oh crap...Mr. C., your fish inspired me to keep my standards up. Now they're inspiring me to look into a backup power system...

Lee call me!!! I emailed my #

roger email it again I havent got it yet leehowe1972@yahoo.com

That's terrible to hear. His tanks and fish were an inspiration and aspiration for me. If there is anything I can do to help, I will.

just asking everyone that has any fry or juvies to ship him a couple

thats soooo sad ..my nephew lost about 50 snakes last week due to an electic outage... This is really sad . where does Mr. C live ?

Even though ive never met Mr. Cichlid I still feel bad for him

this is such a great site ..every one caring and sharing lovely.. mr c should be up and running soon ..

I appreciate everything. Especially this website. If ever there was a time for a really crappy weekend, this was it. I have lost over 160 tanks of fish, only 3 left surviving so far. Captain Morgan is my friend this new yers, though I wil pay for it tomorow im sure

wow 160 tanks.. let him be your best friend for today.. take two panadol before bed always helps in the morning..

how long did u have no power for
and what fish surviving

he has been without power since sometime Friday as far as i know. As for the Morgan, you should have shared. lol

Extremely sorry for your losses :(

Mike, and others, we have been without power since friday. My generator is capable of running either the furnace for shorter bursts, or the tanks, I tried like heck to keep them warm, but had no where near enough water bottles, or a big enough stove to keep them up. I was more concerned with my breeders over the fry tanks. I am looking into a new Generator now from a local company here. Its big enough to run the entire tank systems, and the house completely. The Insurance estimate is over 160k worth of loss, which is going to take me a very very long time to build back up the wild stock I have lost. So tank by tank, 1-2 at a time, I am gong to work on filling them back up again. I have ordered some WILD Yellow Calvus and White Calvus adults, as well as a complete group of Sciaenochromis Fryeri "Likoma" and "Mandalawi", and a few others. It will be about 6 weeks before they get here, so this gives me time to get everything back in order once again. The elec company is working on the transformers today, have been out there for a few hours now. Our snow fall has been absolutely insane, considering they called for 5-8" and we have gotten over 4x's that since friday afternoon. Today its cold and the snow is falling still, but very light thank god. I appreciate the thoughts about juvies from Lee, but I don't think I am ready to go full at it yet, I want to make sure I am prepared this time before I really start setting them all back up. (IE: Generator is working and strong enough), I would hate to have this crap happen again. It's like losing alot of pets all at once.

Mr. Cichlids I know you were breeding "hara white tops" I'll ship you some of my fry when they get big enough. It's not much but it will at least rebuild your colony of those anyways. James

I appreciate it James, It will be about 8-10 weeks before I start restocking the bulk of the tanks. Just let me know what I will owe you for them, and I'll take care of it from there.

We are so so sorry Mr. C

Remind us when you get ready to restock I have some babies. I am so sorry that happened.

I feel like crap when I lose one, cant imagine all my babies goin at once, if we can help please let us know Mr. cichlid

Don't worry about payment. We'll work a trade or something down the road. They won't be ready to ship 'tll then any ways. That's a horrible loss. I hope you saved a few nice ones anyways.

I got lucky with placement of my 2 holding tanks, which are located directly above 2 of the 4 heater vents in my livingroom, so they were easy to keep up to temperature, but being they are 15 gallon tanks, I couldn't overload them as they are already stocked full waiting on being shipped. The other tank was my Julie's which is a 20L, and was able to keep it warm enough with water bottle heated on the stove. In total, about 40 fish survived, including the 2 orders waiting to go out.

O M G.... almost stunned me into tears. I saw your fish as inspiration to research and learn about my species, I know that your stock will only be better in the future. Incredibly crummy to hear bro. My condolences to you man. Jeez...