BC fires

Dearth · #1 07-08-2017, 07:17 PM

Is anyone here directly affected by the fires?

Dearth · #2 07-09-2017, 04:14 AM

i reached out to a few people I know who have salt water tanks in the affected areas in the Cariboo and 3 responded to my query as they lost power and are under a evac alert I called a local fish store and contacted a person in Williams lake who has a fairly large tank and he has agreed to set up an older tank and will take some fish and coral from the people who contacted me

He is encouraging as I am if you live in the area or are wanting to help with salt water to reach out to residents. We know fish by definition are not pets but to us they are family to us as well

DKoKoMan · #3 07-09-2017, 07:34 PM

Love what you guys are doing! It's great to see the generosity provided.

Myka · #4 07-10-2017, 01:33 AM

Wow, great work Dearth!

Dearth · #5 07-10-2017, 05:05 AM

100 mile house was ordered to be evacuated today roughly 2200 people had to leave the town today brings roughly 10,000 people now displaced

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #6 07-11-2017, 07:04 AM

I have space in my established 93g cube reef tank for both corals and fish to hold for evacuees if needed. My tank is in Burnaby.

Anthony

Dearth · #7 07-14-2017, 05:17 AM

So I got an update today from the fellow in Willies puddle who took in some area fish

As of three days ago he along with a few others transferred everything into eight 10 gallon buckets and several containers and drove from Williams lake to PG then down 16 and highway 5 to Kamloops in a 14 hour drive Where he has setup a temporary home in his brothers place he did lose 5 fish to stress he thinks and he moved as much coral as he could with him. He still might lose some fish but this was an unexpected and unprecedented move with no quick end in sight.

The good news per se is 2 of the people who left their fish with him are in Kamloops and have since recovered their surviving fish to Rehome with them at their current places.

Evacuees in PG have been told that those who live in Williams lake can return if they wish but very little is open and what is open has next to nothing for food stocks as no resupply is possible ATM and air quality is extremely bad plus power is quite sporadic as well. Those in evacuated areas can expect that at the earliest it will be at least another 5-7 days before they can return.