1st saltwater tank, may have found a bargain. Opinions please

[willisrad]

Ok.
So I put an ad on craigslist looking to slowly "collect" items for a saltwater aquarium. This guy has a LOT of things to sell me for pretty cheap. He claims it's all that's necessary.

What do you guys think? Is it a great deal? Should I ask any specific questions? Anything else that I will need?


Hello.

I just wanted to know if you were still looking for any items.
I have a complete 55G setup that I will be selling since my wife and I no longer have time to care for it.
It looks a little rough right now but I will make you a smoking deal on it. The rock (fiji, tonga, and carribean) has some algae (not too bad) buildup from lack of maintainence but if you are wanting the tank, the major water change alone will likely resolve any issues with the rock since the parameters are currently a little out of whack- but not so bad that the fish or corals are affected.
55G tank with stand (wrought iron), 2x65wt 30" PC Orbit light system w/ 2 lunar lights, Canister filter, CPR Aquafuge (large HOB), CPR BakPak2 skimmer, Seio powerhead, roughly 50lbs of Live Rock, live sand bed, 2 firefish, 1 leopard wrasse, crabs and snails, and a couple corals that are still alive. Also have all kinds of chemicals, carbon, and some fresh filters for the canister. Pretty much any fish supplies we still have are included. This includes nets, gloves, hospital tank, food, scrapers, timers, power strip, water test kits and SG meter, etc. . I think I may even still have a dosing pump somewhere. If you have any buckets (I may have a couple) I can even give you roughly 30G of mixed saltwater. Oh, I also still have approx. 150G of Instant Ocean salt (almost full bucket).

We have easily $900+ invested in this setup. We don't really want to part out but if you found some items already, let me know what you need and I can make you a deal. I will just have to get rid of the fish and coral first (if you want hardware of any sort). Obviously, if I part items out, I can get a lot more for it but I would like it gone in one shot thus my asking price and you could probably sell some items and recover some of your costs.
We want it gone for $300 cash. The lighting, fish, and SG meter alone are worth the asking price.
This setup is plug and play- you need NOTHING additional and will not need to buy any salt, calcium, test kits, food, or anything else for quite a while.
Let me know if you are interested.

Chris

[Lady Hobbs]

Sounds very good to me.

[Rue]

Snap It Up!!!

[Drumachine09]

Sorry, got a little carried away there. DO IT NOW!

[willisrad]

Hahahah.
That's pretty much what I thought.

I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing anything obvious.

This is WAY cool, and I am totally stoked!

[cocoa_pleco]

grab it!!!!!!!!!

[Chrona]

Make sure it's all in good/decent shape. You'll need a new light fixture too. a 30" fixture on a 55g is just.....lol

[willisrad]

Good good. Keep the advice coming!!!

[cocoa_pleco]

salt tanks are fun fun. you can put the live rock in so many ways its like tetris. Fiji live rock is good too. Mine is full of critters.

My 10g nanoreef has cost a little over 300$, not including the anenomes and fish in it, so youre getting a great deal

[Rue]

My 10g nanoreef has cost a little over 300$, not including the anenomes and fish in it, so youre getting a great deal

ACK!!! I think I would've purchased a 10 g SW nanotank for $200 instead...