Good Deal for Tank Setup?

I have started searching for a new marine tank to upgrade my current one. I was originally aiming for a 90G and up but I happened across this setup:

* 55 Gallon Plexi tank
* Stand
* 280 Watt Ice Cap VHO lighting with Daylight and Actinic bulbs
* 175 Watt MH
* Aqua-C Remora Pro Hang on Tank Skimmer
* Programmable submergible heater
* Wet Dry sump filter
* Timers
* 50 lbs live rock fully encrusted with Coralline Algae
* live Aragonite sand
* Hermits
* Turbo Snails
* Brittle Star
* Pair of Ocellaris Clown's
* Fox Face
* Purple Tang
* Mushrooms
* Star polyps

All for $250

Does that sound like a good deal?

Grins said:

How much are they selling it for? Do they have a photo? The FoxFace and Tang will both need larger homes in my opinion.

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Oops, sorry I can't believe I forgot to post the price They do have pictures. There isn't many corals but the tank looks decent (brown hood and finish). There rocks are also covered in purple coralline algae.

Grins said:

That is a great deal for $250 yes. Whether it is the deal for you depends..are you going to be happy with a 55 when you wanted something twice its size?

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Thats my only concern. But I was looking at my stocking list that I was compiling and I realized that the fish I wanted wasn't large. My dream fish is a Blue Hippo Tang. I find them adorable. What level is the lighting considered? Am I very limited on corals? I think the Angel fish are beautiful (those are the only large fish I considered) but I want this to be a reef tank and they aren't reef safe so I had to through that stocking list out.

Grins said:

You'll want a 75 minimum for the hippo. 100g minimum would be better. My yellow is in a 55g and fine for now but I'm keeping an eye on him.

There are some that would buy the set-up and then part out what they didn't want to finance a larger tank and that isn't a horrible idea if you're up for the hassle.

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Hm.. the parting idea does sound interesting. I guess I could run the tank for a while and see if I still want a larger one. I can always just get a bigger tank and move the livestock and light fixtures. I might even be able to do some sort of trade in.

Thanks for all your help. I will see how things go. I still have a couple of questions to ask seller.