Hi everyone, I usually hang out on the FW forums, but I've been wanting to get into SW. I think I may have found my opportunity, although I'm a bit hesitant and would like your advice.
A local auction/classifieds website has a posting offering the following:
-38 Tall with Stand
-2x96 Aqua Lights
-Backpack 100 Skimmer
-Emperor 400 Filter w/ Extra Replacement Cartridges
- 3 1200 Power Heads with Tidal Wave Timer
-Mushroom Covered Live Rock
-2 8" Umbrella Leathers
-Tank being Sold Complete with Chemicals, Media, tons of extra stuff.
The asking price for all of this is $450. However, the post says "it must go" because they are moving, so I feel that I may be able to haggle a bit (I hope, because I can't quite spend that much right now).
I want to have a refugium (eventually), so a large part of the deal depends on whether or not I can fit another tank in the stand. I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know how much live rock is in the tank (another important pricing factor). I was actually thinking about getting a smaller tank (because of cost issues), but this would be a great size, I think.
And of course, the allure of not having to go through the long process of initially establishing a tank is very much a plus. (There would be many adjustments, of course. I'm looking forward to taking things slow and building a habitat step by step. But it seems like this would be a jump start!)
What are your opinions? I realize that without pictures, etc. it's hard to judge. But I just thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts, especially since you folk are probably much more in tune with pricing of equipment, etc.
TIA
A local auction/classifieds website has a posting offering the following:
-38 Tall with Stand
-2x96 Aqua Lights
-Backpack 100 Skimmer
-Emperor 400 Filter w/ Extra Replacement Cartridges
- 3 1200 Power Heads with Tidal Wave Timer
-Mushroom Covered Live Rock
-2 8" Umbrella Leathers
-Tank being Sold Complete with Chemicals, Media, tons of extra stuff.
The asking price for all of this is $450. However, the post says "it must go" because they are moving, so I feel that I may be able to haggle a bit (I hope, because I can't quite spend that much right now).
I want to have a refugium (eventually), so a large part of the deal depends on whether or not I can fit another tank in the stand. I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know how much live rock is in the tank (another important pricing factor). I was actually thinking about getting a smaller tank (because of cost issues), but this would be a great size, I think.
And of course, the allure of not having to go through the long process of initially establishing a tank is very much a plus. (There would be many adjustments, of course. I'm looking forward to taking things slow and building a habitat step by step. But it seems like this would be a jump start!)
What are your opinions? I realize that without pictures, etc. it's hard to judge. But I just thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts, especially since you folk are probably much more in tune with pricing of equipment, etc.
TIA
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