reeferman-chris Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I have already made arrangements to pick this up... Just want to make sure it's worth it. What else do you think I'm gonna need to set this up? Other than Live rock and livestock... http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/for/367479895.html Thanks!!! Chris Link to comment
sleepy Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Find out what brand the power heads are. Also you will need a new light if you plan on keeping anything but soft corals. Looks like an O.K deal. Honestly you don't need 2 protein skimmers. Always nice to have a back up- personally I would wish it had a better light. Good luck (Also note the tank is not RR, something to think about on a 100 G) Link to comment
reeferman-chris Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Yeah I definitely agree about the lights... But for $250 I can afford to splurge a bit on a nice light setup... Any recommendations on lights? Good deals anywhere? I won't be using the bak pak skimmer. Will the canister filter be ok... I want to keep some LR Rubble and some carbon in there. I'm also planning on picking up a HOB Refugium. Link to comment
darkcirca Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Not a bad deal, but you are going to want to sell those protein skimmers and get something different probably (as I know the CPR is only rated for up to 60 gallons). Would I buy it? No. I'd rather have a tank with an overflow. I went all out when I bought my 90, figured I might as well buy exactly what I want the first time around rather than goof around and waste more money. Link to comment
Socalsuperhero Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Yeah I definitely agree about the lights... But for $250 I can afford to splurge a bit on a nice light setup... Any recommendations on lights? Good deals anywhere? I won't be using the bak pak skimmer. Will the canister filter be ok... I want to keep some LR Rubble and some carbon in there. I'm also planning on picking up a HOB Refugium. I'm lovin aquatics t5ho fixtures at the moment and so is all my sps! Link to comment
nu2reefva Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 good deal just for tank stand and canopie but that protein skimmer sucks it is probably the worst company you can buy but the cpr is ok just in small tanks. but just the tank is more than that used so go for it and sell the rest to some pawn shop or dumb kid. to bad it doesnt have better lights i would say splurge and get t5s or a MH/flourescent setup. Link to comment
Nellis Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 My dad had a magnum running on his Malawi setup... my advice is to be careful. Just a few grains of sand (they were excavators through and through) into the impeller housing destroyed the filter. Twice. He changed to a Filstar and never had the problem again. Link to comment
reeferman-chris Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 I picked this up today and... I ended up getting it for $160!!!!! I'm probably not going to use any of this equipment though... the heater looks like it was made in 1970! LOL... turns out this is only a 55g (I think) it measures 48 long 15 wide 16 tall... Still a great deal! the powerheads are all Rio 800's and there were 7... Gonna ditch the Bak Pak Skimmer and the Prism skimmer. Any suggestions on a good skimmer for this tank??? The light will work at first Coralife 48" Dual Compact Flourescent 4 65w PC's... Tank is super clean though. This guy really put some work into cleaning this tank up before he sold it... I'm gonna be taking my time setting this one up due to $$$$ but I'm planning on a HOB Refugium with integrated skimmer and an AC 110 for chemical filtration. Caribsea Black Sand, painting back wall black, softies till I can upgrade the lights, and I gotta think of a new stocking list for fish. Definitly want a pair of Onyx Clowns... any other sugestions? Link to comment
fewskillz Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 not a bad deal. Interesting dimensions. It's really not that hard to drill and plumb a tank. You could make some overflow boxes and use a smaller tank for a sump. That light will be fine for softies and such. Cool setup, congrats on the reduced price. Link to comment
mr.fishman01 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 wow that is a great deal. ppl in dallas are trying to sell those setups for 1000. that is exactly what i have been looking for. Link to comment
FateX9 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 wait...its 48x15x16? that doesnt sound like a common dimension calculated, its a hair shy of 50g but its sounds like a nice size tank and that is still a good deal ive always said craigslist has some awesome deals Link to comment
redbrick Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 This may come as a bit late for consideration since you've got the tank....but something to be cautious about on your endeavor. The one biggest problem with used tanks is...and I haven't seen anyone point this out....is what did the previous guy do to the tank? Did he ever wash the tank with soap(I know my dad washed my goldfish tank once with soap)? Is that why it's so clean? Did he ever treat the tank with copper solutions? Hard to say....used tanks are risky proposition....too risky when you have $$$$ on nice corals. About the lights....how much life do they have in them? Since it's a custom size tank....did this guy build this thing? How is the construction? ...Quality of construction? ...Any warranties or guarantees? Lot's of other factors to consider....this hobby is very delicate and sensitive. Good luck. Link to comment
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