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Old 06-23-2011, 04:02 PM
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see heres the thing, a used tank alone is worth about 1 to 2 bucks per gal, so 90 to 180 for the tank, and after that you realy don't have anything that is reef. just a fresh water tank used for salt. ( because it is not drilled a used 90 standard is worth maybe 120 max)

metal stand. hmm thoes ones might add 50.00 to the value.

Dropp in heraters can be got for 10 bucks used... realy depends on what type they are to put a price on them, but you are probably looking at 20 bucks max each if they are titanium heaters.

lights lid ect.. none of that would be used by some one with a reef so if you were including it add say 40 bucks

you have a skimmer (lower priced one) and to be honest not even a good one. so it looks like the one I have out in my garage I never used but paid 25 bucks for.

your filspar is expensive 200.00 ish newmaybe a bit more, but not usefull for a reef tank so if I was buying your stuff I would tell you to drop that out of the package and sell it seperatly so you could get something for it.

so you have 80 lbs of sand at around 60 bucks new. one new one used so say 20 buck value

live rock if it is nice you could get 4ish/lb so 200 bucks.

so at a quaick glance I am looking around 500.00 plus what ever you can get for your filspar by selling it to a fresh water guy.

you have to realize when you sell a tank you never get out of it anywhere near what you put into it. I had a 90 gal custom tank that cost 500 to buy sold for 200. the rest of my stuff I spent about 7K on my tank and maybe got 2200 for everything when it was all said and done.

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Old 06-23-2011, 04:21 PM
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Worth a couple hundred bucks IMO. The equipment isn't ideal for salt so anyone with experience will see little value in what you have.
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Old 06-23-2011, 05:27 PM
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I had a 90g with a 45g breeder as a sump. A 50g plastic drum for RO/DI water. Custom stand, a mid stream skimmer, Aqua Jr Controller, Auto Top off, and a 4 ft 8 bulb tek T5 light. With live rock and what not I spent close to 5500 bucks. Sold it all for a little over 1600. Great hobby to get into on used stuff, but no resale on things bought new (for the most part). Im guessing you would be lucky to get out of that with 750 in your pocket.
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Old 06-23-2011, 05:37 PM
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It is more expensive to get out of the hobby than it is to get into the hobby
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Old 06-23-2011, 06:02 PM
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I agree with everone above. Also you LR has aptasia on it so the person that buys it will either have to have aptasia already or need to cook that rock. I would say that system is not worth much more than $500. You can buy a new 90g in Calgary for $150.
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either get out or get in. It is a stupid hobby
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either get out or get in. It is a stupid hobby
I wouldn't call it stupid, but I can testify that I have many more grey hairs because of it.
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I often joke with my wife that a crack habit is probably cheaper... but this is much more pretty.
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Agree with everyone, I would say 500 max for the system, part it out take what you can and run.....dont look back. What you paid is not ever relevant you gave the retailers full retail for it. Looking at what you have for quality Im not even sure how you got to that price new.

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Old 06-24-2011, 03:45 AM
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In your ad you state that it is clean......sorry but that tank is not clean, I realize everyone has a different version of clean but.......
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