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Two cubes, all equipment, live rock, fish etc - £500
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Description:
I have an established tank that needs a new home, I am neglecting it, it needs a good clean and some time spent looking after it, I just don't have the time and feel really guilty, so it must go. I also have a tank waiting to be set-up, either as a bigger replacement to the existing one or a 2nd system.
The established tank is a 24" cube on simple metal frame. It needs cleaning and tidying, but its watertight (its up and running as I said)
2 twin T8 Arcadia liminaires, one with white one with blues, all could do with replacing. I have a bit of a bodged lighting system, as I added a Twin t5 power compact unit and bulbs. One sits at the front flooding the tank, the other I have secured to one of the arcadia units so it sits over the middle of the tank. Without these the tank is dull, these are brilliant. Really the tank needs a hood, I planned to make a simply wooden hood to hide the lights, just never got round to it.
There are a few powerheads scattered around the tank helping the flow, one is a decent Seio unit, one large pump that is overkill for the job its doing (don't ask me about brands, I don't know until the tank is taken apart!)
Couple of skimmers, one hanging on the tank attached to a small powerhead, its noisy and not ideal, but it pulls plenty of muck out.
Heater
Digital thermometer, just a simple one but nicer than dipping a glass thermometer in.
Wave controller, just a simple switching box you connect up to as many powerheads as you like and it alternates the flow, its not some fancy tunze job but it works well.
Fluval 404 external cannisrer filter, was built into the system when I first got it, I wouldn't build it in if starting again but it does wonders for the flow and takes loads of muck out!
Lots of live rock mixed with a bit of 'other rock', at a guess 50kg of live. I have the tank laid out in a nice style, not a lot of sand bed visible and tons of caves and overhangs, loads of places for the fish to hide and swim through and people always say there is so much rock in there, in my opinion it looks good, took me a long time to arrange and is different to the usual piles of rock people tend to make. Basically there was just too much rock, it goes right up the back, the left side, half way down the right, so i took it across the middle too, creating caves and a more interesting scene.
Big piece of branching rock goes 2' across tank, lovely piece, looks great.
Few rocks have mushrooms on, various blues, greens, rics, some red mushrooms, all sorts.
1 damsel (I inherited him, but hes no bother, he trys it on but the clown fish sort him out!)
4 clowns (including a breeding pair) living happily together, goes against the rules but they have livid in harmony for over 2 years. They lay eggs often but the eggs get eaten, could do with a nem!
1 female scooter blenny, youngster, could do with a mate!
1 yellow Fiji angel, I love this fish, paid £70 for it, never seen another, I wanted a lemonpeel but this is nicer I reckon.
Brown brittle star, big and hungry!
1 hermit, zebra leg, swaps shells often, cleans the tank by himself!
A snail that lives in the sand and comes out once a month, strange thing.
Digital pH meter, needs new battery and caliberating, I have the solution (I think!)
Hagen test kit case, should be plenty of tests left in there.
Various Salifert test kits
Refractometer
Loads of cleaning bits, accessories and stuff, should be all you need really.
I then have a garage full of extra stuff I have collected but never used. Some of this stuff is scuffed, scratched, got bits chipped and cracked, but in theory it all works, just needs a bit of love and attention.
The second tank is 29"x29"x30" drilled with weir, drilled for return and closed loop, sump, pipes, spray bars and taps. Needs the external pipe work attatching/repairing, I have got all the bits but some were in a sorry state so was getting replacement parts, needs 1 or 2 bits and fixing together, if you are good at DIY should be an afternoons work. I even have the sealant to put them in with. The sump is 24" x18" I think, with the baffles and some media in it, though might want to replace that. I do have a big bucket of filter media I use for the external Fluval, could put a load of that in the sump I guess, as well as the existing bio-balls and sponges.
There is a nice skimmer to go in the sump, will be more than up for the job, and the big pump being used as a powerhead in the smaller cube would more than power it, might even be too much for it!
I also have:
Various T8 starter units and tubes
2 x fluval 403 cannister filters, plus I belive their are spare impellors and seals, though i can't promise that.
Ocean runner OR3500
UV filter, might even be two of those
DD T5 luminaire, 1 bulb as other has broken
36" Aqua One overhead T8 unit (hanging, two separate switches)
Brine shrimp hatching units and big air pumps
lots of other bits and pieces, basically anything I can find you can have.
Over time I have put all this together from people breaking up their tanks, and I have paid well over £1500, probably over 2 grand if I add it all up. I could break this all up but I really don't want to, a bit sold here and there is fine but I might be left with a pile of stuff I can't sell, so what I want to do is see if anyone who wants to really get into the hobby wants to take the lot, at the same time I will make a list of people who want individual items, if I can sell it all separately I will, but only if I can get rid of most of it.
I have no idea what I want for it all, so make me an offer. Please don't insult me, this is 2 complete marine setups, the rock would more than fill the big tank and leave more than enough for the smaller tank too, there are lights you can use and adapt, the lot, so I won't be accepting a few hundred for the lot, sorry. Make me an offer, I will have a think, if someone wants the lot and makes me a fair offer I will go with it.
You will need to pick up from Brierley Hill in the West Mids. You will need a van, a car (even a very big car) won't be big enough, a transit would be ok, anything smaller I doubt it will fit, though you can do several trips if you want! I can help with most of the stuff, I can't carry the tanks with just one person though, you will need a mate too. You can have the water, I have 6 x 5 gallon water containers (food grade, great they are) which you can have, and maybe a few more. I think I have a polystyrene box for some of the rock, though really you will need some more I think to keep it warm and moist. I have a container for the fish.
This stuff is NOT immaculate, its not a gorgeous setup, you will need to box in the stands (the smaller cube sits on a metal frame with a shelf, the larger tank on a home-made wooden frame that needs a door and some sides, both could probably do with a hood making. However to buy all this stuff new I would guess you would need to spend a couple of grand, considering there is probably approaching £500 worth of live rock, even if you got it at a bargain discount.
Email me with any questions, I haven't left my number on here as I don't want 300 calls to buy one or two bits, but I will send anyone my number if they want to give me a ring. I can be here days, evenings, weekends, and will do all I can to help.
UPDATE: I have had a couple of people ask for more info and pics but when I reply the emails bounce, so check your email address and send me a new message if I haven't replied.
I have had a few offers for bits but I don't want to split the systems up as it leaves me with stuff that I can't keep running - I can't sell pumps and lights as I have fish to keep alive. I have also had some offers that were just too low, I don't need to take a silly offer, I am being very reasonable and not asking much for this stuff so please don't insult me by offering a few hundred for the lot.
Not splitting, if you want bits and pieces its going to be cheaper and easier to take the lot and sell the rest, you might even find you end up making a profit. £500 the lot.
Contact Information
Advertiser: Marc
Town: Brierley Hill
County: West Midlands
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