trying to get an idea for what the market would be on this thing. it's a 55 gallon long tank with high output daytime bulbs and actinic bulbs. comes with:

black steel stand
fluval 205 filter w/ extra carbon and biomax media
marineland penguin 300gph powerhead
~60 lbs live sand
~60 lbs live rock
temperature gauge
heater
light timer

Livestock:
copperband butterfly
yellow tang
2 serpent stars
brittle stars
snowflake eel
blueleg hermit crab
2 astria snails
white colored starfish

Corals:
3 blue/green mushroom corals (and counting- they are growing)
4 brioropsis colonies

extras:
bulbs
60 gallon aerator w/ 2 outlets
gravel siphon
refractometer
salt creep eliminator
1 lb hikari mysis shrimp
magic magnet
tank scrubber
net
ick treatment
prime treatment

2/7/2007 12:16:20 AM

Are you selling this as a whole or are you willing to part out some of the rock and live stock?

2/7/2007 12:37:51 AM

you probably won't get more than $500. That's what sucks about the hobby, you put all this money into it, but you won't get crap when you trying to get out.

2/7/2007 1:17:27 AM

$20 for the snowflake eel.... could pick it up anytime.

2/7/2007 1:22:54 PM

i would like to sell it as a whole package. splitting it up would result in me being left with bits and pieces. couldn't even begin to guess what I have spent on this thing, but i know it is more than 500.

^ i paid $30 fo the snowflake eel when it was a measly 7". it's over a foot now, so $20 won't cut it.

pics to come when i get my camera back.

2/7/2007 8:35:50 PM

$20.00 for the whole thing.

2/7/2007 8:56:07 PM

check you inbox

2/7/2007 9:05:48 PM

Retail for what you listed is around $1075 for the whole setup, except brioropsis cause thats not even a word, dunno what you were trying to spell. So $500 would actually be a good deal if it was offered.

Were you trying to spell bryopsis? bryopsis is a form of undesireable green hair like algae.

[Edited on February 8, 2007 at 8:52 AM. Reason : :]

2/8/2007 8:49:23 AM

how much would you sell the snowflake eel for by itself?

2/8/2007 4:43:05 PM

"brioropsis", or whatever it is, is just what I was told this stuff was. it definitely does not look like hair algae though. I will label it tonight when i upload pics. It very well may have some totally different name.

2/8/2007 4:50:18 PM

I've just been through this, and unless you REALLY luck out, you will not sell this as a set. Try Craigslist, maybe a little sign at a pet store. Good luck.

2/8/2007 5:45:33 PM

$500 is about what you'll get for it, unless you find a sucker.

There's one born every second you know.

2/8/2007 6:33:02 PM

pics in gallery

2/8/2007 9:56:48 PM

the "brioropsis" (again not a real word) looks to be Pipe Organ polyps, Tubipora musica, as they look to have 8 tendrals to each polyp.

2/8/2007 11:20:00 PM

^ thanks for the correction, i'll stop using the old (and apparently not real) name.

that being said, I have quite a bit of pipe organ coral, which I am willing to sell if anyone is interested. It's all really healthy and happy, and I will sell it for $25 per square inch.

[Edited on February 9, 2007 at 7:45 AM. Reason : ]

2/9/2007 7:38:44 AM

Sort of topic related, I see you're including that Salt Creep product, I was just curious if you found that it worked? Also nice pics of your setup.

2/9/2007 1:09:34 PM

if you do part it out I'd like some live sand

2/9/2007 4:58:14 PM

Could be xenia or green star polyps....can't tell from the pics

2/9/2007 7:28:14 PM

Its neither xenia or star polyps, you can tell from the pics, its an octocoral, with a hard, tube like base = pipe organ. xenia grows from single stalks and branches out, star polyps form a mat, have much shorter "stalks" and do not extend that far out.

2/9/2007 10:46:03 PM

it looks sort of like green star, just without the green star. definitely not xenia though. the salt creep stuff works really well as long as you apply it like once a week. i think it was $7 for an 8 oz bottle.

thanks for the props on the pics

i have quite a bit of sand from pawleys island left, probably in the neighborhood of 40 lbs or so. its a mix of small shell hash and sand, but since it has been in a rubbermaid bin on my deck, i would seriously doubt it to be live anymore. any takers? i'd like to see it gone, so make me an offer...

2/10/2007 8:34:31 PM

that is NOT 60lbs of live rocks, and why the hell would anybody put sand from pawleys island in their tank. Parasites anyone?

oh, and that does not look like a pipe organ coral. Those do not have a carbonate skeleton(and pipe organs are usually red skeleton). Also i don't think the lights you have on there are strong enough to support pipe organs.

Those are some kind of clove polyp. I don't think anything else would survive long in that tank.

Let me ask you this. At night or when disturbed does their whole body shrink down?

[Edited on February 11, 2007 at 12:21 AM. Reason : .]

2/10/2007 11:58:31 PM

it is ~60 lbs of live rock. i bought it all, i think i would know. there's nothing wrong with the pawleys island sand. i have never had any miniscule problems, and have never lost a fish. i don't have strong lights on there, but the ones i have serve their purpose so that is why i havent upgraded. asshole.

2/12/2007 7:40:28 AM

What are the dimensions? Also, how long have you had the set-up?

I might definitely be interested, though I would worry about the future of the inverts with an eel in the tank (even a snowflake).

4/18/2007 10:52:36 AM

4/18/2007 10:57:34 AM