jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
DocPayne Starting Lineup 82 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
hgtran All American 9855 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
MATTYP00 Starting Lineup 56 Posts user info edit post |
$20 for the snowflake eel.... could pick it up anytime. 2/7/2007 1:22:54 PM |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit post |
$20.00 for the whole thing. 2/7/2007 8:56:07 PM |
Packman79 Veteran 306 Posts user info edit post |
check you inbox 2/7/2007 9:05:48 PM |
Taikimoto All American 2039 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
ssgator06 New Recruit 9 Posts user info edit post |
how much would you sell the snowflake eel for by itself? 2/8/2007 4:43:05 PM |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
"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 |
Lutra All American 12588 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
wheelmanca19 All American 3735 Posts user info edit post |
$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 |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
pics in gallery 2/8/2007 9:56:48 PM |
Taikimoto All American 2039 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
^ 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 |
DocPayne Starting Lineup 82 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
elise mainly potato 13090 Posts user info edit post |
if you do part it out I'd like some live sand 2/9/2007 4:58:14 PM |
MATTYP00 Starting Lineup 56 Posts user info edit post |
Could be xenia or green star polyps....can't tell from the pics 2/9/2007 7:28:14 PM |
Taikimoto All American 2039 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
clalias All American 1580 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
jetskipro All American 1635 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
HMJ Starting Lineup 56 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
hgtran All American 9855 Posts user info edit post |
4/18/2007 10:57:34 AM |