Complete 150 gallon system up for sale

[Quinn]

As some of you know, I will be transfering to Lethbridge to complete my BA this September and as such my 150 gallon reef is for sale. I may be spending a few weeks in Europe this summer so it will be necessary to have all the livestock sold by mid-June. I am not in a huge rush at this point in time, and will therefore begin by offering the entire system as a unit (some livestock being an exception, see below). If I have no luck this way then I will be happy to part out the components piece by piece starting most likely in April.

As far as pricing goes I am not set on any particular sum, however as noted I am not particularly concerned about selling everything together and therefore will attempt to recuperate most of my costs. All in all, I expect I've spent about $4000 on the system, and that only by being thrifty and making carefully researched purchases. If you are at all interested, please don't hesitate to make me an offer. I would also be open to a purchase plan of sorts if that is more desirable for the purchaser. My father owns a large delivery van which would be suitable for delivery to Calgary, Edmonton or any area in between or within a fairly close radius.

On to the specs, an abridged version of http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5489.

The tank is a 4'x2'x30" 150 gallon Inter-American full Starphire glass tank with a 2" overflow and eurobracing. It is in mint condition with absolutely no scratches. The sump is a 4'x1'x18" 50 gallon glass tank with glass baffles and a 17 gallon refugium built in. The return pump is a Mag12. Circulation is provided by four Maxijet 1200s and a Wavemaster Pro. The main tank is lit by two 400w single-end bulbs, currently Ushios, with Spider reflectors. These lights are running on a PFO TAR ballast from J&L Aquatics. I do have actinic lighting but I haven't gotten around to connecting it yet. I may or may not do this, regardless it would be included with the tank. The sump is lit with a 40w normal output fluorescent tube. In the sump there is a Berlin Classic HOB skimmer and a Canadian Man DIY calcium reactor with 5lb CO2 tank and selenoid valve, as well as a DIY auto top-off system made with a Rubbermaid container and a simple float valve. The tank is sitting on an oversized and overbuilt stand, finished with pine doors that are completely removable. The sump sits inside this stand, which is ventilated with a 4" fan and a 6" clip-on fan and includes 16 three-prong plugins (not GFCI). The canopy is almost 2' high and is also pine, and includes two 4" ventilation fans. The tank includes a variety of accessories including electronic thermometer, hydrometer, test kits, cleaning magnet, nets, extra tubing, buckets, a small quantity of carbon, etc. An electronic pH probe is also available.

Fish include an Atlantic blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus), a pair of black saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus), a Potter's angelfish (Centropyge potteri), a bicolour blenny (Escenius bicolor), an orange maiden goby (Valenciennea puellaris), and a pajama cardinal (Sphaeramia nematoptera). Invertebrates include a pink Hawaiian cucumber (Holothuria sp.), a tuxedo urchin (Mespilia globulus), 25 assorted snails, a strawberry conch (Strombus luhuanus), 10 scarlett-legged hermit crabs (Paguristes sp.), three scarlet cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) and a wide assortment of hitchhiker worms, pods, tunicates, chitons, snails, clams and unidentified organisms. Cnidarians include ~25 different SPS corals, ranging from small frags to small colonies (possibly including Montipora sp. and Acropora sp.), a long tentacle anemone (Macrodactyla doreensis), two rocks with green star polyps (Pachyclavularia sp.) on them, one large, one small, and a scattering of polyps, zoanthids and mushrooms. The tank contains ~250lbs of live rock, and there is 4" of live sand in the main tank and 7" in the refugium.

As aluded to above, I will part out the livestock. However, this livestock will NOT be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Instead, livestock will be sold to aquarists who I know will provide the kind of environment I know my animals will be "happy" and healthy in. Unfortunately I must also give Calgarians priority, namely because I will be closer to Calgary and it is likely that I will persue my Masters and possibly further degrees in Calgary within a few years time and would like to be able to "keep tabs" on my pets. Naturally, the livestock will not be available until June, as noted above. The following is a list of the livestock I am willing to part out. If you have already spoken to me about these animals, please reconfirm you are interested, as I will compile a list of interested parties. When I am ready to sell, I will decide the going price for each animal.

-Atlantic blue tang: Great personality, eats from my hands. Enjoys almost anything edible. Approx. 5" long, will grow larger. Needs to be the boss of the tank. Possibly my favorite fish.

-Black saddleback clownfish: Beautiful fish, no visible orange left. The female is queen of her castle and may cause problems for small fish, as she harasses my goby on occasion. The male spends most of his time being pushed out of their anemone by his girlfriend.

-Potter's angel: Lovely fish, doesn't cause problems for anyone or any coral, although I would be careful with single polyp LPS corals. Normally one of the more difficult dwarf angels, this one is in fantastic condition.

-Bicolor blenny: Cute little fellow. At one time a suspected SPS nipper, it seems to have been cured of this habit.

-Orange diamond goby: My other favorite, spends most of her day working on her burrow. She is not a destructive burrower however, and will happily stick to one burrow towards the front of the tank. Must be target fed mysis or similar foods daily.

-Pajama cardinal: He's a cardinal. He doesn't do much. Not much to say about him.

-Long tentacle anemone: I would be willing to split this from its clownfish. It is tan and yellow. Doesn't eat in my tank, may do better in yours.

-SPS corals: Of my ~25, I would like to see 12 or so in the hands of a Calgarian, as I am very interested in how they turn out in the future. These include a fast-growing tan birdnest, a forest green acro, a brown acro that is slowly turning turquoise, two pieces of a lovely purple/yellow/turqoise acro, a brown acro that is turning yellow/green, a brown acro with purple tips, a brown acro with blue tips, and an odd acro that is a rather undescribable colour, a mix between pink, green and brown, depending on the day.

-Strawberry conch: Who doesn't love conchs. This guy is just a hoot and as such I need to know he's going to a good home.

If you are interested in livestock or the entire system, please PM me in confidence. If you have questions (I've likely missed a few things), please post here so everyone can share in the answers.

Now if only this were a term paper I had just put 1,192 words into.

[CHEAPREEF]

PM sent.

Clinton

[Seriak]

PM sent

Interested in whole setup!

Chris

[Quinn]

Wow, talk about "you have a new private message"! Thanks to everyone who's expressed interest so far.

To clarify a little bit. The SPS corals that I've listed as being of particular interest to me continue to grow, and as such I cannot establish a price for them until at least May. I am not going to frag them out as part of this sale, in other words, the winning buyer will be the person to talk to about frags. About half of these corals are pieces from Calgarians anyways. Priority for these corals will go to individuals with the proper setup for maintaining SPS, ie. metal halides and calcium reactors.

I don't know how I missed this. Photos of the tank are available at http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish.

[Stretch]

PM sent

[mario]

pm sent
mario

[Quinn]

Bump...

[Quinn]

I am now prepared to start parting out livestock from my system. Everything has to be gone by June 24th. The following is a list of corals that are available as of now. However, I will not consider delivering at this point in time, so interested parties may want to consider a Sunday drive. Please drop me a PM to let me know if you are interested in coming to grab anything. If more than one individual is interested in a piece, I will sell to whoever comes to pick up the piece first. I have listed what I think is a fairly accurate price, as well as the aquarist from whom I obtained the original frags (all of my corals started as frags), and my understanding of the recommended tank conditions. As well, several of the animals listed as brown may colour up further under different halide lighting. Finally, I am not really sure of the value of these pieces; therefore I am open to negotiation

-Blue-tipped brown Acropora sp. (staghorn), medium colony - $25 – Tony – Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Green Montipora digitata, medium colony - $25 – Jonathan – Requires power compacts, VHOs or better, halides recommended, and good water quality.

-Green Montipora digitata, frag - $10 – Jonathan – Requires power compacts, VHOs or better, halides recommended, and good water quality. - http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/sale%...014%2004/5.jpg

-Orange M. digitata, small colony - $25 – Tony - Requires power compacts, VHOs or better, halides recommended, and good water quality.

-Purple/pink M. capricornis, small colony - $25 – Tony - Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Yellow M. capricornis, frag - $15 – Duaine - Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Green/brown Acropora sp. (staghorn), frag - $15 – Duaine - Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Turquoise/brown Acropora sp. (staghorn), frag - $15 – Duaine - Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Turquoise/brown Acropora sp. (staghorn), small colony - $20 – Duaine - Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Purple-tipped brown Acropora sp., frag - $15 – Tony - Requires halides and excellent water quality.

-Green Briareum asbestinum, freakin’ huge colony (8”x3”) - $50 – Jonathan – Requires power compacts, VHOs or better. Includes a chunk of LR - http://quinn.rdcpsych.org/fish/sale%...014%2004/3.jpg

-Green Briareum asbestinum, medium colony (4”x4”) - $25 – Jonathan – Requires power compacts, VHOs or better. Includes a chunk of LR.

-Green/yellow Hydnophora sp., frag - $15 - Jonathan - Requires halides.

[Dez]

Hey

Is the potter's angel spoken for? I'd be interested

des

[Stretch]

Remember I would like the cleaner shrimp and wavemaker