How to Sell it?

tcamos

tcamos

Reef, Crustacean, Puffers
Here's the short version: My mother-in-law has alzheimer's disease and so we're buying a new house and moving the in-laws in so we can care for them. Because of this my 210 gallon tank has to go. It can't go downstairs and is too heavy for upstairs so long story short, I have to sell it.

I really have no idea how to go about it. I can't even conceive of catching my purple tang or regal tank. I don't want to stress them fish by removing the rock (making them easier to catch).

I will have a small 30 gallon cube and a 45 or 55 gallon tank so I want to keep some live rock...I don't know...I'm bummed about selling off my dream tank but also confused about exactly how to go about getting rid of this monster.

Thoughts?
 
From what I've seen, you can sell it as a complete setup very cheap or part it out. Coral first, then rock, then fish, then equipment. You can also ask someone with extra tank space to hold your favorite pieces that will go in your new tanks.
 
I am sorry to hear that you have to sell your tank, but it is really cool that you are taking care of your in-laws. Not many people have their parents/in-laws move in and take care of them anymore.
 
Vanpire said:
I am sorry to hear that you have to sell your tank, but it is really cool that you are taking care of your in-laws. Not many people have their parents/in-laws move in and take care of them anymore.
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Thanks. I'm sad about the tank but unlike some folks I like my in-laws. :) I've been married for nearly 26 years now and they've been great the whole time.

I would love to sell the tank as a whole just keeping out enough live rock for myself but I have seen on here that this seldom works. People generally have to part out.

I guess I need to start looking for a 55 gallon with an overflow now.
 
I think chris at discount may have had one around 55g RR when I was there, cant be 100% sure though.

Honestly I agreed with the half of the people on facebook who said the tank will be fine upstairs as long as its length is perpendicular to the support beams and near a load bearing wall, but it sounds like something you dont want to worry about.

There are a lot of nice people who can hold livestock for you, even on the east side =)
 
What is "RR"?
Yes, I'm just not feeling the whole 3000 pound tank upstairs. Not without someone telling me for sure it's okay and so far no one will and I can't hire someone to inspect for me due to cost.

I'm going to keep the corals. and some of the fish, maybe most. I've kept mostly small fish so they should be okay. I just have a huge tank and tons of rock to deal with and it's a bit overwhelming to be honest. I had planned on staying put and keeping my tank but God has other plans and that's fine with me, I'm along for the ride, but I have 10,000 things to do and this one (I know you will understand) is very important to me.

I'm thinking I could get a child pool from Wal-Mart and use it as a temporary storage for the rock. It takes up a ton of room but I think it would work.
 
yah I meant reef ready, so you don't have to get it drilled or add overflows after the fact.

I understand, I would also want to be 100% that much weight is safe up there, my pool table upstairs is slate and I still don't think it weighs that much.

Good luck with your transition, as with Chris's offer of the tub Im sure you will have plenty of people in the reef community willing to help out.
 
If you're looking at DSA, jorrell at club reef said he has a neo 65 he's looking to get rid of. He offered me a smoking deal on it but I'm not in the position to jump on it.
 
Good luck. Best way to get the most money is going to be to part the system out starting with coral, rock and then fish. Unfortunately it's really hard to find a buyer for a complete setup.
 
Mael said:
I think chris at discount may have had one around 55g RR when I was there, cant be 100% sure though.

Honestly I agreed with the half of the people on facebook who said the tank will be fine upstairs as long as its length is perpendicular to the support beams and near a load bearing wall, but it sounds like something you dont want to worry about.

There are a lot of nice people who can hold livestock for you, even on the east side =)
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One of the local reef pages on FB had a post about this. The one that I saw says it would be good to have a tank that big on a upper level mostly due to the footprint of the tank distributing the weight. They compared it to 8 big guys standing in a kitchen
 
I've settled on a 75 gallon tank.

I still have no idea how to set prices on stuff.

What is a 210 gallon tank worth?
 
I bought my acrylic 225 gallon (5' long x 3' wide x 2' high) from one of the reefers here for $400. No overflows. I built that myself.

Hope that helps you.
 
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