How to sell?

[renichms]

In the near future, I will be deciding whether or not to keep my reef tank. If I do decide to sell, does anyone have tips on selling off EVERYTHING? Local would obviously be best, if possible, but I'm not sure how to find people around Birmingham to buy my stuff.

Details of the system: I have a 55 gallon tank with an 88 gallon refugium. Filtration is all natural except for a 35 gallon HOB filter. The system has been set up in various forms for over a year now. I have 2 lawnmower blennies, 1 ocellaris clownfish, 1 green clown goby, 1 neon goby, 1 green mandarin, 2 cleaner shrimp, 1 electric blue hermit, 1 electric orange hermit, tons of cleaners. I have a LOT of live rock and sand. I have a lot of green star polyps around the tank, a good many mini zoanthid colonies, some mushrooms, yellow polyps, acropora, another bright green SPS, green leather coral and a fairly large finger leather coral. I have metal halide lighting for the tank.

Any and all help is appreciated (especially if I do decide to sell everything - pumps, tanks, lights, livestock, everything).

RN

 

[olwiggum]

I live in Florence and I'd be interested in a couple of the fish as well as some zoos and yellow polyps.

 

[renichms]

At this point, it does look like I'll end up selling. If you'd like, I can get pictures of everything.

RN

 

[Opiy]

I am looking now for a good deal on alot of stuff like LR, livestock, and equipment. If you do decide to go ahead and sell I would be interested so let me know.

 

[j1b1e1]

Same here, I'm looking for a few things for a new 180 I'm going to be setting up in the next week or two.

 

[olwiggum]

renichms, check your private messages.

 

[j1b1e1]

IF you decide to part out let me know how much for the lighting also, thanks

 

[wfrost]

I would be interested in some of your rock and livestock including any coral you have.

 

[ssdalton]

I'm in Florence too let me know what you have left


Shaun

 

[renichms]

Right now, I'm helping my cousin take care of car troubles, then have to finish something for school. Once I'm all done with that, I should be good to start parting it out then. I was contacted about buying the whole thing but the guy hasn't responded in a few weeks. Since there are so many people from Florence, when everything gets parted out, I may set up to just meet everyone to get everyone whatever they buy. Anyone around Birmingham I can bring stuff to anytime after I start parting it out.

RN

 

[ssdalton]

If you decide to sell I'd like to talk about the lights and some livestock...let me know

Shaun

 

[bhambamareef]

Birmingham here, would be interested in some of your corals.

 

[olwiggum]

I'm still interested as well.
(Florence)

 

[renichms]

Sorry this has taken so long. Someone else said they were interested in the whole thing. If no response by next Friday, I'm going to start piecing everything. If it comes to that, I'll post a few pictures and then it's first come, first served. Everything of mine must go.

Right now, I have a bunch of small HOB filters, 2 small heaters, 3 10 gallon tanks and a complete, functioning 5 gallon bowfront kit (short only $5 bulb from Wal-Mart) I need to get rid of. The filters are all for 10 gallon tanks, except for one larger filter and the heaters are either 50w or 75w. Some of the tanks have a little gravel in them. None leak. Everything works. $5 per heater, $5 per filter (any of them). If you buy anything, you can have a 10 gallon free. $15 for the 5 gallon bowfront with its little plastic bottom piece, some blue gravel, working top and working HOB filter. If you buy anything and want them for whatever reason, I can throw in guppies for free too. I'm in Birmingham and this is mainly for locals. These items are too small to travel for and not suitable for shipping (as with most tanks).

RN

 

[6Speed]

I'm interested in the lights as well (only need 1 complete setup). What wattage are they? I would also be interested in the lawnmower blenny, both gobies, 2 cleaner shrimp, acro, and green sps. I live in Tuscaloosa, but will be coming through Birmingham this weekend.

 

[renichms]

Okay, it's big listing day. I can come up with pics on request. I'll try to list everything I can remember and a general price range.

-Ocellaris clownfish (over 1 year old now) with giant green hairy mushroom (she has been hosting in it most of the time I've had her) - $45
-All my zoanthid colonies (prefer to sell together for this price but can sell them individually too since they're all fairly small) - $80
-Yellow polyp rock - $20
-2 cleaner shrimp (selling them together) - $35
-Mandarin dragonette (eats Marine Cuisine like there's no tomorrow) - $15
-Electric blue hermit crab and a few extra shells - $7.50
-Green star polyps, 2 rocks, 1 big, 1 not as big - $20 for smaller, $40 for bigger, $50 for both
-Bright green SPS frag on plug - $10
-Acropora I grew into a rock full of red mushrooms (obviously includes mushroom rock and mushrooms) - $35
-Green leather coral frag on plug - $15
-Good sized finger leather - $30
-Lawnmower blenny - $10
-Metal halide fixture (2X 175w 20,000K metal halide with 2X actinic [believe they are 96w each but cannot remember]) - $350
-55 gallon tank with overflow and bulkheads, including any extras I have that might fit - $100
-Trash can refugium (2X 44 gallon trash cans long acting as refugium, comes with chaeto basket, float valve and auto topoff buckets I made) - $25 (for everything)
-~700 gph return pump - $20
-Chaeto basket pump (chaeto basket is set in garbage cans and designed to bring chaeto closer to light) - $10
-Clamp lamp with used 10,000K 10w bulb used for refugium for long time - $2.50

Once all those items are claimed and my friend removes his rock, sand and livestock, I'll need to sell some of the cleaning crew and the rest of the rock and sand. Not setting a price per pound of it but may set price on rocks in a certain size range and on each pitcher full of sand.

Thank you to everyone expressing interest so far. Since I'm just now listing everything, I think the fairest way to do this is to let whoever calls something first be the one who gets it. I really prefer not to ship anything if at all possible. If I can get a group in Florence, I'll see about making one big delivery. If you're around Birmingham, I can deliver to you almost anytime. Other areas, I'll have to arrange.

If you need pictures, ask. I can try to post them here or email them. My friend owns the lawnmower blenny in the display tank but not the one in the refugium. He owns the electric orange hermit, the green clown goby and, if we can find it again, the neon goby. He owns a small amount of rock and a small amount of sand. His stuff will be going into a 20L, so most will be left over.

RN

 

[6Speed]

Ok, so I don't need the halides then, since I'm looking for a 250w, but I would still like to get one of the lawnmower blennies, acro, sps, and the mandarin. I'd also like to pick up one of those 10 gallon tanks, a filter and a heater.

When/where can I meet you this weekend?

edit: (maybe the green leather too)

 

[jay375]

pm sent.

 

[renichms]

Mandarin, lawnmower blenny, green SPS, acropora are gone now. Everything else is still available and may have another available 10 gallon as well.

RN

 

[renichms]

Another 10 gallon is definitely available but one of the old ones is gone, so I still have 3. One of the filters is gone, as is the heater. The 5 gallon is gone too.

RN