tank teardown--selling a lot of my stuff

cloakerpoked

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Hey guys. My timer got bumped and I didn't realize it, so now pretty much everything in my tank is dead/dying i fear due to my kalkwasser reactor jumping my pH from 8.2 to 9.9 before I caught it. (I REALLY need to get a pH controller next time around). I've moved everything into my bowfront tank for now with powerheads and new water, but I'm not very optimistic about most of the SPS or LPS. Some of the zoas seem to be coming out, and believe it or not, the clams are still alive and actually seem to be in the least bad of shape of everything. Since I'm moving soon anyway, unless everything makes a miraculous comeback (and even probably then) I will be selling the following items shortly, and setting up a nano until I get into my new living arrangement....

120 gallon tank with stand and canopy
2 250 w MH lights with wiring, ballasts, and reflectors
72 Gallon bowfront aquarium
1 250 w MH light with wiring, ballast and reflector (this one has 2 ballasts, but one has gone bad)
Mag 18
Little Giant 4-SCQX (or whatever, it's an external 1300 gph pump)

And all of my livestock that makes it, maybe minus a few of my favorite frags if they make it. Those of you who were getting stuff from me, I'll keep you posted on whether your stuff makes it or not.
If you're interested, PM me and I'll get you on a list. I'm not asking for offers at this point, so please don't send any, and mods, please bear with me until I can assess what the damage is to my tank and figure out what's what. I will get prices up, and livestock lists as soon as I can take a direction for sure.
 
Alright guys, here's an update. My zoas are all fine, and for some reason, the clams are behaving completely normally, so I think they will be as well. I'm going to keep my 72 bowfront that I just got and convert it into my DT for the time being. I'm definitely not giving up, just calling it quits on this system. As some of you could probably relate to, it will just never be the same, so I'd rather not pretend. It's my own fault for not thinking about this timer as being such a weak point in my system, but it obviously was. I've learned from it (to the tune of all my SPS gone probably) and will not make the same mistake twice. Here is what I am currently looking into selling, and it's backwards because I don't want to sell livestock that's not going to be any good :)

I have a 120 reef ready tank with dual overflows and the back drilled for a closed loop...2 inputs, 1 drain in the back. The tank has some scratching that I would consider to be somewhat major, although if you keep the tank clean, only 1 or 2 scratches are so distracting that they detract from the tank. It has a custom built canopy with 2x250 MH's in spider reflectors (bulbs are 14k, although one is still burning in, because it's literally a week old.) The ballasts are in separate electric boxes. It also has 2x110 VHO actinic supplimentation. The tank drains into a 30 gallon rubbermaid tub and is returned via a Mag 18 and Little Giant 1300gph pump. The pumps pump into a manifold system, which then puts water into the DT through 4 separate lines (5 nozzles) and a spraybar.

Price I'd like to get for the tank, stand (not enclosed or finished), canopy (finished), lights, ballasts, plumbing, and pumps is $700. I'm not firm on this price, so if you have an offer, feel free to float it my way.

I also have a 20 gallon tank that I used as a refugium and a 29 gallon tank I used as a frag tank. I'll sell them, with the stands I build for them (or they came with), and my 2 DJ powerstrips for $75 to the person who takes my tank. (The DJ powerstrips alone retail for $40 each) These tanks are drilled, and were run off the manifold system I built for my tank.
I would like to sell my 2 anenome's ASAP. I'm offering a 100% money back guarantee since I'm not sure they'll make it, although at least the sebea is still sticky, and makes me think he'll make it for sure. These guys are probably 16-20" in diameter, so make sure you have the space for them, and preferably a big skimmer in case they don't make it.

$25 sebea
$50 RBTA

Once I figure out what livestock makes it, I will begin listing it as well. Here's what I'll sell right now, just to make sure it goes to a good home...

$30--green 3" crocea (just bought it from Brandon)
$60--Blue 5-7" crocea (you can see it in some of my recent pics I posted under my tank thread.)

I'll be starting a build thread not too long from now for the new 72 gallon bowfront tank, so stay tuned... :)
 
The reason I'm selling the clams is because I'm concerned about the adverse effects that an ammonia spike will have on them. I'm willing to offer money back guarantees on them, but otherwise I will want to keep them. Saturday morning/afternoon before the meeting, all this stuff (including the tank) will be available.
 
PM returned.

I will also be here Friday until 3 PM. 100% money back guarantee is offered on the clams too, I just want them to go somewhere that they can get the water conditions they need. Due to the circumstances, any livestock I'm selling will be sold on a first to be able to pick it up basis. I'm not doing this to be a jerk, I just want my animals that have survived to get somewhere they can thrive since I can't be sure that I can offer them that.
 
small clam

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bigger clam
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And in all their glory in the tank before this mess...
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Zoas
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SPS :(
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Most of it's more like this....
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I'm in Gibsonia (up by Butler.) John (superstein) had asked about the clam before I even said definitively I was selling it, and he's coming tonight to get it. If for some reason he doesn't want it, I'll let you know. The bigger one is still available if anyone is interested.
 
replied. Just so everyone knows, I'm 95% certain the zoas will make it and be fine. They're all opening up, and look fine. The SPS is what isn't going to be ok....so as far as recent requests are concerns, it would only affect Jesse. The DragonEyes (I think that's what the yellow and orange zoas are) all looked fine.
 
Those are Tubs blues. I'll be keeping the big colony, but one has 2 adults and 2 babies, other has 1 of each. $10 for the bigger colony, $5 for the smaller.

I am assuming all the SPS (other than my montis) are going to die. If some of it lives, it will be a modern miracle and I'll almost certainly be keeping it.

Pic of the sebea now...(as of 2 PM)

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14885142#post14885142 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Misled
What do they look like?
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A lot of them just completely bleached, or looked like they almost lost all their color except around a few polyps, and that color looked like it was super faded from what it used to be. A few of them (that slimer in the pic was the best) actually looked like they might eventually recover, but they could also just keep sliming until everything was gone too...so who knows. There are quite a few that are certainly gonners at this point. I'm going to turn the lights on when I get home for an hour or so and try to better assess the damage.
 
Sorry to hear about this all!! At Least your playing it smart and trying to save all the critters and planning for the future set-up. How did the fish take it, any live?

I am around Sat morning at earliest and although I don't really need anything I may be interested in a few corals. Or if you need anyone to hold anything till things stabilize in your 72 even let me know my tank and quarantine are both set-up and have a lot of open realestate if you need it.
 
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