125 gal. SW?

[KMyers18]

I have a 125 fish only tank. No reef lighting or LR just Living color decorations with CC and 4 fish. Allglass tank with a custom birch stand and cannopy. W/d filter with a mag. 9.5 and a coralife UV. What would some thing like that be worth. Im thinking of selling it Thanks!

 

[XXFirefighter]

well the CC is pretty worthless so r the fish unless they are something rare or expensive from the start. Filter cut that into abotu a quater of what you paid and same with the tank I guess...

Seen some set ups like that go for 150 bucks...
Kinds like buying a new car, it loses value from the minute you drive it off the lot !

 

[Wolf]

Hey Kmyers if you are going to sell it for 150 let me know. Also what type of fish do you have?

 

[revhtree]

That mag 9 cost around 150 alone. If I were to guess, I would say at least 300bucks, and that would be the low side.

Does it have a built in overflow?

 

[KMyers18]

Yeah it is drilled on each side in the corners. With the lil'' black things that block off the tank. Wolf i have a blonde naso a porcupine puffer a lunar wrasse a queen trigger and i had a saddle back grouper but i gave him to a friend he was getting to BIG!!! I was going to turn it in to a FOWLR but it is pissing me off allways has high nitrates. No matter how many water changes i do. And i have a 20 high reef i just set up so.... that is taking all my patience

 

[clowninround]

DSB is real good 4 that, my nitrates are never over 5, never.

 

[KMyers18]

My nitrates have been 60 to 80 for a month! 8O The fish act the same they eat like lil'' pigs They have went down since i got rid of the BIG grouper. I think i over feed also but.... How do you know how much to feed anyway? I just feed what i think is good. I was told there stomach is the size of there eye. But they go crazy if i dont give them much I think im getting discouraged with it. The things been fine for almost a year till about a month ago maybe a lil'' longer. And Revhtree it is 72'' long

 

[clowninround]

You know, peppermint shrimp really help out if you overfeed. At least mine do, though I try NOT to overfeed. I feed as much as the fish will eat and if there is anything left over they attack it. Sometimes I even throw in some food just for them, and like I say, nothing gets left over. Of course with flake food, you really have to be careful because it can really pollute the water if the fish don't eat it and I am not sure that the shrimp will eat flake. Anyone know?

 

[revhtree]

Ya my peps and cleaners eat up the flake good!

 

[austinsdad]

Mine eat it too if they can catch it.

 

[KMyers18]

I dont think a pepermint shrimp would last very long in there with my over weight puffer or the trigger I feed them silversides, krill and the green life line cubes all frozen ( well i dont feed it to them frozen ) But if i was to feed them as much as they would eat with no leftovers. There is no telling what my nitrates would be :? I think that is where my money is going

 

[Wolf]

How big's your queen trigger? Want to sell him?

 

[KMyers18]

Im not sure what im going to do with any of it just yet. I was posting that just to get an idea of what a tank like mine would sell for. My queen is about 4.5-5 inches long very pretty colors thoe.

 

[Wolf]

I've never seen one for sale. How much do they go for?

 

[KMyers18]

Whats that, the tank or the trigger? The trigger was 59 but i have heard that my LFS is o lot cheaper than most! Im not sure thoe cuz i only shop at one place! And if you meant the tank im not sure cuz it was a wedding present!

 

[Wolf]

trigger, thanks

 

[seaham358]

The CC and w/d IMO are the problem. Loose the CC a little at a time and replace it with 2-3" of sand. How often do you vacuum the CC. With fish like that It should be done 2 time a month. Do you have bioballs in the W/D? If yes they trap food and waste and when it breaks down you have NO3. In two months you could have that tank back in shape.
Step 1 take out 1/3 of the cc and replace with sand... after 2 weeks take out another 3rd and so on. After that clean part of the bioballs. Adding cured LR will help also.
The CC needs to go......

 

[KMyers18]

First off how in the heck do i get the bioballs out. Second do i replace the balls with rock? And third im going to loose the CC. I hate even how it looks. But i loved it at first :? Hey thanks for the good info. Another question if i replaced my deco. with LR and lost the CC would i need bioballs anymore? And would the coraline die with no reef lighting? And i have used copper in there one time too.

 

[KMyers18]

BTW i vac once a month!