Price guide for selling a set up complete.

[weemanno1]

Hi guys can you help I’m going to be putting my reef system up for sale soon complete .. I’m in the uk and would like some guide of how much to sell it for in spring. I’m getting a new tank but don’t have the room for 2 and my new tanks 330 litres compared to my old ones that’s 125 litres. So need to fell everything to rebuild a new one :)

It’s a peninsula tank aio 80 x 40 x 45cm 140ltr (holds 125 litres of water)
All cured rock with coraline algae (11 months old)
Lots of decent corals and a paired off pair of Picasso/ bullet hole clowns, Bengali cardinal pyjama cardinal, algae blenny , strawberry conch, pederson shrimp.

Hardware is the tank as mentioned 1000 lph return pumps lying. Jecod 5000 wave maker and 2000 mini maker. 300w eheim jaeger heater. Brand new tmc LPs 6 light, bubble magus qq3 skimmer and a London aquatic design auto reef roller. System set up was about £1300 and livestock about £400 it’s 9 months old apart from the light . It’s a complete set up apart from an ato
Just a rough idea what I should put it up for would be awesome and sorry if it’s in the wrong place :)

I had a rough idea of about £500 or $700 usd equivalent .. or about £200 for livestock and £300 for set up ?

 

[JTP424]

I think your rough numbers are reasonable.
Are you sure you want to not transfer anything to your new tank? Or are the funds from this one to support the new one? The live rock alone would be valuable to help kickstart your new tank. Just curious!

 

[weemanno1]

I think your rough numbers are reasonable.
Are you sure you want to not transfer anything to your new tank? Or are the funds from this one to support the new one? The live rock alone would be valuable to help kickstart your new tank. Just curious!

I literally have no room for anything apart from this new tank unfortunately. The love rock I would be able to sell I suppose but frustratingly can’t put anywhere even for a month and equally I would probably need the extra few hundred to go towards the hardware for the new tank.. . I hae all the cool tube worms little detritus worms in the sand about 10 nessarious snails .. the coraline algae building up is the killer. Because it’s over 3 times the water volume would be diluting everything so much or waiting for extended time to match all the parameters and bio bacteria I think I would jeopardise the stock I’ve already got

 

[JayM]

I know you said you literally have no room, but I would literally do anything to keep your existing live rock. A bucket or two and a small heater would likely be sufficient. You're going to need to buy rock anyway, so even if you sold what you have for exactly the money you'll need to replace it, you're still at a net loss with having to re-establish the new rock.

 

[weemanno1]

I know you said you literally have no room, but I would literally do anything to keep your existing live rock. A bucket or two and a small heater would likely be sufficient. You're going to need to buy rock anyway, so even if you sold what you have for exactly the money you'll need to replace it, you're still at a net loss with having to re-establish the new rock.

I know.. what I could probably do is cure my other rock and keep that somewhere for a month or so before I sell the tank so at least I get some good stuff out the old tank . That’s a good idea jay !!
Thanks