Helluva Deal For A Beginner?

[jpedersen024]

Reef tank has been running for 5+ years. Fire angel, yellow tang, and mandarin goby all doing great. Mushrooms thriving everywhere. >40 lbs beautiful live rock. Heater, skimmer, pumps included.

Needs new light. Also, I suggest a new acrylic tank...although the purple algae can be scraped off, a new acrylic would make this an outstanding setup.

Must sell (essentially give away) asap. $100 makes it yours

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This was the ad on a local lfs message board. It's a 40 US gallon tank. The hitch is, I would be making my first jump into saltwater with this tank. Seems strange that it has no light, and that he is recommending a completely new tank for it all? Even still, it's probably a good deal just in equipment, but I have no extra tank lying around that would be a suitable replacement at this point. And I know metal hallides are expensive as well...

Interested in any and all opinions/ thoughts on the matter! I'm thinking that it's a better first step - taking over an already established tank.... but it would still have to be a quick learning process for me, just in proper upkeep.

Thanks all!

 

[JJ1234567]

tangs and mandarins require large tanks, with the man needing lots of LR. Seems a bit shady to me...I would pass...or pick it up just for the LR and return the fish to a store for credit.

 

[SkiFletch]

Agreed, if it looks halfway healthy, the LR alone is worth $300+ so I'd buy it if I were you... Even if some of the fish need re-homing or if the unfortunate happens and they perish, you've still got more than your money's worth