ill spread the word for ya man and the prices for the equipment isnt bad i paid 350$ for my 125 and i was happy to pay that so you shouldnt have a hard time 

might help you sale if you include it but alot of people dont know or even care what they are.if they dont know anything about tanks

sounds good.....yea in ashville craigslist some dumb ass wants 2000 for a 75gallon saltwater with canaster filters yea right lol good luck on that one

most of the time people say 2 to 3 bucks per gallon just for tank

Oh gotcha, didn't know if he was going to take in any more used stuff or not. Hm, IDK what you could ask for things. It all depends on what you paid I guess, and what those products go for new. The tanks seem nice, so I'm sure you can get a good amount out of them. 

Haha, I can ask around for ya. You can always head up to aquatix and exotix and talk to Ronson the owner and see what he could do for ya. 

Or the other way around and you could  get the 125 lol, but somethin tells me the 24ft depth on the 180 might be tempting

I have had my tank set up since january and I still check out craigslist at least once a day to see what people are selling lol. Maybe one day i could find a big tank for like a crazy $100 price tag lol

I preferably would rather start fresh. You don't want to inherit other peoples problems. Thats my take on things. Plus doing a build is fun. 

Looks liek a fairly fresh set up tank, which is a bad idea to have the manderin, and the starfish. Lol. If you did pick this up, replace the HOB filters and put a sump on that thing! Since your going FOWLR I would worry too much about the lighting right now. Oh, and of course more rock would be a benefit :)

Yeah could be good for me though i eat out way too much and looking at what stuff cost i'm like hey thats like one trip to here or a couple trips there.......lol could be the best diet ever.

Still have both tanks

I did find an up and running 47 gal bowfront for 200, no skimmer couple HOB filters, bigger ones, heater, has a goby, shrimp, some crabs, serpent star, choclate chip star, and the tank is super clean i didn't see any salt creep etc but i alsop didn't see any coraline growth......which worried me no crust on intakes to filters etc.

oh she wants $200

yeah between buying both of these and all the little stuff i'm drained till at least one sells lol

To be honest thats kinda the plan now haha, I could do $1000 cash and trade for a small setup, going to look at that one at A and E again tomorrow see exactly what kind of deal I can get. I would love do do a tank like they display the corals in, smaller obviously and I know you cant sit and look in through tall glass but i love those things figure a 55-75 and one of those id be on hog heaven. Till I move to a tank friendly environment.

Yeah ive been thinkin about keeping the 180 until I can but its a huge thing to just hagging out in the room without using it.

Oh well leases only last song long..............

if someone from here wants everythying I got both tanks lights, sumps etc, I'll let it all go for

$1200 figure thats about the best I could do on it.

its a water damage thing I live on the first floor, oh and she said alot of people dont take care of fish tanks when they get to big to move? I just wanted to look at her and be like yep once I couldnt take my 75 gal on a walk anymore it just went to ****......

yeah if i could break my lease id be gone but its air tight no buy out option kind of lease........

and I dont really want a 55 but i got a gallon limit now.

Yeah just got a bomb shell yall, I have to get rid of both tanks........managment luckily signed something saying i could have a tank but looks like a 55gal is my biggest option. Lease tech worded to say no tanks but i got it in writing i can have one but thanks to past idiots i found out today putting to large a tanks to many floors up...........yeah so the 180 and 125 and all are hitting the road.

I will still need yalls help with the smaller build of course but gotta find a tank first.

gonna be asking 1000 on 180 setup for everything unless any of the parts could be used with a smaller build. obviously the current light cant be so it goes with the 180.

and Ive got my 125 on here lowered to 600.

Anybody want both setups i'll make some deals do some trading etc.

ThaBolb, about trading man sounds good i'm looking at a small setup from A and E right now its a 20 gallon long i think, but its got a sump setup etc and led. I think they are wanting around $200 for it with what and and liverock it has. thats the plan right now after selling the 125 so if I could do a smaller setup like that plus cash it be the same as sellin it and buyin another.

here are some 180 equipment pics i snapped before headin out

Sump

what i think is a protein skimmer built into sump

6ft current light with led/ metal halides (bulbs glow white)

UV sterilizer label

Shot to show size of sterilizer

Pump

power head

Like i said I may decide to sell this one too just depends, but I am talking with apartment today and my insurance company to see if a tank bust is covered. If not a 55-75 gallon may be what I settle for.

yea man just def dont rush it. plan and plan and plan befor u buy or set up and have a very good idea of what u want and what u can afford to slowly do and it will come togeather. i have look at many takes and thought how in the world did they put together something so magical and compared to how i started doing things i thought i could never get there but now i have the most beautiful tank i could imagine and everyone wants to be me. lol just kiddin but really it will come to u and if u keep the natural aspect of it all in mind and if u take ur time and be patient and really appriciate this for what it is and can be then u will suprise urself at what u can put togeather but the best advise that anyone can give u is learn and learn and learn and when u think u have a great knowledge of what u want then humble yourself and realize that u still dont know anything compared to how much knowledge and info is out there and u will do fine. not to mention there are some great people on this forum who love this hobby as much as i do and are very gererous witht their knowledge and help so always ask for help when u need it and everyone has different opinions of what it should be but u can deciede for yourself what will work best for u. and by the way if u wanna do some trading on one of tose setups u have then let me know and i may have some trades for ya. and if u have any issues u need help with then post it or call me at 946 1980 or someone else in the club and we would be happy to help u.

lets see some pics of the sump and lights your talking about, oh and of the uv as well, if its not one of those cheap uvs that you hang in the tank you will want to make a manifold on your return pump so you can run it and any other reactors you want.

Yeah I dont wanna get into a rush to get fish etc in Id rather spend money on getting it right to set up. I was told the lighting should work fine for my fowlr idea, and if I eventually want corals. to be honest i dont mind watchin an empty tank while i take my time choosing whats right. i SUPPOSE the sump is large enough, like i said it looks to have a built in skimmer but i have never hooked up one so i'm not sure. also no clue how to hook up the uv sterilizer etc. Once i get it leak tested I will be asking a huge number of question bout actually getting it up and running.  Also if anyone was interested in my other tank id be willing to do some trading and such for stuff for this tank maybe even another small saltwater tank etc. to use as a frag or QT tank later on.

hjason man. it was me u were talking to at aquatics. glad u made it on here. and as for the exploding tank comment. aint gonna happen. at worst u would have a seal fail and then it would just spring a leak but i thought for u to think about it the cost of a tank of that size. setting up a 55 or 75 gal can run into someserious money quick with just sand and rock so just think of a tank that sie cause i have one larger than that and it put a hole in my wallet the size of the grand canyon. lol but it is al worth it to me but its only if u can justify the cost to yourself and whoever else it may matter to.lol hollar at us with any questions or if u just wanna shhot the preverblable shat. lol numbers listed on here if u need to hollar

                                                                           Happy Reefing,

                                                                                     Colby

First, where did you hear about glass tanks exploding? Lol, that just seems like an absurd statement from someone who doesn't know what they are talking about. Like Joe said, if you should have no problem as long as seals are good and the stand is good and level, and you don't have a crazy mantis shrimp. 

haha no i want there but a fellow reef club member Colby or thabolb had a mantis crack the side of his 55 g a while back 

and if the tank was made by all glass you should have no worries i would water test it outside for a bit then you should be good to go 

ive even heard of people using egg crate on the bottom of the tank to even out the force of the rock on the bottom pannel but i think it might create some weird detritus trap under your sandbed. but i doubt any of that is needed unless you just have a huge pillar of some sort that your worried about then id recommend a piece of acrylic