Which one is the best deal? Help?!?

[sticky]

Ok, so after my AC went out destroying most of my corals now seemed like a good time to move to a larger tank since loss of items will be low since not much is left.

I have these used setups availabe in my local area. Which one would most likely be the best buy, and why?

125 gallon AGA around 1 year old and in great condition
Comes with 1- 300 watt Finnex heater
2- Seio 1100 Powerheads
Coralife lunar Aqualights [4x96 watt bulbs and 6 lunar lights]
1 hang on refugium with Maxijet 400 [never used]
tank is not drilled, but if you plan on using a hang on overflow, I can also throw in a 20 or 30 gallon tank to use for a sump
$400

125 glass tank with dark wood stained stand and canopy
2x36" twin tube fl. lights
hang-on overflow with 15 gal sump
Cap 2200 return pump
Predator in sump skimmer
Eheim 2 canister filter
4 powerheads
heater
$400.00

150 gal glass tank with black stand and canopy
2x96 and 4x65 pc lights
hang on overflow with 20 gal sump with tower
Pro Clear Aquatics in sump skimmer
Cap 2200 return pump
4 powerheads
heater
$550.00

150 all glass aquarium has dual overflow on it
large eshoppes wet dry
gen x 8500 pump
210 pounds of Carib sea aragamax sand
4 T7 fixtures. There is probably around
20 pounds give or take 3 to 5 pounds of live rock in there too.
Fish also can go if you want them.
note there was small amount of salt creep that developed at edge of trim when first filled but quit after that, the tank has only had water in for appx 3 months.
600.00 obo

Any help would be appreciated. I like the 125s for less, but are those good buys, what equipment would I need in addition to these setups?

[dakar]

I'll throw the first questions that came to mind for each one that you might want to persue or consider. If you have the $$$ availble, grab the best deal on a 150 (display) and a 125 (for a sump) package and build a high volume system...if you can manage to grab the ones with the better lighting and a get a pair of skimmers, what you get with each package deal in lighting and parts would likely save you a lot of green later, otherwise the extras will make for great trading/selling stuff later too. A pair of these setups isn't a bad deal at all for $1K, you could easily drop 3x that amount just setting up.

125 gallon AGA around 1 year old and in great condition
Comes with 1- 300 watt Finnex heater
2- Seio 1100 Powerheads <--good
Coralife lunar Aqualights [4x96 watt bulbs and 6 lunar lights] <-- good, bulb age?
1 hang on refugium with Maxijet 400 [never used] <-- nice to have
tank is not drilled, but if you plan on using a hang on overflow, I can also throw in a 20 or 30 gallon tank to use for a sump <--nice of him
$400 <-- minus stand/canopy ? No overflow

125 glass tank with dark wood stained stand and canopy <-- stand/canopy!
2x36" twin tube fl. lights <-- likely junk good for a fuge though
hang-on overflow with 15 gal sump
Cap 2200 return pump <--okay
Predator in sump skimmer <-- might be okay
Eheim 2 canister filter <-- dust collector/ebay it
4 powerheads <-- what kind?
heater
$400.00 <-- not bad for tank/stand and overflow

150 gal glass tank with black stand and canopy <--again stand/canopy
2x96 and 4x65 pc lights <-- could be useful, bulb age?
hang on overflow with 20 gal sump with tower
Pro Clear Aquatics in sump skimmer <-- might be oky
Cap 2200 return pump <--okay
4 powerheads <-- what kind?
heater
$550.00 <--not bad

150 all glass aquarium has dual overflow on it
large eshoppes wet dry <-- dustcollector
gen x 8500 pump <--nice pump
210 pounds of Carib sea aragamax sand <-- a quick $100 worth
4 T7 fixtures. <-- T7? never heard of them T8 or T5 maybe?
20 pounds give or take 3 to 5 pounds of live rock in there too. <-- a quick $100
Fish also can go if you want them. <-- reef safe or predators?
note there was small amount of salt creep that developed at edge of trim when first filled but quit after that, the tank has only had water in for appx 3 months. <-- recommend shooting the tank with an extra bead of silicone
600.00 obo <-- no stand or canaopy?


Maybe this will help a bit...

[lReef lKeeper]

i think that i would go with the first one ...

125 gallon AGA around 1 year old and in great condition
Comes with 1- 300 watt Finnex heater
2- Seio 1100 Powerheads
Coralife lunar Aqualights [4x96 watt bulbs and 6 lunar lights]
1 hang on refugium with Maxijet 400 [never used]
tank is not drilled, but if you plan on using a hang on overflow, I can also throw in a 20 or 30 gallon tank to use for a sump
$400
if nothing else you will have some good items in the deal. see if you can maybe you can mix and match if they are all owned by the same person.

[ReefNeck]

That was my first thought as well. Choose what's behind door #1!

[sticky]

Tomorrow I pick up my new tank

125 gallon AGA around 1 year old and in great condition
1 - 300 watt Finnex heater
2 - Seio 1100 Powerhead
1 - Seio 1500 Powerhead
Coralife lunar Aqualights [4x96 watt bulbs and 6 lunar lights]
1 hang on refugium with Maxijet 400 [never used]
30 gallon tank to use for a sump
Sand to fill the bottom of the tank
$400

I have an overflow so the only thing I need now is a new pump to increase the turnover rate and a new skimmer so I can run 2 ref/sumps.

[lReef lKeeper]

sounds like you got it all figured out man. you know the seios are almost worth the total you are paying for the entire set up, right?? and since you have an overflow you should be good to go. what kind of pump are you thinking about getting?? i run a mag7 on my 55gal and everything seems to be happy with the flow so you may want to consider something equall to a mag9 or maybe even 2 of them.