120 gal used tank is this a good deal.
I have had several fish only tanks is the past. The most recent was a 150 in-wall that I lost when job transfered me and I had to sell the house. I had over 3000 invested (acrylic tanks and I bought all the accessories. This time I want to do DIY projects for the tank especially making my own live rock and seed it. I am aware that this takes sevral months to cure before I can put in my display tank. I am also aware that seeding this rock could take up to a couple of years. My goal is to have a self sustaining eco system were the only thing I need to do on a regular basis is to add DI water. I have several years of experiance with fish only tanks but little knoweledge of a reef tank. I also know alot of changes (tricks) that people have found in the past couple years and with all the forums I would hope to pick up on some of these so called tricks of the trade. I have found a used 120 gal tank with CF lights, 30 gal long sump(would like to make my own from rubber maid containers, protien skimmer (I would like to make my own), 100 lbs of live sand (the tanks has been dry for almost a year so i guess that it would be dead sand?, and a UV sterlizer. Here are some pics of the tank. He is asking $650 for everything. Is this a good deal or should I continue to look around? Sorry for the dublicate post but I am unable to post pics. The size is right.
Pete