Might be purchasing my boss's 75g bow tank, need some input on pricing.....

fishfrenzy · 01-27-2005, 09:04 PM

As of right now my boss has a 75g Bow Front tank, with a black 2 door cabinet stand. its a saltwater tank right now. He has alot of live rocks star fish' are growing all over the glass and he only has 2 fish in there. The tank and stuff is about 9 yrs old. I am just curious on how much I should offer him for the set-up. Heres everything there is as of right now.

The tank & stand, 4 ft lighting fixture that holds 2- 4 ft bulbs. The glass canopy/top. a BIIIIIIIG HOB (hang on back filter) about 4 filter pumps, in the water that create a current. A few power strips, surge protectors. alot of live rocks nothing special tho, he never takes care of the tank and its all dirty etc. Theres 2 small fish a blue dempy and a black damsel or dempy i dunno, a small black fish with 2-3 light gray stripes. He told me he spent about $2,000 on everything when he first bought it all 9 yrs ago. he told me to make him a reasonable offer. SO what do yall think I should offer him. I'm not sure how much just the 75g bow front tank, stand, lighting, hood etc costs brand new from a store?!?!?

But heres the thing, i dont want it to be a salt water set-up. Well as of right now I dont, I am going to look into it and see exactly how difficult it is to maintain a big SW tank. So if i dont keep it a SW tank, I want to make it a nice african cichlid tank. So I would have the get rid of the live rock and the 2 fish etc. But i might tell him i will just buy the tank stand lighting filters etc from him and sell the rocks and fish for him to a LFS or someone on these boards if they are interested. But thats another story for another time.

So bascially How much should I offer him / how much should I expect to pay for a set up like this?!?!?
Thanks for the help!!

joe kool · 01-27-2005, 09:33 PM

here's a good idea of new prices:http://www.elmersaquarium.com/h109ma...72bowfront.htm

here's ebays' selections of the moment...
http://search.ebay.com/bow-front_Pet...Z1QQsacatZ1281

Goodluck!

Heymybigfish · 12-03-2007, 01:55 PM

well, if it went down in value like 5% each year....it is roughly worth 1300 bucks....

but he's your boss, and wants to get rid of it..... would offer him a grand

fishbguy · 12-03-2007, 02:10 PM

This thread is about 1 year and 11 months old now...

Obsidian · 12-03-2007, 09:34 PM

Actually 2 years 11 months, but I think they will teach math for you later

TATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just couldn't resist.

fishbguy · 12-04-2007, 05:22 AM

...whoops...lmao

*wonders why he's failing math*

joe kool · 12-04-2007, 07:23 AM

wow ... talk about a blast from the past ... I thought I recognized the topic ...

01-27-2005, 09:04 PM	#1
fishfrenzy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 51	Might be purchasing my boss's 75g bow tank, need some input on pricing..... As of right now my boss has a 75g Bow Front tank, with a black 2 door cabinet stand. its a saltwater tank right now. He has alot of live rocks star fish' are growing all over the glass and he only has 2 fish in there. The tank and stuff is about 9 yrs old. I am just curious on how much I should offer him for the set-up. Heres everything there is as of right now. The tank & stand, 4 ft lighting fixture that holds 2- 4 ft bulbs. The glass canopy/top. a BIIIIIIIG HOB (hang on back filter) about 4 filter pumps, in the water that create a current. A few power strips, surge protectors. alot of live rocks nothing special tho, he never takes care of the tank and its all dirty etc. Theres 2 small fish a blue dempy and a black damsel or dempy i dunno, a small black fish with 2-3 light gray stripes. He told me he spent about $2,000 on everything when he first bought it all 9 yrs ago. he told me to make him a reasonable offer. SO what do yall think I should offer him. I'm not sure how much just the 75g bow front tank, stand, lighting, hood etc costs brand new from a store?!?!? But heres the thing, i dont want it to be a salt water set-up. Well as of right now I dont, I am going to look into it and see exactly how difficult it is to maintain a big SW tank. So if i dont keep it a SW tank, I want to make it a nice african cichlid tank. So I would have the get rid of the live rock and the 2 fish etc. But i might tell him i will just buy the tank stand lighting filters etc from him and sell the rocks and fish for him to a LFS or someone on these boards if they are interested. But thats another story for another time. So bascially How much should I offer him / how much should I expect to pay for a set up like this?!?!? Thanks for the help!!

01-27-2005, 09:33 PM	#2
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 577	Re: Might be purchasing my boss's 75g bow tank, need some input on pricing..... here's a good idea of new prices:http://www.elmersaquarium.com/h109ma...72bowfront.htm here's ebays' selections of the moment... http://search.ebay.com/bow-front_Pet...Z1QQsacatZ1281 Goodluck! __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I've just been released from my one year sentence in Korea I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, so if your in the pan handle area hit me up current Fry: see above tanks: Just set up my first "fish" tank, cichlids of course 100 gal and still have the 20L planted with CRS although most of my plants didn't survive the wife's care.

12-03-2007, 09:34 PM	#5
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,066	Actually 2 years 11 months, but I think they will teach math for you later TATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just couldn't resist. __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 5 Cherry Barbs; 7 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco (Old Blondie) 10 gallon Breaking it down for storage. 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 7 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 1 German Blue Ram, 7 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches; 4 Zebra Danios

12-04-2007, 07:23 AM	#7
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 577	wow ... talk about a blast from the past ... I thought I recognized the topic ... __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I've just been released from my one year sentence in Korea I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, so if your in the pan handle area hit me up current Fry: see above tanks: Just set up my first "fish" tank, cichlids of course 100 gal and still have the 20L planted with CRS although most of my plants didn't survive the wife's care.

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12-03-2007, 01:55 PM	#3
Heymybigfish Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 69	well, if it went down in value like 5% each year....it is roughly worth 1300 bucks.... but he's your boss, and wants to get rid of it..... would offer him a grand

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fishbguy Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,898	This thread is about 1 year and 11 months old now...

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fishbguy Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,898	...whoops...lmao wonders why he's failing math

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