Potential new Saltwater aquarium

[kebuchan]

Hi all,

I have 6 freshwater tanks but haven't been in the hobby too long (6 months). Someone is selling a SW tank locally. Seems like a really good deal but I don't know much about SW. Apparently it's a 20g, contains a lot of live rock, sea stars and "some crustaceans". He has no filter, no hood, no skimmer etc. And the tank has been running for over a year.

If he/she didn't have any fish would it be possible to run without filters, skimmers etc for a year??

He wants $50 for it.. if I can get past the financial controller at home (aka wife), I'd love to have a marine tank... but not sure if I'm just going to be buying 20g of dirty salty water with some dead rocks and dirt...

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[1979camaro]

It could certainly have remained fine for a year even if it had fish in it; more frequent water changes often replace skimmers on smaller tanks. The only real way to tell is to go take a look at it.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I would take a look too... if nothing else, $50 for a 20g isn't too bad assuming it includes the stand. Or, if the live rock is still alive, 20lbs or so is worth $50 itself as well.

 

[CoolWaters]

lol make sure its live rock not just pieces of cyder blocks...

anyways i have a 10g tank and i spend way more then that just to set it up...