Are you a member on Scape? It is a planted tank forum for local SoCal people. There are a bunch of tanks there for sale regularly. Additionally, there is a member named John that has EVERY single tank you can imagine for sale. He has a garage full of them. He's out in garden grove however, and not sure how far that is from you. At any rate, you can find more people there as well that sell a whole bunch of gear. I just recently sold my 55g. I would have given you a good deal on it. I basically gave it away