Both my hobbies are like that... I calculated all my receipts I spent on my car one day... I was sick for 3 days.1st rule of reefkeeping, never think about how much you spent .
Looks outstanding blue! Congrats on the tank and in particular for being able to keep the pearly jawfish so healthy.
I'm setting up a 75 gallon FOWLR. I've spent about 275 so far, I got the tank, lights, sand, and stand on Craigslist for 200 bucks. I'm going to stock it with 1 volition lionfish and a snowflake moray eel, this is my first SW tank! Aquariums are fairly cheap, it's the initial setup that is expensive; other than that dogs and cats are VERY expensive with all their medicine, surgeries, grooming, and housing!Geeze I have no idea how much money I have sank into this tank. At least 1k over all.
Saltwater isn't that bad. The main thing is to go slow and keep up with maintenance. Most of my corals are really easy to keep