How much did your tank cost?

The common theme:
Ouch! Never really added it up before!
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I have never totaled any of this up...wishing now that I never did
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Dollars per gallon:
Dave 48.60 (eeek! It started as a FO tank with 2 clowns and some extra equipment!)
Cearbhaill 42.80
M-pire 16.32
gbolton 14.60
tricksterpup 21.60
OrionGirl 22.80
gcvt 10.00 (the winner so far)
frosty 25.80
Jman 12.59
Decz 36.50 (used exchange of 0.754)
 
209G Oceanic Tank, with 4 36" NO lights, 4ft wet dry, all pumps included, stand and glass top: $600.
Aragonite:40
Salt:45
Heater:25
Hydrometer:12
Fish (Black Ribbon Eel, Zebra Moray Eel, Ghost Ribbon Eel, Sohal Tang, Blue Tang, Sailfin Tang, Red Breast Wrasse, Red Coris Wrasse, Ornate Wrasse, Mimic Filefish, Marine Betta, Engineer Goby, among a few other): ~350
Total:1072

Not bad for such a large tank. Lots of money on fish though :).
 
You guys inspired me to taste the pain...

You guys inspired me to share the pain of my expense. (Heh, no pain, always wanted to be a marine biologist so... )

I think I've done rather well for myself, my LFS has this tendency to do some rather interesting pricing for me. (I can understand why since all but $60 of this stuff was purchased through the one LFS.)

100 Gallon Fish only setup.
(This section is guesses, I lost this receipt, but I know the exact total from this bit...)
100gal tank w/ stand, lights - $300
150gal salt - Oceanic's Sea Salt Mix - $50
80# Live Sand - (Not sure lost that receipt.)
300W Titanium Heater
Fluval 404 Canister Filter
Thermometer
Hydrometer
Marine Aquarium Book
Total- $1,018.00

Decor-
3 Large Rocks
2 Med Rocks
1 Sm Rock
2 plants (fake)
1 Large (almost as tall as the tank) blue coral piece
2 Med White Coral pieces
1 Easter Island Head
Total- $200.00

Incidentals-
Tank Test Kit- $30.00
Water Vaccuum/ Siphon - $20.00
2 5 gal buckets - $6.00
10" Net - $6.00
3 Baskets - $5.00

Livestock-
5 Damsels - $20.00 (1 was killed, 4 left.)
3 Large Turbo Snails - $5.00
3 Large Hermit Crabs - $25.00
Food - $5.00

Plus about 5-6 hours of the LFS's time for "consultation." ;)

Grand Total-
(First time I've actually looked...)
$1340 +/- $50.00
(Exactly what I thought it would be... thankfully.)

Not too bad.
 
These prices are sort of a guess I didn't keep up with my reciepts.
90 gallon all glass tank $350
lights $350
140 to 160 lbs of live rock "didn't add all at once" $750 +/- $50
" I didn't know about tampa bay at first so I bought a lot of my rock at about $15 per lb from a lfs"
90 to 100 lbs of l sand from home depot $10
skimmer and pumps "bought used" $150
books $150
heaters $60
glass cover $30
Critters around $500 so far
Salt around $65 "first batch nearly fainted"
food $100+/- probably +
eek
oh well would have done it anyway I don't even want to add it all up.
 
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Tank - 44gl Pentagon w/stand $325.00
TBS - 30gl package w/shipping $450.00
Skimmer - AquaC Remora $163.50
RO/DI w/TDS meter - Ebay $138.00
Powerheads - 3 - MaxiJets $46.00
Instant Ocean - 200 $50.00
Refractometer $50.00
Heater/Thermometer $52.00
Lighting - 96w quad PC $97.00
Test Kit - Red Sea $24.00
Book - Fenner $30.00
Fish - 2 clowns 1-blue chromis $40.00

TOTAL $1,465.50

Cost per gallon $33.30

Making sure my wife never sees my spreadsheet. :shake:
 
I put together a 'beginner setup based around a juwel 110 litre setup (30 gals, and ended up sending 8600 Norwegian kroner (about 1100 dollars I tihnk). Biggest costs were
tank kit - 1600 NOK
live rock - 2000 NOK

retrofit T 5 lights 105 English pounds
prizm skimmer - 90 english pounds (and yes it works!)

So I could have done a real basic setup for maybe 800 dollars. But I couldn't have gone any lower.

78 NOK per ltre
40 dollars pergallon
 
Already bought
All-Glass 29g oak: $40, LFS
Satellite PC 1x65w with mounting legs: $70
Emperor Bio-Wheel 280: $33
Glass Versa-top: $10 on clearance, LFS
castle: $40 (**** rip-off LFS)

near future
Jebo 180 Skimmer - $40 ebay
10lbs live rock: $40 shipped

total: $273 :eek:
gah! i thought i was supposed to be making a budget SW setup!
 
Hardware:
1 Penguin 350 Biowheel $36.00
2 Tetra 20 whisper powerfilters $15.00 each so $30.00
1 Acura 150 watt heater $20.00
2 GE Saltwater Blue Fluorescent (40 watts a piece) $60.00
4 Penguin 550 powerheads $15.00 each so $60.00
1 45G tank $99.00 (bought on sale)

Fish:
1 tank raised Tomato clown $30.00
1 Sargeant Major Damsel $4.99

Inverts:
8 Nassarius snails $1.25 each so $10.00
2 Turbo Snails $1.25 each so $2.50
4 Emerald Hermits $3.00 each so $12.00

Rock:
60lbs Fiji LR $120.00


SO IN TOTAL $484.50

AND AS FOR MY OTHER TANK

Hardware:
1 SeaClone Protien skimmer $120.00
6 Penguin 660r Powerheads $15.00 each so $90.00
1 Penguin 350 Biowheel powerfilter $36.00
2 Hydor Theo Heaters 150 watts each $22.00 each so $44.00
1 Dual Satellite Compact Fluorescent Fixture (comes with 4 65 watt bulbs) $126.00
1 180g tank $300.00 (on sale)

Fish:
1 Huma Picasso Trigger $29.99
6 YellowTail Damsels $3.99 each so $24.00
2 Tomato Clowns $30.00 each so $60.00
1 Achilles Tang $34.00

Inverts:
12 Nassarius snails $1.25 each so $15.00
6 Turbo snails $1.25 each so $7.50
1 Pepperment shrimp $15.09
8 Emerald Hermits $3.00 each so $24.00
all my inverts slowly deplete because the Trigger often makes snacks of them.

Rock:
120lbs Fiji Base Rock $720.00
80lbs Fiji Shelf Rock $480.00


SO IN TOTAL $2,125.58

BOTH TANKS = $2,610.08
This doesnt include any test kits, salt mix, additives or books that I have boughten.
 
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