How much did your tank cost?

I'll play :D All prices are rounded, and in Canadian dollars
14g tank - $30
Glass top - $20
Satellite 80W PC fixture with 2-year optional warranty - $280
Surge protected power bar - $30
13WPC desk lamp (fuge light) - $31
Fancy schmancy digital timer - $32
Ebo Jager 50W heater - $26
AquaClear 70 (refugium) - $59
Kent salt mix - $90
Aragonite sand - $30
Hydrometer - $26
13.5lbs of really nice live rock - $121
Silicone - $6
Powerhead (gently used AquaClear 101) - $9
Suction cups for powerhead - $4
AquaClear 50 impeller for refugium - $8
Caulerpa for refugium - free
ADD:
Epoxy - $7.00
Acrylic sheet (to construct a baffle for the refugium) - $3.00
Tiger pistol shrimp - $29.00
5 zebra hermits - $12.00
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5lbs LR - $30.00 (with employee discount)
Mag-float - $7.00
Prizm Deluxe skimmer - $130.00 (with employee discount)
1 - pink emerald crab - $10.00
5 blue-leg hermits - free
2 scarlet hermits - free
1 Trochus snail - $3.50
2 Astraea & 3 Indo-Pacific turbo snails - $10.00
1 Shrimp goby (didn't make it) - $25.00
1 Clown goby - $15.00
1 Fairy wrasse - $25.00
1 Xenia - $48.00
1 Star polyp frag - $3.00
1 Zoanthid frag - $15.00
1 Alveopora frag (since given to friend) - $30.00
1 rotifer/phyto pack - $25.00
1 12-polyp mushroom colony - $28.00
Supplements - ~$60.00
Test kits - ~$50.00
1 Zoanthid frag (on order) $32.00
Emerald crab trade-in - $10.00 credit

TOTAL cost of my tank so far: $1389.50 - nearly exactly the $100/g I estimated when setting up.

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I just started my new tank so heres what I have so far.

90 Gallon all glass tank: $165
Lumber to build stand/hood:$75
Emperor 400 filter: $70, I know i got riped off.. the people at the lfs are *******s!
Sand: $10, Thank you Home-Depot!
Heater: free, already had it.
Shrimp: $2, for cycling.
I still need lighting adequate for FOWLR. I am going to make my own setup for the lights. I need liverock. I'm going to start with about 30#and add more in the next month. Possibly 30# a week. I also want to get a HOB protien skimmer and a couple powerheads.
 
£700 - Trigon 350 (350lts 80imp Gallons) inc Tank stand
£150 - 18" & 36" 10K Lights (AH Supply)
£32 - Import duty for Lights
£60 - 4 x Eheim 1000lts Pumps
£150 - Protein Skimmer
£20 - Rena Heater
£100 - 130lbs Argonite Reef Sand
£130 - Fluva 404
£150 - 11kg (24lbs) Fuji Live Rock
£30 - 9 x Red Hermit Crabs
£18 - Sally Lightfoot
£30 - 6 x Green Chromis
£35 - Electronic PH Measure
£45 - 5 Test Kits
£35 - Wave Machine
£70 - Cement, Sand, Plaster, Rock Build makings
£15 - Salinity Tester
£40 - Power Strip Timers
£30 - Hose & Drain Pump
£30 - Plastic 25lts Water Cans
£70 - Marlin Reef Salt (£35 per 10kg)

£1940 - $3511

Sure hurts when I see the prices you guys pay, i.e. LR $6 per lb rather than the £6.20($11) per lb.

Its true what they say the only exchange rate that has stayed constant is the £ for $.
 
I'm GLAD I didn't read this thread before I began, or I would never have done it - the cost projections would have been too intimidating! But, then I never would have known how fun and challenging it could be, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I am shuddering to think what my total so far will come out to, I'm only in the beginning stages still! I did lots of research and bought everything new.

46gal bowfront w/ glass top and strip light $180 (top and light - unused)
Stand $175
Powersweep 228 $30
Aquaclear power filter (100 gal ability) $35
Lunar Aqualight Deluxe Series 192 watts w/ bulbs $175
Aqua C Remora w/Maxi-Jet 1200 Protein Skimmer $135
200watt glass heater $35 (will probably change to titanium)
Aragonite, shells, crushed coral 45lbs total $55 (don't I wish I'd found this forum BEFORE I paid all THAT???)
Net, scraper, scrubber $15
Hospital tank 5 gal, heater, basket filter $30 (yes I know its too small
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Test kit $35
hydrometer $10
Powerstrip w/ GFCI, timers $70
Live Rock 18 lbs @ $5.5/lb $99
Eggcrate to replace glass top for temp control $10
Having a fun and absorbing, ongoing science project... Priceless!
Total so far (if I haven't forgotten anything): $1071

Edit: Instant Ocean for 75 gallons: $24
 
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Ringwood said:
Sure hurts when I see the prices you guys pay, i.e. LR $6 per lb rather than the £6.20($11) per lb.

Its true what they say the only exchange rate that has stayed constant is the £ for $.
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The lfs here is having a sale on Fiji lr next week. Members of the club get a 10% discount, Final price after discount: $4/lb!
 
newest tank
30 gallon tank 55
30 gallon filter 25
bubblerandline30
fish 60
extras 200
 
Well, I am working on finishing an in-wall heavily planted freshwater tank in a newly constructed home, and the total expense was really surprising to me.

Custom Oceanic 110 gallon reef ready aquarium - $750
All-Glass Megaflow overflow kit x 2 - $100
All-Glass Megaflow Model 4 wet/dry sump - $300
Ebo Jager 250 watt heater - $20
Poseidon PS2 titanium external pump - $150
Lifegard mechanical modular filter - $50
Aqualine Bushke co2 Reactor 1000 - $60
Aluminum 20lb co2 cylinder - $120
JBJ co2 regulator - $90
co2 proof tubing - $20
Tom flow meter x 2 - $20
Dennerle check valve - $20
Dupla 1000 substrate heating cables - $170
Duplamat 300 transformer - $190
Pentair Big-Temp LCD thermometer - $30
Eheim feed air automatic feeder - $40
Lunar Light Moonlights - $30
Hamilton Technologies deluxe metal halide/flourescent fixture - $500
Neptune Systems Aquacontroller 2 deluxe controller package - $700
Penn Plax full range LCD thermometers - $5
Titanium ground probe - $20
Hagen Master Test kit - $40
Red Sea Deluxe Freshwater Lab test kit - $30
Potassium test kit - $30
Aqualine Bushke Terralit bucket - $30
Estes "Bits O Walnut" gravel, 125 lb. (including shipping) - $150
Seachem Flourite, 90 lb. (including shipping) - $150
Seachem Flourish 500 ml - $7
Seachem Flourish Trace 500 ml - $7
Seachem Plant Pack Enhancer: NPK - $10
Seachem Phosguard 1 ltr. - $10
Freshwater Biozyme - $2
Various malaysian driftwood (some extra)- $200
Penn Plax black/blue Background - $12
Python 50' - $40
Kent Marine 24" scraper - $15
Plant landscaping tool kit - $30
Eheim plant tongs - $15
Penn Plax 3 brush kit - $3
Broan model 510 exhaust fan - $100
stand materials behind wall (DIY) - $75
Additional charges for extra BCI floor joists, hole framing, electrician work adding dedicated circuit. $300
Initial misc. plumbing fixture expense etc. - $100

Total: $4,786

I expect to budget about $500 dollars initially to stocking the aquarium with plants and livestock, bringing the total to $5,286. That seems pretty steep for a freshwater aquarium. I better not let my wife see this. :o
 
My 29g reef is well over $600 ($600 was when I decided to stop keeping track of how much it costs). The freshy tanks are unkown as far as cost goes, but I haven't spent nearly as much as I was able to get a lot of stuff used.
 
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my exspense for my main 10g was:
tank & heater: $10, bought used at a thrift store. the heater was still attached!
gravel, filter, background, decor, shiphon, net: $20. I got this all at a garage sale, along with my other 10g and air pump.
hood w/bulb: $43 (ouch!)
food: $15.33 total
dechlorinator:$3
algae pad:$2.50
filter bag, carbon, and filter sponge: $15
aquarium salt: $2.40
plants: $12.50 total
fish: $24.50
total: $148.23. not a lot compared to some other people here.

10g fry tank:
already had everything except for a sponge filter, which was $9.
 
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