How much did your tank cost?

[Lorna]

hahahaha you are kidding right........

I could have bought a brand new car......put a kid through the first year of college......bought a new bedroom suite of furniture....... a down payment on a house.......

but nothing looks as nice.....

I can't add it up as then I would have to admit to knowing how much it all cost....this way......ignorance is bliss but to give an estimate.....

$2000 start up costs....then about $100/week since Jan 1/06....and going strong.....

 

[Sonicblast12]

This thread has inspired me to stick with freshwater for a while. A long while.

 

[gagaliya]

This thread has inspired me to stick with freshwater for a while. A long while.

HAHAHA

 

[Forevernight]

Top fin 29 gallon kit. perfecto tank and hood with light. The kit cost 100 bucks. Included heater , top fin filter and thermometer. gravel 15 bucks decorations including fake and real plants, about 65 bucks. about 25 bucks worth of fishies. oh yeh and background 10 bucks. And i just bought a new filter 32 bucks. Penguin 200 biowheel.

About 250 for my setup, And i like it alot.

 

[cichlidkeeper91]

Not that much just for one tank.
$75 55 gallon tank that came with 2 powerheads, some plants, background, the light.
$40 My AC500
$27 My penquin bio-wheel 350
$20 The gravel.
Hey that cost less than my ipod did.

 

[fishfinatic]

55 Gallon Established Reef Tank
Everything necessary to support it
6 fish
4 different species of live coral
crabs, snails, and starfish

$800.00 for EVERYTHING!!!

*given to us by people who could no longer take care of it*

1 ocellaris clownfish
1 yellowtail blue damsel
1 orchid dottyback
1 cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrip
1 sea urchin

 

[Kiel'thalin]

Here are my prices:
$436 - Seaclear 46 Gallon Bow Front Tank
$150 - Tank Stand
$407 - Aquactinics T-5 Light Fixture
$503 - Deltec MCE600 HOB Skimmer
$215 - Aqua Medic Ozone Unit 25mg/hr (with tubing & air dryer)
$50 - Coralife Luft Air Pump (for Ozone Unit)
$330 - 55lbs Live Rock
$50 - Sand Substrate
$46 - (2) Maxi-Jet 1200's
$115 - Refractometer and Various Water Test Kits
~$100- Misc. Maintenance Items
~$300 - Livestock (fish/inverts)
Total = $2702

That just made me sick...

 

[jdizzle1000]

Have a look at my low-budget-old-school-setup nano:

10 gallon tank: $10
50W heater: $7
Undergravel filter w/ stuff: $10
Crushed Coral Gravel: $10
Glass Canopy: $7
Lighting housing: $23
50/50 fluorescent tube: $10
Air pump: $10
Thermometer/hydrometer: $9

Total: $96
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, but that doesn't include stocking... but still... under $100 (!) give me credit!!!

Some people are obsessed with modern technology and pay big $$$ for their tanks, but truely, this system works. Maybe some people calculate that this is not sufficient to do (whatever they say it is), but that is only on paper. When actually put into practice, it seems to have the same results as high-tech.

 

[NotGumbel]

* 10g tank - 8.99
* AC 110 filter - 42.99
* Plexiglass for fuge mod - no cost, found them lying around
* AC 201 powerhead - 11.99
* AC surface skimmer attachment - 7.99
* Orbit 20" 2x40 - 129.99
* Visi-Therm 50w heater - 15.49
* Digital thermometer - 6.99
* Refractometer - 39.99
* Glass versa-top - 8.49
* Marine bio-sediment - 14.99
* Arag-Alive Fiji Pink (20 lb) - 26.99
* Master Liquid Test Kit Saltwater - 16.99
* Live rock and rubble (approx 12 lbs) - 86.29
* Live rock rubble (for fuge) - 5.98
* Galaxy light (for fuge) - 15.99
* Chaeto (for fuge) - 4.99
* 10g Catalina NSW - 17.98
* Marineland timers - 27.97
* GFCI power strip - 19.95
* 2 nassarius snails - 1.70
* 2 cerith snails - 1.70
* 5 turbo snails - 3.75
* 2 blue leg hermit crabs - 1.50
* Estimated combined shipping - 56.74

Looks like $576.42 to date ... and fish & corals are yet to come :dive: