Cost for Your FW Setup

[justDIY]

how much for the total equipment in the tank? i mean, the tank itself, heater, filter, powerheads, light, etc?

$25 for all those rocks is a sweet deal ... where did you get them from? "plant store", is that like a greenhouse, or like a Franks or something?

[shawmutt]

Like a Franks...I had to go to 3 different nurseries before I found a place that broke up pallets. My other stuff is listed on the first page on this post.

[betowess]

I just bought a beautiful new 26 gallon Bowfront (without a stand as I am using some old file cabinets for now) a 65watt Coralife compact florescent, a glass top, a 200 Aquaclear power filter and 25lbs of gravel which now unfortunately I am changing over to Seachem gravel plant substrate (having decided to plant live plants this go around and do it right) and a 150 or 200 watt heater, thermometer, way cool sunken tree. All for about $250.00 Now after ordering the Carbo unit at $139.00 and the Seachem substrate and some fertilizers and a few incidentals were looking at a cool
$525.00 sans fish and plants... Really wish I had gone for a 36 or 50 gallon tank in hind sight. Well, there's always the next one.

[betowess]

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[rossmort]

5 1/2 gallon tank (hood, light, filter)-21 dollars
Lil' bitty heater- 6 dollars
piece of glass and sealant to make a Paludarium type set up- 7 dollars
Sand for dry side- after lots of washing and sifting FREE (Wow, I am cheap!)
Rock for wet side- ^^What I sifted out^^ FREE again
Bought a beta for now for the wet side (Approx 2.3 gallons)-~4 dollars
Still trying to find fiddler crabs (reason I set up the tank)- Est. $2x2=4 dollars

Say around $45
This tank is for my dorm, wish I could go bigger!

[e-cat]

since my 70gallon is all i am running now i will price that one
70gallon glass tank-$189
glass canopy-$37
metal stand-$30(made it at work)
fluval 204-$100
aquaclear 300-$54
thermal 150w heater-$30
heater guard-$12
gravel-$40
hollow log-$15
bogwood-$20
various pieces of rock-$10
various plants-$33
thermostats-2, 1 at each end-$10
power head-$30
light fixture-$50
1 electric catfish-$40
that comes too $700 canadian ruffly

[EMc/]

55G :
Tank- $5 (got it @ a yard sale)

Stand-$ 0 (Own a metalfab job shop; have lots of spare carts)

Lighting- ~$15 (Shop light on sale @ home improvement store)
- "x" for bulbs (Not sure of cost, had these extra too, buy in bulk)
- $0- sunlight (it's in a west facing window)

Gravel- $0 (scavenged from old tanks, but had I bought it, it would have been from a home improvement store, & inexpensive)

Filter- $0 (Don't use any mechanical filtration system)

Plants- ~$20 (splurged & bought several bulbs + scavenged plants from other tanks.)

Heater- $~20 (Aquabid- $18 + shipping)

Decorative Rocks- $0 (Was fortunate to inherit a fabulous rock collection)

[acronym:c47ce8bb8a="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:c47ce8bb8a] sytem- $0 (Don't use any)

Fish- Minimal- ~<$10. (Two old angels from another tank, bought them young, so minimal cost. A school of glowlight tetras- cheap. A few otos- cheap. The rest of the fish are livebearer offspring from other tanks, & their parents were all gifts from other hobbiest.)

Apple snails- ~$5

Satisfaction- priceless!

[saaebn]

hello-
I loved reading this thread. It got me thinking about how much I have spent on my tanks. I will try to estimate what it cost me...

75 [acronym:4ed623bd88="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:4ed623bd88] all-glass tank- free- hand me down from my parents house.
underground filter system -free- hand me down but I just recently
bought a new filter
canopy flourescent light- $55.
air pump- $25
air stones- $5.
air regulator piece- $5.
tubing - probably about $5 total.
fake plants - $50
rocks - $50
15 " plastic stump - $15.
8 " plastic stump - $10
rena filstar xp2 canister filter - $100.
2 bubble bars - $10
meds for anchor worms $15
food $25
3 tiger danios - $5
4 catfish bottom feeders - $5
5 goldfish - $15
live plant cutting for nipping- $5.
tank tube vacuum - $8
temp strip -$2
all in all about $410 give or take. Dont tell my hubby

my sons 10 [acronym:4ed623bd88="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:4ed623bd88] tank -

10 [acronym:4ed623bd88="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:4ed623bd88] tank
aqua clear mini filter
heater
rocks
decorative mountain
charcoal filter

all of the above I got at St. Vincents for $20
incandescent light strip $30
2 fish enhancing light bulbs $5
3 red wag $ 6
1 betta $4
1 snail $2
temp bar $2
food $10
algea pellets for the snail $3
total- about $82

[Punkymom]

Can we safely say that keeping fish is not really cheap? I heard someone telling someone else that if they wanted a cheap pet for their child to get a fish...the only cheap fish I can see anyone keeping is a Betta. Those are going to cost the least to keep. I never thought I would ever spend almost $600 on fish!!! But I don't regret a dime of it...

[William]

10gal
Tank kit: $55
Gravel: $10
Live Plants: $10
Heater: $25
Pretty Rocks and stuff: $15

Total: 115 excluding the fish.


30Gal

Tank & Hood: $63
Filter: $30
Gravel: $40
Plants: Incomplete
Decorations: Incomplete


Total: $133 [ I'm sure it'll grow to over 200 by the time I'm done ]