Cost for Your FW Setup

[Bearfan]

This is just a discussion to show what people can expect for an initial setup cost for different types of tanks for equipment. If nothing else, it should be interesting.

My 72 Gal Planted

1. Tank/Stand/Split Glass Top $400
2. [acronym:73d1d9d5bc="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:73d1d9d5bc] Lighting $200
3. Gravel $60
4. Emperor 400 Filter $70
5. Heater $35
6. Decorative Rock $40
7. [acronym:73d1d9d5bc="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:73d1d9d5bc] System $45
8. Substrate - $145

Approximate Total - $995

[d9hp]

My turn,

10 Gallon Toad Tank
Tank Kit-$50
Stand-$25
Gravel-$10
Rainbow Slate-$15
Plants-$15

Total $115

5.5 Planted
Tank kit-$30
DIY Hood-$20
Bulbs-$15
Substrates-$10
CO2 DIY-$5.00

Total $80 (not complete though)

[Bearfan]

45 Gal Paludarium

Tank/Stand/Light Fixture - $200 in 1992
Plexiglass - $32
Gravel - $80 (Because I wanted a certain color variety and had to to remove 1/5 of the stones that were white and keep the remainder which were dark)
Sealant - $75 (Yes 75, It takes a lot of sealant to cover plexiglass with stones and build waterfalls)
Decorations - $15
Small Pump - $10
Submersible Filter - $25
Hosing - $5
Glass Top - $12 (On Sale)

Total - $454

Still not including livestock, chemcials, electricity

[Zic]

OK.
Deluxe ten gallon tank package (includes heater, filter, hood w/lights, net, sample food and water conditioner) $50 from Walmart

Substrate (three bags of gravel) $7

live plant bulb from Walmart $5

decorations (the most important part,ha!) $30

Fish Only bucket $1 (the dollar store rocks! )

Gravel Vaccum $5

Water kits $7

Fish Food, water conditioner $10

Spending hours searching the pet stores for 'that one perfect fish' only to find that when you get him home that he's not compatible with your other fish or your children's hands so now you have to take little Joey to the hospital everytime the fish wants fed. Priceless (sorry, I couldn't resist the chance to make a Mastercard joke. I was going to end with "Having to pay %20 intrest on your purchase for one year $365.48")

Total $115, small price to pay for so much happiness

[reefrunner69]

Well, I guess FW is cheaper than SW LMAO, check out the same thread in SW general forum.

[Bearfan]

An informed pet owner/hobbiest is a better one. If you want to check out the SW:

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=2811

When i set up the 90 gallon, i had a breakdown of all the prices, but essentially it came in at about 900 bucks.

If I knew then what I know now, prolly coulda done it about 200 cheaper.

[targaboy78]

My 35G 'Swim-Thru'

1. Tank / Fluval 4 / heater / gravel / driftwood.
(Bought the whole "kit" used) $100
2. Stand $90
3. 2 flourescent light fixtures with PowerGLO tubes $50
4. Fluval 304 Filter $65
5. Misc. Live plants (Cabomba, Wysteria, Java Fern, etc...) $25

Approximate Total - $330 + livestock

Let's just call it $10 per gallon.

[shanekennedy]

$700 75g custom acrylic (built for in-wall placement)
$800 eheim 2028 canister, eheim 2229 wet/dry, substrate, hagen master test kit, 2x viaaqua titanium heaters, 2x eheim auto feeders, 2x aqualight 36" 96w 50/50 compact florescent lights, net, mag-float cleaner
$200 RO/DI filter
$? fish

[shawmutt]

Initially, I got this stuff free from my father in law:

29 Gallon Tank
Tank Stand
Hood & Light
Java Fern
Angel fish
Cory Cat
Gravel
Small Piece of driftwood
Hang on power filter
Red slate rocks
Magnet Glass cleaner
2 5 Gallon water jugs (the kind that go on the water cooler)

When the angel died, I decided on the kind of tank I wanted and got (approx $):

Black Background $15
Black Gravel $40
Cardinal Tetras $45 for 12 (have 9 now)
Ottos $5 for 4 (have 2 now)
Corys $6 for 2
African Root $35
Amazon swords $6 for 2 (have 1 now)
DIY CO2 injection approx $5
Jaguar Skull $10

This is for my current tank. I'll tack on an extra $100 for equipment I bought, like airpumps and a coral reef light, that I don't use.

And then there's upkeep:

Distilled Water 6 gallon per week @ .65, $4
Filter Media 1 box of three sponges every 6 weeks, $3
Small gravel vaccuum $5
Test Kit $20
Food ~$5 a month

And I'm sure I'll go home and find a few other things.