Cost for Your FW Setup

[ConanTheLibraia]

29 gallon high
Got the tank and eclipse hood for free, but if I had to pay for these:
Tank/stand - $50
Eclipse hood(lighting, filtration combined)- $60
substrate - $20
plants - $15
decor - $15
fish - $16
Total - $176

[d9hp]

FW is soo much cheaper than SW, and can be just as nice.

[shawmutt]

I will probably never get a salt water tank because of the costs. $2000 will get me a nice scuba trip to the Keys. I just don't have that kind of expendable income. I don't skimp on quality when I buy my stuff, so I think if I started a salt water tank I would be more stressed out than calmed by it.

I will probably never get a salt water tank because of the costs. $2000 will get me a nice scuba trip to the Keys. I just don't have that kind of expendable income. I don't skimp on quality when I buy my stuff, so I think if I started a salt water tank I would be more stressed out than calmed by it.

Sorry to hear that.

[hisc1ay]

Here's mine. It's not done yet, but I'll estimate for the stuff I don't have yet.

29 gallon w/ stand - free
5 bags gravel (3 "aztec brown" 2 white) - $10
fun driftwood off of ebay - $7.25
plants - $5.00
125w Ebo Jager heater (ebay) - $15
Emperor 280 filter (ebay) - $26
glass lid - $15
two african cichlids of some sort - $15ish
let's say $20 for kits and food

total: $113.25

-j

[TheNewGuy]

135g

Tank and Stand free, mods to stand 18$
magnum 350 pro 93$
rena pro 300 watt heater 24$
tetratec ap150 17$
Lighting Free
3 25lbs gravel 40$
master test kit 25$
air stones and air line 25$


still to come...
the rest of my stand custom built (by me) oak cabinets and top
plants and rocks
FISH??? maybe

I post pics as soon as it's not ugly it's not so great right now but it is up and running.

[fishstixs05]

55 gallon tank
lights and hood
hang on back filter
undergravel filter
powerhead
gravel
fake plants
a large can of fish food
Very nice wood stand

ALL FOR ONLY $150!

[wabyrd]

55 Gallon tank, stand, canopy, gravel, and 24" flourescent Lights $550.00
Two Emperor 280's $120.00
Rena Air pump and air stones $70.00
Fish $100.00 or so and counting...
Plants $50.00 or so and counting...
More lights $70.00

Approximate total $900.00

Not counting my dual APC battery backup for the filters and several other unmentioned accessories...
Then there are the other 3 tanks with a 4th (125 Gallon) on the way

[justDIY]

my setup:

29 gallon display tank located in living room

29 gallon tank $35
60 lbs black epoxy gravel $45
renacal 150 watt heater $23
fluval 404 canister with media $109
[acronym:0c33a19b31="Do it yourself"]diy[/acronym:0c33a19b31] stand $30
ge 432 electronic ballast $30
[acronym:0c33a19b31="Do it yourself"]diy[/acronym:0c33a19b31] light parts $25
bulbs $20 (t8 5000 kelvin 18 watts)
plants $70
[acronym:0c33a19b31="Do it yourself"]diy[/acronym:0c33a19b31] co2 $10
livestock $60

so what's that, around $457 ... give or take .... ouch ... from what I've learned now, aquarium gravel is not your friend ... use pea gravel, river rock or quartz sand ... save money!!

most expenive thing was obviously the filter, and the lights ... but the filter as long as it's not leaking works really well ... the lights are actually burned out already, and I've since upgraded to power-compact ... which was well, another $100 roughly!

30 gallon plant holding tank

30 gallon tank $30 (over paid for it, but it seemed a good deal at the time)
[acronym:0c33a19b31="Do it yourself"]diy[/acronym:0c33a19b31] stand $50 (this stand is built to hold a 120 gallon tank)
40 lbs Schultz profile $30
ebo jager 150 watt heater $25
2x whisper 2 filters $40
250 watt metal halide pendant $120
[acronym:0c33a19b31="Do it yourself"]diy[/acronym:0c33a19b31] co2 $5
plants $free

well that works out to $300 ... right at $10 / gallon [acronym:0c33a19b31="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:0c33a19b31]

for my next planned tank I'm going to do a 120 gallon, which is posted around here somewhere. I will find the link and edit it in here.

[talenzmeier]

It's good to see that I'm not the only one who's spending money!

Oceanic 58 Show w/ pine stand $279
Hagen Fluval 304 $125
Red Sea Plant Substrate $150
CL CoraLife w/ actinic $250
[acronym:59415f4d52="Under Gravel Filter"]UGF[/acronym:59415f4d52] $40
2 Penguin Powerheads $40
Decorations $75

Then there's the plants and fish! I have another tank just like this one and I have a marine tank that cost a helluva lot more. I guess I like fish!