Cost for Your FW Setup

[New 2 Fish]

20 gallon tank kit...............$80
(includes.. top with light, thermometer
water heater, tropical fish food,
dechlorinator, [acronym:f8ce1656f8="Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions"]ph[/acronym:f8ce1656f8] level test kit, filter )

25lb bag or black gravel.......$12
Rock Background paper........$6
Big Rock Cavern..................$20
Rock Castle.........................$14

3 Bala Sharks and a Bottom Feeder.......$5.99 ea.

[easyian]

I just upgraded to a 90 [acronym:25295ac837="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:25295ac837] tank so ill try mine

90 [acronym:25295ac837="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:25295ac837] perfecto tank kit. Came with stand canopy,light bar,Rena Filstar xp3 filter $800.00
300W Heater 40.00
Substrate free (I had to take the floor model so they threw it in)
Plants from my previous tank 35.00
Slate free(home improvement store clerk laughed at me when i brought my little pile to the counter)
fish couldn't guess how much
hagen master test kit 45.00
and a few more for odds and ends 35.00
thats about 925.00 most of that in the past 3 weeks

[peterp]

Cost of my re-start (in cdn$)
Tank's to the Reefcon program for keeping track of these expenses.

Stuff
Tank 33gal ............................... 0
Tank stand ............................... 0
Filter Marineland Penguin 300 ... 0
substrate................................... 0
Air Pump.(very noisy)..................0
Heater tronic 150 ..................... 35$
replacement lamp..................... 25$
thermometer............................. 3.59$
water conditioner...................... 5.99$
air stones.................................. 2.49$
root tabs................................... 7.98$
cycle......................................... 4.49$
FreshWater Master test kit....... 27.99$
properPH.................................. 3.99$
1 replacement bio-wheel.......... 12.99$
replacement bio-wheel bearings. 3.99$
plant anchors.............................. 1.79$

Fish
fish-o-cycling.............................. 10.95$

Plants
JavaFern ................................... 14.99$
Giant Hygro ............................... 6.99$
Giant tora Val(cuttings) .............. 5.97$

Total cost to restart SoFar ..... about 175$

[An t-iasg]

OK...here's the costs of my 5 1/2 gallon divided tank with two bettas:

5 1/2 gallon tank...........$9.99
Tank divider .................10.00
Versa Top 16"...............11.99
Gravel, 5 lbs...................3.49
Visi-Therm Deluxe
25-watt heater.............19.95
Jungle Jr. Dirt Magnet
sponge filter ..................5.99
TetraTec Deep Water
Airpump 12...................14.99
Plastic 3-way
gang valve.......................4.49
Airline Tubing, 10 ft..........1.00
Small corner filter.............1.79 (used occasionally)
Floss................................3.99 " "
Carbon............................7.99 " "
Silk Plants (6).................20.00
Thermometer...................1.29
Jungle Salt.......................1.99
Food..............................10.00
BettaMax.........................5.99
Novaqua, Amquel.............8.00
pH down..........................2.88
pH test kit........................2.78
Ammonia test kit..............4.49
Nitrite/nitrate kit.............16.00
Small gravel vac...............3.99
2 pairs AquaGloves..........3.49

and:
2 bettas...........................7.00
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$ 183.56

So, it's certainly not as expensive as a 55 gallon set-up, but a nice set-up for bettas really isn't cheap!

[dralarms]

including my 10 [acronym:79460949a0="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:79460949a0] QT, and my 55 [acronym:79460949a0="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:79460949a0] community tank, and including the new emporer 400 power filter I just purchased for $37.99 I would have to guess around 500 to 600. Still cheaper than my other hobbies, collecting guns and rc 4wd trucks.

[megnmick]

-10 gallon set-up (recieved for my birthday- but have seen it priced)
included: tank, full hood with bulb, pump, filter, heater, thermometer, 2 plants, one time use chemicals, and samples of food.-$50
-Chemicals- about $20
-Water test kits-$20 ($10 each)
-2 large plants -$5
-rock -$4
-gravel -$7
-nets (medium and small) $4
-gravel vacuum -$7
-food -$5
-background -$4
-book -$3
-extra filters -$5
-fish : black tetra-$3.49 ea.
serpae tetra-$2.99 ea.
I also have a 2 gallon setup-$20
came with gravel filter, pump, and 2 plants
And I also have a 1 gallon set up that came with the same as 2 gallon

[pachuco2k]

Here's my humble setup. I still have to get a quarentine tank but here's my start. Some prices include Cali gafflin' tax.

20 Gal Starter Kit w/ heater, thermo, full hood w/bulb, and filter - - $86.59
Rena 100 Airpump, Air Tech Gang Valve and tubing - - $28.00
Air Stone - - $2.99
Freshwater Master Test Kit - - $ 19.99
Nitrate Tester - -$5
Background - - $3.98
8 Plants + 4 Ruins including Coliseum w/airstone + 22 lbs grvl - - $56.51
Python Gravel Vac - - $30
4 Brachydanio rerio (Zebras) - - $3.96

Total Spent came to around $235 including tax.

Peace!!

[flamron]

Here is my future setup. Some items have been purchased already.

125 [acronym:7b3a11bb3d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:7b3a11bb3d] oceanic w/ hood and lights-499.99
Custom built stand (by me)- 75.00
Proquatics 2400 canister filter- 82.00
Penguin 330-23.49
Heater- 20.00
Powerheads- 38.00
[acronym:7b3a11bb3d="Under Gravel Filter"]UGF[/acronym:7b3a11bb3d]- 30.00
Substrate (150 lbs of pea gravel from Walmart)- 8.00
Plants- 25.00
Rocks- Free (Kansas is rocky, good for tanks)
Fish- 150

Cost of equipment +/-$1000
Enjoyment of setting up and watching-Priceless

[Enki]

New 50 [acronym:3e9007233a="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:3e9007233a] tank w/ top, light, Millennium 3000 filter, heater and thermometer = $150

Gravel = $free from my fishy friend's extra gravel supply.

Used dresser that will be reinforced into an aquarium stand = $60

More to come so no total yet, but I think I have made a bargain start

[Electrobes]

man I cannot stress how entering into a new hobby, a person ALWAYS ends up spending so much more than what they could have done for a WAY cheaper price. it sucks