Cost for Your FW Setup

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All in, my 8gal tank, internal filter, hood, light, gravel, stones, bogwood, plants, 12 fish, chemical test kits (NH3, NO2, NO3, pH), food and water change equipment came to about £90 (which is what, $180-$200?)

 

[Jchillin]

Well, since I'm setting up a new 75g, might as well...

AG Tank & Stand = $420.
AG Light Hood = $70 (got a great deal)
Fluval 404 Canister $98 (another great deal)
Estes Substrate = $70 (thank goodness for the above deals - xtra shipping charges)
Decorations = $32. (includes rocks, driftwood, etc)
2 300w heaters = $38 (gotta love those bargains)
Misc goodies = Priceless

Total (excluding plants, livestock) = $690.00

*Can someone recommend a good psychiatrist?

 

[megos1]

29g Oscar Tank (Until He's Ready for his 55)

Tank, Hood, Lights, Heater (which blew out that night),& Filter=$109
New Heater=$33
Better Filter than the one in the kit= $45
Gravel=$20
Ornament= $25
Background= $2
Food= $3-4
One Lone Oscar= $13.99
Keeping him healthy and happy= Priceless
Lol.

 

[RoK]

75 gal (bought on ebay)
Tank, glass hood, 40W light (yes I know it's not good enough for this size tank with plants), metal stand, 3 air pumps, a bubble wand, 2 air stones, driftwood attached with fake plant, 3 large rocks, 2 emperor 400's, 100 watt heater (I'm not even using this one in there, I'm using it in my 20 gal and have 2 150 watt's in the 75)
All for either $300 or $320 (don't remember which amount I paid).. Back then didn't realize it was such a good deal though.

 

[RoK]

]All in, my 8gal tank, internal filter, hood, light, gravel, stones, bogwood, plants, 12 fish, chemical test kits (NH3, NO2, NO3, pH), food and water change equipment came to about £90 (which is what, $180-$200?)

Less than $120 actually.

 

[David]

bought a 10 gal started kit from the lfs. tank, hood, filter, net and a couple of plastic plants for $60.
replaced the whisper filter with a penguin for $20
test kit for $25
about another $20-30 for assorted stuff like gravel, water conditioner, ammo-lock, different plastic plants, clear water drops and a gravel vacuum.

 

[Screwylui]

one hundred million dollars.

 

[Blazeherd2306]

55 gal.

used tank/lighting/stand-$100
emperor 400-$75
decorations/gravel/chemicals-about $175
fish-$40

Total-$390

 

[Screwylui]

ok so maybe more like :

tank/filter/gravel: 250
new lighting: 100
plants/livestock: 120
maintanance supplies and food: 200

holy crap.. it's only a 20 gallon... what's wrong with me .. it's those damned credit cards.. they just give away the money all you need to do is sign the dotted line

 

[thatonegirl]

125 gallon oscar tank

Tank, stand, hood, lights, gravel: $620.00
2 Fluval 404's @ $93/ea: $186.00
2 Emp 400's @ $35/ea: $70.00
2 300 watt heaters @ $35/ea: $70.00
2 big flat rocks I found in my yard: free
Black background: $18

$964.00!!! 8O

Although, I already had the Emp filters from their previous tank. They'll go back on the old tank which will be used as a grow-out for my albino longfin oscar.

 

[FMJnaX]

29 gallon Goldie tank:

29 gal (glass... ugggg) tank and hood w/ 30" flourescent: $60
30 lbs gravel: $13
Faux (plastice) driftwood centerpiece: $14
2 tall plastic plants: 2 x @1.50 = $3
2 medium plastic plants: 2 x 1.00 = $2
2 short plastic plants: 2 x .75 = $1.50
AquaClear 200: $17
Penguin 100: $17
Thermometer: $1
100W Heater (unused): $12
Ryunkin Goldie: $10
Test kits, food, etc: $30

~25 gal Whiskey barrel pond:
Barrel: $30
Liner: $20
Faux Hand Pump Fountain: $10
20 lbs gravel: $10
Live plants: (Anacharis, Iris, Dwarf Lilie): $50
pump and tubing: Free (already had them from years ago)
Landscaping and potted trees: $120

The reason I included the pond was because it used to be the home for my goldie. I don't really call it a cost for my F/W setup since I moved all of the important stuff to the tank.

F/W cost: roughly $180

**EDIT**
I'm working on a custom DIY everything currently. Details are in my reply here:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=51045

Summary:
custom ~47 gallong Acrylic
custom hood/canopy
custom stand

Cost: Roughly $300, minus the cost for lights, substrate, deco, livestock, etc.

 

[DeFeKt]

tank, stand, 400 L/ph canister filter,
300w heater, new 4 foot long fluro light,
gravel, chunks of driftwood,
and 9 2" to 7" cross breed discus
$500 dollars the lot
sold the discus, and bought 3 oscars, 1 catfish, 2 barramundi, 1 silver dollar all babies, $10 each and under 2"
now, judging by the prices at the lfs, i have around $300 worth of fish,
not including the guppie feeder tank(20 or so) and betta
oh yea, alos
bubble wall and 510 l/ph air pump $40
all up now, for what i got for my discus, i've still only paid around 500

 

[DeFeKt]

oh, running cost
food $15 / month
water $30 / year
chemicals and drugs $15 /month
power $20 / month
total $50 + or - per month

 

[t27countryboy]

55 gallon glass aquarium[100.00]
glass canopy[40.00]
2 emperor 400's[150.00]
300watt visi-therm[40.00]
2 bags of creek pebbles[40.00]
rocks and decoration[50.00]
plastic plants[100.00]
stand[75.00]
48"twin tube flourescents[110.00]
rena-air 300[50.00]
conditioners [20.00]
fish[35.00]

 

[Bhunsucker]

My Current FW setup thats been up for just over 1 week still in the cycle phase.

55Gal Glass tank- Free
Double Lights - Free
Rocks- Free
Artifical Plants- Free
Filter Whisper 60- 40.00
300 Watt Heater- 39.00
Chem test set- 25.00
Replacement of top that I broke on clean up- 34.00
Clean up time from the setup that was stored from a frined that lost interest in the hobby (acutally he got married and she said the fish must go)- 2 days!
Seeing my 5 year old watch the fish we have and pretend to teach them swim lessions- Priceless

 

[zacdl]

I must say you guys have it pretty good compared to saltwater!

 

[krap101]

hmmm now i have 4 tanks.

5 gallon starter set, 50$?
10 gallon tank 15$
other 10 gallon free
aquaclear 10 (i think) free
penguin 125 (2) around 30$
dual temp 10$
light 20$
glass hood 20$
around 150# of aragnite, 15$
150# of silica sand (not all of it is used) around 12$
plants etc, around 80$
fish around 100$
filter cartrages around 40$
pond 80$
pond filter 80$
emperor 280 34$
backrounds 5$
bubble counter 10$
veggie clip 1$
bulbs around 20$
invertebrated around 30$
ebo jagers around 40$

lol i dun feel like doing the math but you get the picture

 

[aquablue]

I remember when I once bought my little brother a tank, gravel, & decorations for abou $50 for his birthday.... I didn't realize that it would cost him even more than that just to get the tank up and running... that was one gift that turned out to be a mistake!

 

[BillD]

Ok, this is only one example. I have 4 48" x12" x 12" (30 gal) tanks on 2 metal stands. Glass was free, but had to buy 3 tubes of silicone for abot $13.00, made stands from scrap at work, cost $0.00, 100 lbs gravel $0.00, 4 2 tube 4' moisture resistant fixtures $0.00. 2 Hagen 802 pumps bought at auction $10.00, box of ugf plates $2.00, bought at auction, assorted fish and plants $20.00, again bought at auction. I only have 1 tank that I bought brand new, and that is a 32 gal, bought in 1973 for $15.00. The rest are leakers, and a couple bought at auction with a few gifts thrown in. Most of my fish food is bought at auction, as are most of the fish and plants I have.Auctions aren't always the cheapest place to buy things, but occasionally, there are great deals to be had. Club auctions generally have dry goods donated by manufacturers, that can be had for less than retail. I wouldn't have as much stuff if I didn't belong to a fish club.

 

[mr funktastic]

i have 4 right now.
betta aquaium 2 gallon eclips system with biowheel $14.99(petsmart put the price in the wrong place, score!)
gravel and decoration $15
20 gal kit. 129.99
gravel and ornaments $30
plants $15
fish $75
10 gal complete setup $20
(good garage sale find)
fish $20
35 gal hex tank complete setup $60
extra ornaments and plants $40
the look on my mother face when i said i wanted more.... priceless. as hard as i try i can never turn down a good oppertunity to use that joke although i am sure i am not the first to use it in this forum