Cost for Your FW Setup

[mitch86]

80 gallon tank - $300
5 foot flurocent light : $10 ( home made)
Hood - $15 ( home made)
Stand - $40 ( home made)
300 watt hydor heater - $90
1800 lph water pump with canister filter - $70
2 x 300 lph hydor water pumps - $20 each
20 kg gravel - $40
Ship wreck $80
ph test, nitrite test, ammonia test $100
fish & plants $350 +

 

[wright4lfe]

just spent 500 on an oak stand/canopy and a 110tall (48*18*30)

spent another 150 on the lighting and 125 on an eheim.

current fish in the tank are are 3 9-12" oscars.

 

[RabidChild]

I think I have everything now:

Used 90 gallon tank, stand, Hood & double fourecent light strip, gravel, Magnum 350 filter, misc decorations (driftwood & rocks): $275
New filter media & parts $35
Emperor 400: $40
2X 250 watt heaters: $37
Pen Plax air pump and a couple of airstones: $28
lot of about 40 small plastic plants (ebay): $15
Misc supplies (flake food, dechlirinator, salt, ick med, test kit...) about $50

So about $500 thus far if I include shipping costs. Still to come, some larger plastic plants and umm, oh yeah, the fish.

 

[m.bug]

i have a 20gal tank w/ hood which i purchased at petsmart for 55$
25lb gravel 14$
filter tetra whisper pf20 30$
heater 30$
therm 2$
total 135$ unstocked

10gal kit(tankw/hood, filter, therm, heater, lights) 50$
gravel 10$
decor 20$
food and test kits 40$
fish(1 betta, 2 mystery snails, 1 pygmy cory cat) 15$
total135$

 

[Konrade]

Hmm... I have a ten gallon that I have had for over a year and these are my costs.
heater-10.00
filter-13$
tank-already had
stand-alreadyhad
gravel-also already had
xl angelfish-10$
paradise gourami-2$
decorations-about 20$

Total 55$ I already had most of the stuff as you can see form my brother's first tank. One day I just said that I wanted a fish tank and set it up, even though I didn't know hardly anything about aquariums at the time. Now, a year later, I have two thriving aquariums, one a saltwater and one a ten gallon freshwater with a huge angel that I've had for about 10 months. Go figure 8O

 

[Tank]

I Am SHOCKED!

8O
All these expensive setups. WOW!
I spent:
1 ten gallong tank kit with everything: $40
3 Ornaments: $15
Wife complaining about possible smells and location of tank: priceless.

 

[Psybuster]

29 Gallon Tank Kit - $100
Flourite - $80
Gravel - $3
Rena Filstar XP2 - $80
CO2 Kit - $25
Food/Chem/Ferts - $50
Test Kits - $30
Driftwood - $15
Plants - $15
7 Koi - $35
DIY Stand - $30 and Time

 

[PsiPro]

15Gal Tall

Tank,Filter,Substrate(Gravel) - Free (reusing old stuff but dont know original price)
Heater - $15
Powerhead + Tubing = $32
Light = $20
Plants = $17
Fish = $25
DIY CO2 = $2.50

Total = $111.50 (without the "free" stuff)

 

[willowthepoet]

my aquatic frog tank:
5G aquarium with cover - $30
whisper filter - $20? (maybe, I've had it for a while)
gravel - $5 (with some to spare for occasional gravel change)
decorations - free (thieved from old aquarium)
frogs - $3-5 apiece near me for small ones, $25 total
brine net - $2
live brine shrimp - $3 per week (they're piggies!)
frozen bloodworms - $9 (will last a while)
total - around $100 to start up


still working on saving my pennies for a proper aquarium, but it's not proving to be an easy task on a college student/retail worker's wages.

 

[Zagz]

Most recent acquisition, 125 gal tank, canopy hood, stand, 2 cannister filters, 2 heaters, bio-wheels, flourescent light strip, rock substrate and 8 baby electric yellow cichlids $1000.00 Can, no tax.

 

[flamingonhot]

All of mine are usually 200 dollars or more,i don't buy real fancy stuff and my 60 gallon and stand was free(i just had to buy filters and sand and stuff)

my sw tank though is about over 250 and its only ten gallons lol.

 

[mrcrazypants05]

My turn now that im almost done...
55 gallon kit - $150
4 danios - $12
8 tetras - $12
2 common pleco - $10
1 peacock eel - $6
2 dragon fish - $12

125 gallon tank - $340
stand - $25
hood/lights - free
gravel - $9
pots - $6
Green Terror - $6
Jack Dempsey - $3
2x Rena Xp3's - $172
2x Hydor Inline Heaters - $80


Other
Fish food - $20 so far
Water conditioner - $20 so far


Total - ~$900

 

[BlazerFRS]

6 Gallon

Eclipse system 6 w/ built in filter and bio-wheel-$41
Substrate ~$10
Elite 799 aip pump $6.50
air hose $1.25
Air stone $.49
1 hornwart bunch $2
1 fantail goldfish ~$6
4 ghost shrimp (became snacks) $1.20
2 Ramshorn snails $2
Variety of testing supplies ~$25
Tetra-fin Dechlorinator $3
Food ~$5

~$103 bux so far... with more to come for sure

 

[Tiffi]

70gal glass aquarium, tall $120
DIY stand/Hood 90
retrofit light/fans 215
GFCI outlet, timer 26
plants 90
heater 20
filter, prefilter 100
powerhead/DIY reactor 45
driftwood 50
gravel/substrate 100
asseccoires 80
_____
$826

and no fishes yet...
I always thought it was at least $150 less, but it sums up .

 

[Aquarium Man]

how much would a 7/8inch fish cost
I am thinking of selling to a fishstore

 

[Dragonmommy]

OK, I am just setting my tank up now so don't tell my hubby about any of this.

For my ten gallon I think everything was about 90.00

tank and hood 40.00
gravel 10.00
undergravel filter 12.00
corner filter 7.00 (running extra now due to overstocking)
Decorations 10.00
tubing, gang valve ect 7.00
pump 9.00

ok so closer to 100.00

Fish = 1 african cichlid (this guy is moving into the 55 gallon soon)
20 feeder fish (i only asked for 10, i got closer to 30)
3 guppies left (feeders)
misc snails
3 danios

I spent 90.00 today on supplies, now I have everything but the hoods, so probably 150.00 total, not too shabby!

 

[DepotFish]

10 gallon tank- $19
Stingray filter- $8
Air pump with tube and airstone included- $6
Plants, 2 plastic moneywort- $3
Substrate, 3 large bags of aquarium marbles- $9
Decoration, 1 3inch smiling shark- $0.59
1 bottle of chlor-out- $2

Total $47.59

 

[Orcus332]

10 gallon planted tank: ~$250 total
Includes but not limited to ecocomplete/tahitian moon sand, Low light hood (1.5wpg), bookshelf stand, aquaclear filter, jager heater, 6 species of plants, 7 danios for cycling, cleaning supplies, water treatment/test kit, python syphon.
I'm a grad. student, so by definition i live by frugality. I shopped at least 6 different sources, and this was the best I could do. I plan on spending another $30 on livestock once the cycle is complete. The "planted" aspect of my tank added nearly $100 to my set-up, but was well worth it

 

[Cloud]

55. gallon
marineland 350 delux with dual bio wheels
300 w submersable heater
diy nitrate filter
hood and lights
air pump and two 24 inch wands

package deal off e-bay- $225

 

[7Enigma]

20 gallon high tank with lighted top ($55)
metal tube sand
aquaclear 50 with extra foam inserts and a pack of act. carbon
150watt heater
digi thermometer
flake food
gravel washer with hand siphon (not powered)
master test kit
prime 250ml
mag-float medium size
net
$5 bag of quartz rocks from home depot (decided not to use)
$22 for 3 50lb bags of PFS (took so long to find I bought a ton so I'll never have to shop again)
$2 clay pots from home depot (2)

Everything except the tank, and rocks were from Big Al's (which I'd highly recommend over a LFS due to pricing) so all told.....~$180...

Now after cycling I'll have to find some fish