Cost for Your SW Setup

[ddcboys]

In my 40 gal. I have at least $1,500 invested with ease. I agree with MadManMac

Remember, it is only an addiciton if you go to meetings.

Rehab is for quitters!!
But Seriously This is an Addictive hobby!!!!

 

[quarryshark]

. Denial, it is not just a state of mind, it is a way of life!

I thought it was a river in Africa??

 

[divemasterjim]

I have a 60 gallon and already have $1600.00 invested.
Im planning on buying a new lighting system this weekend and getting 40# more of live rock so about $2100.00 after this weekend.
Still have about 4 fish I want and im going to start getting corals soon.
Im guessing by the end I will have spent $3000.00 - $4000.00 bucks

 

[lando]

I recently up-graded my 40 gal reef to a 72 gal BF reef-ready by oceanic. I added up everything today and it came to about $3,800. That is for all of the hard goods, equipment, LR, LS fish, invets, and corals. Price does not include on-going maintaince. I get so much enjoyment out of it that I do not even care what I have spent on it. However, if my wife knew the total I would be living it with my fish, probably in the driveway.

 

[Davidfrances]

So, based upon all the posts in this thread, it would appear one should be able to calculate the optimum size aquarium in gallons based upon complexity level (budget - moderate - high end). I may develop a mathamatical formula with graphs to illustrate this point the next time I'm bored to tears in a meeting or on a conference call.

Larger, or more complex aquariums seem to be in the $30-50 range, while smaller, budget systems are in the $10-20. Interesting stratification.

 

[MadManMac]

MadManMac wrote:
. Denial, it is not just a state of mind, it is a way of life!


I thought it was a river in Africa??

That's right, it is where we go to vacation from reality.

 

[Brisc0]

I have about 9K in my 105G system, but that also includes re-occuring expenses such as salt, test kits, etc. My tank is about 7 months old. The strage thing is that I haven't lost much livestock at all, and I run a natural tank with very little equipment! Where does it all go LoL

 

[Kohan Bros.]

if u get very very very lucky 500 bucks for everything used tho

 

[youronlysin]

So far, its only costing me my marriage, but hey, nothins free, right?

 

[Jedihunter]

My set up:

190 gal

Tank $200
Sump $70
Coral Life Salt $ 75
Pumps and PowerHeads $220
lights 2hqi and 2 actinic $550
Stand $120.00
Live sand $90
LIve Rock $ 160
heaters $ 18
Plumbing and RO/DI water $180.00
GRAND TOTAL $1683.00 :?

 

[MT79]

Jedihunter
LIve Rock $ 160
66 Lbs Bali live rock
132 Lbs Fiji Live Rock

That was a good deal!

 

[saberry]

Over $1,300 for my 75 gal - and I dont' even have any fish in the tank yet!

 

[NightSpirit]

My "budget" FOWLR:
$500 for 110g tank and stand
$300 lights
$300 skimmer and powerheads
~$100 in salt so far
$300 LR and LS
$200 cleanupcrew
$16 two gold-striped maroon clown fish
$80 master test kit
$100 supplements/chemicals/books etc

Total: $1896 8O Dang, it cost me that much? And I don't even have a sump.

QT:
$12 10 gallon tank
$20 whisper 20 filter
$5 PVC
$10 heater
$10 hood
free lights I had left over
Total: $57

Freshwater
$300 55g tank, lights, filter, heater
$100 stand
free water
$30 fish
$20 misc food, chems, etc
Total: $450

 

[Bearfan]

I have lost track on my 75 gal. Well over $2K and rising.

 

[CBRGuy]

The biggest expense so far for me has been livestock. My tank was well over 2k. but my live stock is allready at 1k and I on;y have a few corals 8O

 

[Sparky]

I got just over 3000 dollars into my 125 gal tank so far. I have about $1000 dollars in rock. I really should buy it online, but I have to have that instant gratification thing....LOL I have 160 pounds of LR of different origin.

Although I do not have as much in livestock as CBRGuy, I really only have fish and a few Anenomes. I am waiting on the Corals. All the fish I have picked with purchasing corals in mind. I probably have about $300 in livestock. I really should buy them online too....LOL

Mike

 

[Salttanker]

90G FO setup so far is $2,300. Still wating on new VHO lights. Add another $300.00 for a total of $2,600. My wife hates me now.

 

[Sparky]

My wife hates me now.

LOL...mine has hated me for 25 years...thats why I love her so much....LOL

 

[cowman345]

Stirring up an old post but...

I've kept track of every dime spent on this sucker since march, 2005:

how about $697.22 on a 2.5gal nano reef? And relatively little to show for it



-dave-

 

[Feron]

Newcomer (and here to stay..great community!!).
Newb aquariist (what's the proper spelling?)
Gift of a 90g reef ready with the trimmings, stand, lights etc.
~1600$usd
200$usd sand, salt n test kit otw...
300$ LR planned otw as soon as sand comes..

Talk about a spendy starter for a (serious) hobby...