How do you afford this?
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David Bettings
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Well for me I could stop drinking, but there is nothing better than sitting with my wife in front of my second wife and having a nice glass of wine ...enjoy....
tattooreef
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i agree with an earlier comment, DO NOT add up the cost of your system, you may end up with a hospital bill from passing out and hitting you head or from the mild heart attack. i made the fatal mistake of doing this about 6 months ago for my 11 ft reef and i think i had a mild stroke. lol
glassbox-design
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12217925#post12217925 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcliffy2
Ditto on this, I just prioritize. Chicago cost of living is probably half of LA. I'm single, and I used to go out to bars, etc. a lot, but since I've started reefing I've lost interest. A bottle of vodka and a bouncer kissing your ***, or a vortech, hmmm, I'll take the vortech
Mike, glad to hear I'm not the only one who thinks like this. Try telling it to my friends
Discustopia
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Been there, done that...
Got an extra 5G's when I refinanced my house - was in line to have it paid off by the time I was 40 - figured I didn't need the stress of a 20K loan I had and put it all back into the house mortgage.
I DIY most everything - no matter how hard it looks. I've been working with power tools since age 6.
Patience - It's been a year since I bought my tank and I still haven't had salt water in it yet.
Research - Do it right the first time if at all possible. Change your mind 10X and buy once.
Buy used - or on sale -
my fav deals:
40" Beckett Skimmer - $120 including pump and stuff to mod it.
Schuran Skimmer - half price brand new!
Lighting - bought at 75% off brand new at a store closing sale.
Sequence Dart pumps - $133 ea refurb
Tank - 250G starphire tank - $500 !!!!! (worth over 2K new)
racksteris
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I really don't know.....
donald_202
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Oprah got my baby.
I saved money every month (yeah, I that old fashioned 
) for many years. It is suprising how much you actually end up having! I do not understand why people dont save money anymore -it doesnt matter how little the amount is, its still something!
We also save a lot by saving electricity by all means, we do not smoke, we dont buy ready made foods (except on fridays, when we just lazy around and make some frozen pizza
), we dont buy lots of meat (we hunt) and what else...? Well small things count!!
One good way to save money is to be careful while shopping for food! It is amazing how much you can save only by looking your shopping habits a little bit closer! And really, I do not mean only eating rice and soya Small thing matter, small things matter
) for many years. It is suprising how much you actually end up having! I do not understand why people dont save money anymore -it doesnt matter how little the amount is, its still something!We also save a lot by saving electricity by all means, we do not smoke, we dont buy ready made foods (except on fridays, when we just lazy around and make some frozen pizza
), we dont buy lots of meat (we hunt) and what else...? Well small things count!!One good way to save money is to be careful while shopping for food! It is amazing how much you can save only by looking your shopping habits a little bit closer! And really, I do not mean only eating rice and soya
Small thing matter, small things matteragreeive?fish
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I do the CASH ONLY thing....even when i buy on line ..i use the walmart prepaid visa card...you can only buy it in 50 or 100 buck amounts..so you only have a certain amount to spend.
i dont drink. vacations are short weekend trips(cant go on long trips for various reasons other than aquariums).
i dont make impulse buys(90% of the time)
keep care payments down to only one at a time.(and almost always its the wife who gets the new car)
wife has a job that requires MANDATORY overtime (taking care of severely mentaly diabled people if her relief dosent show up she just can't go home)
iam retired so i dont have to pay for day care for the kids( i had kids late in life)
i buy my every day fish supplies/foods on line ...i buy a years supply at one time..i buy my dry goods ie salt, carbon, chemicals, media, flake foods all at one time for the year ...one shipping charge...then i buy all my frozen foods for the year in one order with only one shipping charge....i save aprox $2,000.00 a year over buying the stuff locally. now i do buy stuff at the lfs when needed (when i cant wait on shipping time) and small stuff that the shipping would make it more than buying it locally..
i dont drink. vacations are short weekend trips(cant go on long trips for various reasons other than aquariums).
i dont make impulse buys(90% of the time)
keep care payments down to only one at a time.(and almost always its the wife who gets the new car)
wife has a job that requires MANDATORY overtime (taking care of severely mentaly diabled people if her relief dosent show up she just can't go home)
iam retired so i dont have to pay for day care for the kids( i had kids late in life)
i buy my every day fish supplies/foods on line ...i buy a years supply at one time..i buy my dry goods ie salt, carbon, chemicals, media, flake foods all at one time for the year ...one shipping charge...then i buy all my frozen foods for the year in one order with only one shipping charge....i save aprox $2,000.00 a year over buying the stuff locally. now i do buy stuff at the lfs when needed (when i cant wait on shipping time) and small stuff that the shipping would make it more than buying it locally..
nismo driver
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it like kids your never reqally finacially ready it just happens and tehy start out all cute and little like a 10 gallon nano and they just keep growing over the years
when i first started reef tanks delivering pizza at nights and on teh weekends put alot of cash in my pocket
when i first started reef tanks delivering pizza at nights and on teh weekends put alot of cash in my pocket
RyanMcLaughlin
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WOW! I really didnt think this thread would be so big. Yea I have sold so many things for this hobby. There is nothing better than coming home and sitting in front of the tank though. Yea and buying used is great. I am only 15 so I dont have lots of cash but I got 150lbs of rock, 200lbs of sand, dual 250watt MH, and sump/iwaki pump for about 500bucks. Craigslist is my friend.
Tangwich
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12216167#post12216167 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrpet
i don't im broke living the American dream.... lol well for me i got rid of my corvette then had kids no vetgotta have something for me so i spend my extra cash on the tank....
noooo, not the Vette...i have somehow managed to keep the Vette and just set up my 225g reef tank but I'm not gonna lie, it ain't easy, especially when you're single and don't have a wife to help contribute to the madness or at least to the bills which is the same thing.. lol
pic of my 2 babies...
