How much $ is invested in you tank?
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mylittleocean
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an arm and a leg 
2000 +
2000 +
murray@sc.rr.com
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just got started with a 185 gl island glass tank with only 180 lb of lr minimal pump setup and already at 3500.00
nbd13
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i am not completely sure but i would say about 3000 JUST ON EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW 180!!
for that 375! you are going to have to pay TONS of money to do it right! IMHO if you dont do it right get the best equipment then you will pay for it in the end, maybe buying the better equipment or you livestock not looking to hot! so i would buy the est equipment, this is just a guess, but i would say about 4000-7000 if ou did it right with just equipment.
but remeber just a guess!
Nick
for that 375! you are going to have to pay TONS of money to do it right! IMHO if you dont do it right get the best equipment then you will pay for it in the end, maybe buying the better equipment or you livestock not looking to hot! so i would buy the est equipment, this is just a guess, but i would say about 4000-7000 if ou did it right with just equipment.
but remeber just a guess!
Nick
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Tank - $1,700
Stand/Canopy - $1,500
Lights - $1,400
AQ2 - $400
Skimmer - $650
Top-off - $175
Stream set-up - $1,500
Ca Reactor - $400
Sump - $400
Plumbing - $200
Live Rock - $800
Most of the above I got really good deals on (really a $950 skimmer, good deals on LR, saved $150 on my calcium reactor), some have been purchased, some are on order. But this is just the bare minimum. I looked at CL options but 3 Streams should be enough for me and the Streams didn't really cost much more. This doesn't include corals, fluidized reactors, salt, test kits, RO/DI, all the buckets and crap that need to be purchased, storage bins, additives, magnet cleaners, kent scrapers, cleaning supplies ... and host of other things to nickel & dime ya to death.
Then of course there is the electricity bill ... blink your eyes and it's time for another $250 for new bulbs and test kits ...
Not a cheap hobby!
Stand/Canopy - $1,500
Lights - $1,400
AQ2 - $400
Skimmer - $650
Top-off - $175
Stream set-up - $1,500
Ca Reactor - $400
Sump - $400
Plumbing - $200
Live Rock - $800
Most of the above I got really good deals on (really a $950 skimmer, good deals on LR, saved $150 on my calcium reactor), some have been purchased, some are on order. But this is just the bare minimum. I looked at CL options but 3 Streams should be enough for me and the Streams didn't really cost much more. This doesn't include corals, fluidized reactors, salt, test kits, RO/DI, all the buckets and crap that need to be purchased, storage bins, additives, magnet cleaners, kent scrapers, cleaning supplies ... and host of other things to nickel & dime ya to death.
Then of course there is the electricity bill ... blink your eyes and it's time for another $250 for new bulbs and test kits ...
Not a cheap hobby!
Over $15,000 with no rock,substrate or water.I bought about $1000 in inverts and corals this week alone.The stocking and added euipment has not doubled the starting price but it is getting close.I really do not want to go back and see how much I have spent.If my wife asks then I can honestly say I do not know.
PUGroyale
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I prefer to follow this simple credo... "Ignorance is bliss." I don't count it... I don't add it up... really, I never even think about it. I can't ever remember being concerned about the expense. = ) cuz' I've got no clue what it is! ... I would add this additional credo for married reefer's... and this is vital... as far as your spouse is concerned... "Ignorance is imperative." = )
cwegescheide
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I'm trying to collect all my goodies while I am still single!!!:lol:
Try having a Chinese wife... OMG.. One day I went to the grocery with her. Threw 2 onions in the cart.. She looked at me and said "why do you have to buy 2?"
So needless to say I am aquiring all my goodies b4 she can say anything..
The above was not intended as a slam against Chinese btw.. I sortof wish I was a little more conservative actually. Well I could have worse hobbies... I could be doing drugs...
ALOT OF EM!!! :mixed:
Try having a Chinese wife... OMG.. One day I went to the grocery with her. Threw 2 onions in the cart.. She looked at me and said "why do you have to buy 2?"
So needless to say I am aquiring all my goodies b4 she can say anything..
The above was not intended as a slam against Chinese btw.. I sortof wish I was a little more conservative actually. Well I could have worse hobbies... I could be doing drugs...
ALOT OF EM!!! :mixed:
cwegescheide
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Oh yeah almost forgot.. 2500 (just tank and 400 mh's right now)
cwegescheide
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Yeah I better not catch her wrappin up one of my Angels in rice and seaweed or I'm gonna miss her!!!! LOL Just kiddin. She's awesome. Good visual though! :lol:
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