nyfishguy Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I swear that doing drugs HAS to be cheaper than nano reefing!! (it just has to!) I 've had my RSM for 3 months now and i just added up all of the SH** i have bought already and my grand total is $1136 bucks!! And that's not including the RSM itself! I thought smaller tanks were cheaper?!! So My real question is how do I break the habit of buying things for my tank that i just "have to have" is there any hope?? Or am I doomed like the rest of you??! Link to comment
Catbus Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I swear that doing drugs HAS to be cheaper than nano reefing!! (it just has to!) I 've had my RSM for 3 months now and i just added up all of the SH** i have bought already and my grand total is $1136 bucks!! And that's not including the RSM itself! I thought smaller tanks were cheaper?!! So My real question is how do I break the habit of buying things for my tank that i just "have to have" is there any hope?? Or am I doomed like the rest of you??! Def doomed Link to comment
TheKingInYellow Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 My 20g was supposed to be about $400, and I'm in for $960 so far. Meh, I'm having fun. Link to comment
nyfishguy Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 never said im not having fun but i'm always BROKE!! But at least the tank looks good!! LOL Link to comment
Deleted User 6 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Amortization. Just amortize. Oh, and zero APR credit card deals. Link to comment
Gerber77 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Youre doomed haha. Let youre coral grow and only give yourself a limit on how much you can spend say like 5% of youre check or something. Trading corals will also help you save on money. Link to comment
nyfishguy Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 i get attached to my coral though....i dont want them to go play in some one else's coral playground.... Link to comment
WhiteShark Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 A&E is planning on having a reefer on their "Intervention" TV show pretty soon. Guy was living on the streets but rented a storage facility for his reef tank. The guy was also dying of starvation but his fish tank parameters were perfect...lol Link to comment
ReefKing Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I added mine to $2300 including the RSM. It's really a fraction compare to some other hobbies. I had to buy a truck to accomodate my mountain/road biking hobby. $22,000+ (including 2 mountain bikes and 1 road bike) Link to comment
tinctorus Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 well for starters you COULD develop a bad drug habit maybe heroin or oxycontin "hill billy heroin" something that gives you a good physical and mental addiction and then when you get good and hooked on that all your money will go towards supports your heroin habit and none of your money will go into anything new for the tank then you can be high with something to look at lol just dont get hooked so bad that you decide to pawn the fish tank to support the heroin habit because then you just ####ed up the whole plan i just set up for you lol Link to comment
SK8URDEAD Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 i get attached to my coral though....i dont want them to go play in some one else's coral playground.... lol i say diy. i have 62g tank but if i add the sump and the refuge(have a sump and refuge in diffrent tanks) then i guess you can say about 75 gallons in total lol. but so far ive wasted $1050.00 and dont even have fish in there yet. not even lr lol. i can give a list lol watch this. $184.01 62g tank $89.99 Refractometer $219.99 Buckeye 100gpd RO/DI $159.99 wet/dry sump $39.00 odyssea 550 gph pump which is badass and works like a charm $15.49 hydrometer(before i got the refractometer) $13.99x2 instant ocean salt(got 2 of these) $36.99 200w stealth heater $14.60 return pipe(i have one at each corner) $43.29 glass top $50.00 for my diy stand(saved $400 lol) $100.00 80g tank that i broke in a week(very sad hate falling objects. i was so pissed at myself lol) this is all with out tax and im getting my light fixture next week which is a other $329.00 and then after that my lr and ls and fish lol. so im almost going to be hitting 2 grand maybe soon lol. and this is all ive gotten so far for the past 4 months ive started this tank. Link to comment
kgehrke Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Oh and you have soo much more to go lol. Eventually you'll want test kits for everything. Calcium and Alk additives. Everything just adds up so fast. Maybe even a skimmer.. Link to comment
khinsanmu1 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Reef hobby is worse than drugs.But I like it. Link to comment
nyfishguy Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 yup just ordered a chiller so im gonna need a pump for that and then i figured since the tank is gonna be cool no matter what, i might as well get some MH's and get rid of the stock lighting HELP ME!!! :lol: :lol: Link to comment
StevieT Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I don't know about you guys, but this hobby makes me money Ok flame on Link to comment
Marteen Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I guess it depends on what kind of drugs you are doing. Link to comment
got2envy Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Welcome to being broke...until you start fragging reefin is an investment..at least that's what I keep telling myself Link to comment
WhiteShark Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I don't know about you guys, but this hobby makes me money Ok flame on You're just like a crack dealer...You're enabling us all Steve! Link to comment
andresmirt Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 its cheaper and safer than my motorcycles so my wife doesn't nag! Link to comment
StevieT Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 You're just like a crack dealer...You're enabling us all Steve! Good point, a dealer that has mail order, how nice is that?! Link to comment
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