holyherbiness Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 yuck. More lighting is fine kind of hard to see my fish in the dark, eh? or maybe a nice flashlight at mealtime Link to comment
scottd34 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 I also prefer not to know how much I spent, but the $1000+ price tags make me feel better about what I did spend. I got some of my equip, rock, and cleanup crew second hand, (which also had the bonus of no curing time), and some on discounts and online shops. Premium aquatics discounted the aquafuges recently, just not sure if they still are. Lights are a ton cheaper online then retail (by about half around here in CT). I only buy the 5 gal bags of oceanic salt at a time, since that will get me through a few waterchanges. Corals can be aquired as frags if you know people to trade with (once you can grow a few out to frag). Another option is your local reef club.. mine does a raffle and has some frags there as well as other stuff donated by whomever. I have read posts where people went to lfs's and some have a frag tank where the pieces fragged off accidentally from cleaning are sold cheap or given away. Link to comment
obarrera Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 tank-$12.00 28 watt PC light-$20.00 2 power filters-Already had it 7 lbs live rock-$23.00 15lbs aragonite sand-$22.00 halimeda plant-$4.99 emerald crab-$5.99 devil damsel-$2.99 hydrometer-$14.99 water-I get NSW for free I got most of this stuff with discounts. And yes this is all I have,no test kit,no heater. That's why my tank sucks.lol Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 wow I juast realized i wasted WAY too much on my 10 gallon. it didn't seem like it tho Link to comment
lil_clownfish13 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 I have a 10g Nano that ive had for just over a year and a half, and because im a cheapo (hehe) i have spent more money in gas driving to compare prices Anyhow: (CDN) Hagen 10 Gal =14.00 incandescent strip = 29.99 Mini 50/50 screw in fluorescent/actinic bulbs = 2@15.99 Fluorescent strip (20g size)= 8.99 (sale of used LFS stock) Actinic 18" Bulb = 19.99 8lbs Live rock = 80.00 Crushed argonite sand (10lbs) $15.99 Instant Ocean Salt Mix = 29.99 (50g bag) (staff disc.) Heater (11.99) Hydrometer (13.99) Reef Calcium (15.99) Fluval Internal filters 2@25.99 Fish n Stock True percula pair (CaptiveBred) 2 for 19.99 Sale at LFS! Bicolor Blenny - 19.00 Elec. Blue hermit - 3.99 Misc Frags...prolly about $100.00 Total: $470... Having a Saltwater Tank that You LOVE! = Priceless For everything else, there's Mastercard Link to comment
Nemo_4_Ever Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 The total cost of mine SO FAR - its only about 11 weeks is about $500 au. Which includes, sand, LR, AGA (filter, powerhead, light), clownfish, water, magnet float, thermometer, turkey baster, fish food and tests. I still need a bit more rock and another powerhead and fish. Link to comment
ChloroPhil Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 10g AGA: $5.00 at an auction 175w MH w/2x 28w PC actinic: $80.00 used (w/ new MH bulb) 20lbs LR, mix of Show and Base quality: $80.00 20lbs LS: $10.00 AC500: $35.00 AC Surface Skimmer: $9.00 Corallife Super Skimmer I: 16.00 50W Submersible heater: $8.00 Powerheads: free/had laying around Air pump for skimmer: free/had laying around Kent SW Premix: .99/gallon, 5 gallons every other week RO: 5g weekly: N/A Total: $262.00 not counting a couple fish and frags Link to comment
ProReefer Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 all these are great, but whatever you do, do NOT use a cheap hydrometer! especially those that bob up and down! Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 hey lil_clownfish how you like your bi-color blenny? I got one myself. he's a hoot Link to comment
parker313 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 I switched a 10g FW tank to SW, so this is actually what it's cost me to make the switch... 10 AGA - already had 50W Heater - " Hood & regular flourescent light - already had, will upgrade when I add corals Aqua Tech filter - threw out filter media 10g water @ $1 each (they pre-mix the SW for me for a 10g I figured it was worth it) - $10.00 Deep 6 Hydrometer - $11.99 Marine Sand (5lbs, not live) - $4.99 Sporax ceramic thingies for filtration in my filter (these came highly recommended over the Hagen knock offs) - $14.99 Live Rock - 6lbs at $5.99ea (they gave me rubble prices!) - $29.95 (only charged for 5lbs LR) Live Rock - 4.5 more lbs = $38.12 with tax Everything is ready now, just waiting to add inverts. Link to comment
format32 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 12 gallon eclipse nano $30.00 2x 32 watt power compacts $50.00 Prism filter free Live rock $4 per pound for marshall island total 13 pounds Cannary Blenny 12.99 5 snails $7.00 2 crabs $6.00 Shrooms free frags Zoos free frags Pipe Coral free frags (Will die in my tank due to lighting so if anyone who has great lighting in the portland oregon area can come by and pick up feel free) Real Ocean water 10.00 every other month AC500 $20.00 Most of you can save tons of money by joining a reef club in your area. If there is not one around , start one. You will find people more that willing to give out free frags to newbies and people who are starting over again like me. Link to comment
format32 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Originally posted by ProReefer all these are great, but whatever you do, do NOT use a cheap hydrometer! especially those that bob up and down! I have found those more accurate than the coralife ones. No joke! I hate the coralife meters. Link to comment
Cameron Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Took a long time to get mine going, and there still isn't much too it, but I've been grabbing good deals as they come up. 10 gallon Hawkeye acrylic tank with hood - $7 'golden shores' aragonite substrate - $1 powerhead - $8 Whisper Intank filter "fuge" - $15 LR from LFS - $45 heater - $1 rock with 16 red shrooms and a feather duster- $25 2 med. feather dusters - free 2 mini corallife 50/50 $20 light timer - $5 engineer goby $7 yellow tailed damsel $3 6 blue legged hermits - $5 6 astrea snails - $5 4 nassarius snails - $7 test kit $3 hydrometer $2 total $159 all I want to add now is some more softies and maybe an orchid dottyback Link to comment
DFL18 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 ive spent about 400 -450 on my nanocube so far, for cube, marshall island cured rock, sand, water, cleanup crew, rip true perc, rip cleaner shrimp, small frag of zoos, and two decent sized colonies of green star polyps/xenia or whatever, heater and ph buffer, and salifert coral something. ill easily dump another 200 into more rock, livestock and corals, easy the lfs i go to sells fully setup nanocubes with some nice corals, fish, lr, ls and everything for like 550, i thought it was a rip, but now it doesnt seem like a bad deal Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 My tank has cost me about 350 dollars so far, no coral. nice to see that this thread got revived Link to comment
lil_clownfish13 Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Well I guess it doesnt matter how much you spent, as long as you feel like you got your money's worth! -Some people work to pimp their ride, some use it for bills, some for drugs -- and people like me buy fancy sea slugs hahah Link to comment
Maxvan1 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Originally posted by Spasticat over a grand, still better than a new computer of equal cost ! my cusin will build you a computer... oh sorry of subject... (: ... good your not staring at me...) but really if you wanted he could build you one cheaper then compusa and it would be better... Link to comment
flickj79 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 I have spent on my 10 aga ummmmmm ummmmmmm 20 lbs arag alive reef sand-$30 18 lbs of fiji live rock-6.95 lb 7 snails at $1.50 a piece 1 hi fin red banded goby $24 1 yellow watchmen goby $22 1 emerald crab $8.50 2 hermit crabs $2.50 a piece 1 green mushroom frag $10 1 pulsing xenia frag $29 cral life lights plus mounting legs $112 3/4 watt moonlight $16 pile o garbage skilter $50 which is getting ready to be in the spare parts pile, I am switching to an AC500 for a fuge so another $37 kent marine Tech 1 $7 i think that is it besides the fish food which is around $4.95 for whatever u get i am going to go pick up a cleaner skunk tommorow $17 i have to get some macro for the fuge i dunno how much that is and some more lr for the fuge too prolly get a zoo frag too so u can pretty much say that it is damn expensive but well worth it Link to comment
Styxnpicks Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 I know i've spent over a grand on my 10 alone and another 2-300 on my 2.5 Link to comment
Ravenflight Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 I want to give you an answer but my wife might read this, so lets just say it's a bit north of a monthly mortgage payment on a 4 Bdr house in Southern Calif. However that's for a 12 gal. I'm certain that if I had gotten a 10gal it would have been significantly less. Link to comment
MarLooney Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 it's really hard to say. idunno how you guys can add all this up. for the 10gal i set up there were soooo many freebies. she got the tank set up from her dad for X-mas so a friend of her's bought her the stand. i donated a bunch of LR, HOB filter, & LS when we first set up. she bought the light & everything to hand it. she also bought the heater and i think that's it. i buy the livestock, and have put hundreds of dollars worth of frags in there. the cool thing about a nano is how cheap the corals can be. Link to comment
ProFlatlander15 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 i just started a 10 gallon nano.... here are the specs 96 watt power quad-90$ aragonite sand-25$ tank-11 LR-50 (for 8 pounds) filter-(already had, but like 20) salt mix- 10 heater- 13 testing-25 there u go Link to comment
someone Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Your going to need a turkey baster!(best tool ever!!!!) (must have, need,required etc..) buckets, and add about in excess of $75-100 for stuff you won't realize you need until you really need it (hint: find a lfs open late, really helpful ppl at those places!) If you want you can also add a little more ~$50 for stuff that will die and you will want to replace. Link to comment
serjuanca88 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I havent completely set it up yet. But here is my plan: 10g tank - $10 - LFS 90g jug Oceanic Salt - $35 - LFS 15lbs live rock w/ shipping - $80 - Premium Aquatics 96w Powerquad w/ legs, .75w moonlight and shipping - $120 I had everything else laying around: heater, pumps, sand, misc. Link to comment
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