how much did u spend on your tank?

**schrocat** · 11-30-2001, 05:52 PM

my 180 was 800.00
the 65 was free
the 54 bowfront was 250.00 without top

so far the 54 has absolutely crushed the amount of money I had in the 180...go figure.

The rock and livestock for all tanks has to be another grand...and there is NO END IN SIGHT.

Reef On

Barry N. · 12-02-2001, 11:41 AM

Well I did it the hard way. I started with a 50 gal, then moved into a 90 gal then moved into a 180. Should have gotten the 180 first, would have saved thousands. REALLY..

I save all receipts and the last I looked, I was at over 10,200.00 and that was months ago. I scared to add them up now. Now if we sell our townhouse and move into a larger home, thinking of a 300 gal. but nothing bigger in the future, as I can always go over to one of our memebers and look at his 1200gal tank.

mrok12 · 12-02-2001, 01:38 PM

2200 for the 65 gallon. The 120 is hovering around there too. I figure it will cost total 3500 to set up. We will see next month when it is up.

MROK12

**golfish** · 12-02-2001, 02:00 PM

lol, if I went back to 1984 when I first started and didn't ever get into this hobby.......saved all the money I spent on my tanks, plus interest, I could by Barry's new house for me

Barry N. · 12-02-2001, 05:30 PM

Mark, I know what you mean.....

Maybe, we will see.

viper12775 · 09-15-2002, 02:28 AM

i have $2200.00 in my 46 gallon bow front for everything except livestock and im about to sink another 300-500 in a new sump and hsa skimmer

***zhenya*** · 09-15-2002, 02:40 AM

Well,let see. I have two tanks a 110 and 75g ,so I figure about 12k for 110 and about 5k for 75g including livestock ofcource

.it's only money and if you figure all the live stock that did not make it,well,we should pay more for arrogance.

FISHme · 09-15-2002, 09:33 AM

Wow , since my last reply here I added another at least 1500 smack a roos to the system and thats only the new tank , lights , and a few other goodies. I must be over the 10 to 12 g figure for sure since I started.

mrok12 · 09-15-2002, 10:11 AM

My 120 so far is at 2600.00 for all the equipment. The live rock was 200.00 for 100 pounds of Ava and fiji rock. But I guess if I continue on I will end up around 4000.00.

We are all forgetting though, What does it cost a month to play in out tanks? Just incidentals and electricity not livestock.

Electricity for my tank is the better part of 60.00 ( I run 4 mh though)
CO2 -10.00 every two months.
Misc. Items 25.00

It is like 1200 a year!!!! Like auto insurance if you will paid on a monthly basis.

**schrocat** · 09-16-2002, 09:48 PM

Hey, I remember this thread.
Just dropped some change for a Kalk reactor.

Still,no end in sight...

Reinhold · 09-16-2002, 09:53 PM

What really hurts is when I look at my answer to this question months ago, and then look at the piano where my reef tank used to be before I dismantled it because of hair algae!

mrok12 · 09-16-2002, 09:56 PM

I think I wopuld cry!

**schrocat** · 09-16-2002, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Reinhold
What really hurts is when I look at my answer to this question months ago, and then look at the piano where my reef tank used to be before I dismantled it because of hair algae!

Now that's a well lit piano!

Reinhold · 09-16-2002, 11:05 PM

Does anyone else have a piano in the house and no one who knows how to play it?

It's like buying a Corvette and not knowing (nor ever having the intention to learn) how to drive.

**schrocat** · 09-16-2002, 11:09 PM

Uhh...Rein,

I think I see a pattern emerging.

FISHme · 09-16-2002, 11:16 PM

HAHA!!! That 's funny, since my first reply to this thread I sit in the living room and look at the empty space where my 90 fowlr and 29 sps tank used to be, I relocated the 90 into my bedroom adjacent to the closet where I built my in the wall 120 AGA SPS tank. All the equiptment that was spread all around the condo is now confined to the closet .

http://community.webtv.net/MarkPelski/INTHEWALL120GAL

My old web site you can see , everything was moved . http://community.webtv.net/MarkPelski/REEF

NaCl-H2O · 09-17-2002, 09:16 AM

Everything except livestock starting with the 29g planted FW $800, the 90g planted FW $1,200, the 72g reef $1,800, and the 125g reef got me for around $3,000. And I'm not finished yet.

**kevinpo** · 09-17-2002, 10:37 AM

Well since my last reply I've dropped another $2,000 into the tank for a total of $17,000 and I still have one or two small

upgrades I would like to do. But I'm pretty much done with livestock as the tank is full

Regards,
Kevin

***zhenya*** · 09-17-2002, 12:08 PM

"Pretty much done with livestock as tank is full".
Kevin,I guess it's time for another 4-500g for more SPS

organicreefer · 09-17-2002, 07:36 PM

i still refuse to add it up

but i do know that between additives /salt /water/electricity etc-my tank costs me almost 150 a month just to keep it going

11-30-2001, 05:52 PM	#21
schrocat Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hilliard , Fl. Posts: 3,392	my 180 was 800.00 the 65 was free the 54 bowfront was 250.00 without top so far the 54 has absolutely crushed the amount of money I had in the 180...go figure. The rock and livestock for all tanks has to be another grand...and there is NO END IN SIGHT. Reef On __________________ "One man's vulgarity is another man's lyric" -Justice John Marshall Harlan "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money." -WZ

12-02-2001, 11:41 AM	#22
Barry N. Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,034	Well I did it the hard way. I started with a 50 gal, then moved into a 90 gal then moved into a 180. Should have gotten the 180 first, would have saved thousands. REALLY.. I save all receipts and the last I looked, I was at over 10,200.00 and that was months ago. I scared to add them up now. Now if we sell our townhouse and move into a larger home, thinking of a 300 gal. but nothing bigger in the future, as I can always go over to one of our memebers and look at his 1200gal tank. __________________ Barry ClamsDirect.Com

12-02-2001, 05:30 PM	#25
Barry N. Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,034	Mark, I know what you mean..... Maybe, we will see. __________________ Barry ClamsDirect.Com

09-15-2002, 02:40 AM	#27
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,848	Well,let see. I have two tanks a 110 and 75g ,so I figure about 12k for 110 and about 5k for 75g including livestock ofcource .it's only money and if you figure all the live stock that did not make it,well,we should pay more for arrogance. __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

09-15-2002, 10:11 AM	#29
mrok12 Mayor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Van Buren, MI Posts: 1,052	My 120 so far is at 2600.00 for all the equipment. The live rock was 200.00 for 100 pounds of Ava and fiji rock. But I guess if I continue on I will end up around 4000.00. We are all forgetting though, What does it cost a month to play in out tanks? Just incidentals and electricity not livestock. Electricity for my tank is the better part of 60.00 ( I run 4 mh though) CO2 -10.00 every two months. Misc. Items 25.00 It is like 1200 a year!!!! Like auto insurance if you will paid on a monthly basis. __________________ Who knew it was so addicting?

12-02-2001, 01:38 PM	#23
mrok12 Mayor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Van Buren, MI Posts: 1,052	2200 for the 65 gallon. The 120 is hovering around there too. I figure it will cost total 3500 to set up. We will see next month when it is up. MROK12

12-02-2001, 02:00 PM	#24
golfish Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Alta Loma,Ca Posts: 2,943	lol, if I went back to 1984 when I first started and didn't ever get into this hobby.......saved all the money I spent on my tanks, plus interest, I could by Barry's new house for me

09-15-2002, 02:28 AM	#26
viper12775 Just Moved In Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: clearwater florida Posts: 20	i have $2200.00 in my 46 gallon bow front for everything except livestock and im about to sink another 300-500 in a new sump and hsa skimmer

09-15-2002, 09:33 AM	#28
FISHme Council Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pompano Beach, Florida Posts: 495	Wow , since my last reply here I added another at least 1500 smack a roos to the system and thats only the new tank , lights , and a few other goodies. I must be over the 10 to 12 g figure for sure since I started.

09-16-2002, 09:48 PM	#30
schrocat Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hilliard , Fl. Posts: 3,392	Hey, I remember this thread. Just dropped some change for a Kalk reactor. Still,no end in sight... __________________ "One man's vulgarity is another man's lyric" -Justice John Marshall Harlan "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money." -WZ

09-16-2002, 09:53 PM	#31
Reinhold Mayor Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 941	What really hurts is when I look at my answer to this question months ago, and then look at the piano where my reef tank used to be before I dismantled it because of hair algae!

09-16-2002, 09:56 PM	#32
mrok12 Mayor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Van Buren, MI Posts: 1,052	I think I wopuld cry! __________________ Who knew it was so addicting?

09-16-2002, 11:05 PM	#34
Reinhold Mayor Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 941	Does anyone else have a piano in the house and no one who knows how to play it? It's like buying a Corvette and not knowing (nor ever having the intention to learn) how to drive.

09-16-2002, 11:09 PM	#35
schrocat Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Hilliard , Fl. Posts: 3,392	Uhh...Rein, I think I see a pattern emerging. __________________ "One man's vulgarity is another man's lyric" -Justice John Marshall Harlan "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money." -WZ

09-16-2002, 11:16 PM	#36
FISHme Council Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pompano Beach, Florida Posts: 495	HAHA!!! That 's funny, since my first reply to this thread I sit in the living room and look at the empty space where my 90 fowlr and 29 sps tank used to be, I relocated the 90 into my bedroom adjacent to the closet where I built my in the wall 120 AGA SPS tank. All the equiptment that was spread all around the condo is now confined to the closet . http://community.webtv.net/MarkPelski/INTHEWALL120GAL My old web site you can see , everything was moved . http://community.webtv.net/MarkPelski/REEF

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09-17-2002, 09:16 AM	#37
NaCl-H2O Tenant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 84	Everything except livestock starting with the 29g planted FW $800, the 90g planted FW $1,200, the 72g reef $1,800, and the 125g reef got me for around $3,000. And I'm not finished yet. __________________ DAN OK! I admit it, I'm a reefaholic

09-17-2002, 10:37 AM	#38
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,452	Well since my last reply I've dropped another $2,000 into the tank for a total of $17,000 and I still have one or two small upgrades I would like to do. But I'm pretty much done with livestock as the tank is full Regards, Kevin __________________ SPSguy On - On

09-17-2002, 12:08 PM	#39
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,848	"Pretty much done with livestock as tank is full". Kevin,I guess it's time for another 4-500g for more SPS __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

09-17-2002, 07:36 PM	#40
organicreefer Governor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Northern CA Posts: 2,171	i still refuse to add it up but i do know that between additives /salt /water/electricity etc-my tank costs me almost 150 a month just to keep it going

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