How much did your tank cost?

You guys think you paid a lot, welcome to the UK!

Okay Im still setting up here so this will go up . . . lots!
50gal tank with internal heater, filter, power head and stand - £500
T8 Lighting to fit in built in unit (low level at the mo) - £60
Salt (enough to just fill the tank) - £25
hydrometer - £6
sand - £7
backing sheet - £6
protien skimmer - £190
50lb of live rock for filtration - £150
1 x cleaner shrimp - £13
6 x blue legged hermits - £10
1 x finger coral - £27
1 x Xenia Coral - £20

still have no fish and need another £100 of lighting and a couple of powerheads but total so far . . .
£1,014
once it is stocked with a few more corals and fish I expect it to have cost me £2,000+ and thats before venturing on to expensive clams or hard corals which are £50 a pop!
 
I would post info but my little ten gallon has been running for two and one half years and has changed directions so many times that all I can do is estimate $2,000.00.
 
I may be cheating because I got my whole setup stocked used.

29G AG Tank
10G AG Sump
Venturi Skimmer
Whisper Power Filter
Overflow Box
Stand
Home made hood with a VHO Kit
Maxijet 400 Powerhead
~70lbs LR in Tank and Sump

Livestock:
2 watchman goby
2 shrimp
various clean up crews
various soft corals

Total : $350

Ordered Livestock:
six line wrasse - 11.95
200 blue hermit crab - 40.00 (will be splitting this up with some friends)
100 nessaruis snails - 40.00 (will be splitting this up with some friends)
clarkii clown - 10.00
bubble tip anemone - 15.00
2 hawaiian feather duster - 20.00
Green mandarin goby - 12.50
lawnmower blenny - 10.50
ocellarius clown - 12.95
2 emerald crabs - 4.50
2 peppermint shrimp - 4.00

I got lucky on the livestock through a group buy by a former LS retailer in the area.

I also picked up an 80G AG tank with wet/dry system, over flow box, home-made stand, skimmer, VHO Lighting, and Kent Maxxima RO/DI filter for $200.
New Replacement Membrane and DI filter - $100

Grand Total Spent on Livestock and equipment thus far: $831.40
I love to bargain shop.

If anybody is local to the DFW area, I will be more than willing to sell some of the blue leg hermits and snails that I will be picking up. Just PM me.
 
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New Tank So far....

65 Gallon AGA w/ Mega Flow, Oak Stand, 20Gallon Long sump = $350
Euro Reef ES5-3 Skimmer = $250
Mag 9.5 Return Pump, 6 Maxi-Jet Powerheads = $130
Paint = $6
Refugium Bulb/Fixture= $15

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Total as of Today ~ 751
no lights, ro/di unit, wave maker, ph controller.... it can tripple quickly.
 
Man, I made off like a bandit. I got a 29 gallon tank, hood, filter, and heater for 15 bucks. Spend 5 bucks on sand. 50 on decorations, and probably 75 in fish.

(EDIT: Sorry, didnt realize this was in the Saltwater section. I have a FW tank.)
 
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okay, i'll play.

30g used: ~$30
2x96W PC lighting w/ bulbs: $140
60lbs assorted LR: $125
enough sand for 3" bed on 36" tank: free
used Aqua C Remora + ph: free (LR, LS, skimmer bought used from one guy)
used heater: free
2 ph's: $30
DIY stand: $50

livestock
~15lbs LR w/ lotsa polyps/zoos/xenia/2 rics: $25
BTA: $30
3 rics: $35
3 asst frags: $60
asst snails/hermits: free (same guy the LR from)
some nass/margarita/cerith snails: $15
2 percs: $32
2 firefish:$26
3 peppermint shrimp: $8
2 skunk cleaners: $24
salt: $40

Incidentals/food: $50?? guessing
Total: $720
$/gal: $24 My advice..bargain shop and find a local reef club, shipping costs suck! :D
 
All my prices are in Canadian $.

29G kit from Petcetera 119.95 (most of which is changed anyway should have just bought the tank)
Aquaclear 200 filter 22.95
AHS PC retrofit 55.00
25lbs live Fiji rock 140.00
20lbs Arag alive 32.95
40lbs Seaflor special grade 42.95 (only 20lbs in the tank)
2 Aquaclear 301 PH's 45.90
Prism Deluxe skimmer 139.95
Various livestock 60.00

Total 659.65

Whoaa I've never really thought about the total price but, man that's higher than I thought!!
 
Well, this should be fun.

I used a fresh setup I'd had for a time, so just reused alot of the base stuff.

Originally:
Tank: 30 AGA, already had, but new cost $60.00
Stand: Also already had, $30.00
Sand: Had already from previous project Around $12.00
Base Rock: Leftover from a Cichlid tank, $20.00 When new
Heater: Already had $15.00
Powerheads 2: $6.00 (closeout at Building 19 :)

Added:
Skimmer: Aqua-C Remora, $164.00 Brand New
Overflow and Refugium: $50.00 ($30 overflow, tank $20)
Return pump Mag 5: $28.00 (Clearance at petsmart)
Plumbing for Refugium:$10.00
Lighting Hood: 17.00 Bulbs Screw in CF 6500K 14.00

Livestock:
Live Sand 2 lbs: $5.00
Live Rock 2-3 lbs: $12.00
Orange Zooanthid $10
Some Big Mushrooms $10
Green Zooanthid: Free
Brown Zooanthid: Free
Green Star Polyps: Came on live Rock
White Xenia: Free
Briown Xenia: Free
Green Ricordea: Free
Some Brown Polyp things, and Platydoa? : Free
Hermits and Snails: $25.00
Royal Gramma: $12.95
Pixy Hawkfish: $15.00 ((I know he's not invertebrate safe, but he's so cute))
Chaetomorpha Algae: $12.00

Just the New Stuff :390.95
All Supplies: 527.95

Tank Total water volume is around 40 Gallons
About $13.20 per gallon for all supplies
About $9.79 per gallon for just the new stuff

:D Forgot ONE FROZEN SHRIMP, Stole from my mothers freezer. so FREE

--Mia

Forgot Again, Didn't include a 30 watt flourescent refugium light, no idea on cost, I've owned it over 3 years now. I should probably replace those bulbs. :eek:

I also agree Local Reef Clubs are great, I've gotten most of my corals from people breaking down tanks, or getting over run with a common type.
 
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Cearbhaill said:
Iron double decker stand 85.00
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How sturdy is this for a tank containing live rock? The ones I've seen have no support across the bottom of the tank, and I wasn't certain whether that should be a concern.

Thanks,
Bryant
 
Three tanks here.... but the one I'm most proud of money/cost wise is my 12 gallon JBJ nano.

$80.00 Bought used (3 months old then) included true perc clown, yellow watchman goby, another goby who's name escapes me right now, a few hermits and snails, 15 lbs of live rock, heater and an additional power head included.
$50.00 Green hairy mushroom covered rock.
$free Green paly rock (baseball sized frag from one of my existing colonies)
$15.00 pair pepermint shrimp

*Total thus far $145.00

38 gallon, had tank.
$150.00 stand and canopy solid wood brand new from another reefer.
$125.00 50 lbs lr also from other reefers.
$230.00 VHO retro kit and bulbs
$50.00 CPR BakPak skimmer (used from another reefer)
$100.00 6 Zoa frags from online store and 6 inch rock of GSP.
$40.00 football size green paly rock (fragged for the bit above.)
$75.00 large single mushroom that has since multiplied to three, colt coral, and free RBTA that wasn't doing well under the sellers lighting. (Has doubled in size since) Also included a pair of yellow tangs that have a bigger home in another tank.
$free 4 stalks of xenia (has since tried to take over the tank and has been thinned out.)
$48.00 2 power heads
$40.00 heaters
$6.00 Blue Velvet damsel aka "Bruiser" big pussycat btw. :)
$28.00 pair of cleaner shrimp.
$25.00 various hermit crabs and snails from other reefers.
$16.00 red lipped blenny
$12.00 Old Castle Carb. Play Sand 100lbs


*Total thus far $933.00

29 gallon. Had tank and stand (matches 38 stand and canopy)

$115.00 custom built canopy and moonlighting.
$100.00 new bulbs and misc parts for lighting system I already had.
$50.00 another used CPR skimmer.
$45.00 35.00 "dry" live rock and another 15 lbs from my existing tank.
$6.00 50 lbs Old Castle Carb. Play Sand plus 10 or so lbs from existing tank
$18.00 heater
$45.00 2x power heads
$35.00 Coral Beauty angel
$12.00 Sail fin blenny
$30.00 Pair cleaner shrimp
$25.00 Royal gramma

*Total thus far $481.00

*twitch*


Grand total.... $1559.00 plus about $100.00 in tax and another $95.00 in shipping costs and about $150.00 in gas.

Gee I think I need another tank. ;)
 
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