bmwskibum
New Member
Hi everyone! I've been planning a 30g reef tank for quite awhile now. I had a list of equipment that totalled to about $500. Imagine my surprise when I visited my LFS to ask the owner a few questions about LR and lighting and he ended up telling me that if I didn't spend a lot of money (his example figure was $3500 to start), the tank had little chance of lasting a while. Now, it may seem like he was simply trying to make me spend $3.5k at his store, but I really thought he was being serious. He encouraged me to go fish only, saying it would cost about as much as a freshwater tank. I figure that if he wanted me to spend a lot of money at his store, he would have tried to sell me stuff, not scare me away with huge estimates. Anyways, to my question: Was this guy telling the truth? Does one have to spend more than a thousand dollars to have a successful reef tank? I was expecting to spend a lot of money, but not that much. How much did you guys spend starting out? Thanks in advance!