How much did your tank cost?

ufo8micats

ufo8micats

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my 44 bowfront was $150 used with tank top, and stand,heater,powerhead,
my 55 cost $300 from wal-mart with tank top, stand, filter that i dont use.
i have 2 fluval 305 that cost $140 a piece. wet-dry filter for $50 used,
and about another $300 for sand, salt, refractometer, testing kits, rocks.
 
m0nk

m0nk

Active Member
With tanks, upgrades, coral, fish, inverts, supplies, live/base rock, sand, etc, I'd say I've spent at least $4000 on going from a 12g to a 55g to a 180g DT, and setting up a 20L frag tank w/T5 lights and 29g QT... and that's being conservative. If I really priced out how much I've spent I'd probably get a little depressed.

The 180g was my most recent setup, it still doesn't have fish in it yet (fish are all in QT in 2 different tanks) and I'd estimate total cost for that was around $2300, and it's a used setup - though it's got a 4x 175w MH and 4x 160w VHO lighting, Octopus skimmer, the stand/canopy is cherry wood (beautiful quality), digital heating controller, and more....
 
1boatnut

1boatnut

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If you are not in any hurry and willing to do some looking around,you can find some very good deals.
I purchased my 125(for Discus) for $125.00 with a metal stand,glass tops,and just normal lighting. I then built a Oak stand and purchased a 175 gal (new)wet/dry filter for around $250.00.
A picture of the un-completed stand. Wish I would have taken pics from start to finish
2nd pic is a sort of completed pic. As soon as the weather warms up I am going to build a canopy.
 
1boatnut

1boatnut

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My wife got this tank a 29 gal at a garage sale for $23.00. It came with the stand,heater,tank,lights and a Whisper 40 filter.
We also got our 20 gal QT and a garage sale and it was FREE !
It had lights and top
So like I said,if your patient there are some good deals to be had.
I picked yp a Oceanic 75 gal drilled tank,lights,Oak stand,CLR filter and about 100 lbs of live rock for $200.00,on the bay. The guy was about 20 minutes from my house
 
ironeagle2006

ironeagle2006

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My 150 tank and stand was a grand Light was 300 filter set up is 4 Reserve flow power heads Marineland 660 and 2 Bio wheel 350's and a sea clone 150 cost there 300. Then I have rock 100 lbs live and base cost is about 5 bucks a lb so 500. Hydrolfor 4 and 2 for Ciruclation and then 2 300 watt heaters 120 total. Then there are the fish total cost including what I was forced to replace with my sons helping feed the fish around 4 grand including the replacements. I have over 6 grand into my tank just in displays not including the food and maintance needed however I would not change one thing in here at all. Execpt a larger tank which will be here in 2 months YES 265 gallons of Perfecto manufactorings BEST.
 
big

big

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My 72 bow was around 400 bucks with a good stand, lets see second set of lights another 400 bucks, first set was 400 bucks too, LR about 500 bucks, basement sump-fuge I built with plumbing and pumps 800 bucks. Testing stuff over time 300 bucks. Lots of corals over time 1500 maybe more....... all the little things I forgot like RO's unit, salt etc., maybe another 1000 bucks...who knows????? Oh skimmer too another 120 bucks.
Endless time working on and worrying about it all ...............

Now as the new 175 bow I am working at, far more than I want to thing about!!!! Just don't tell my wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
bkvreef

bkvreef

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Originally Posted by Hammerhed7
http:///forum/post/2505373
I have over 2,000 into my 46 bowfront reef, and I got the tank and stand for free, such a deal

I agree, I got my 110g and nice stand for a total of $200. My brother in-law made my canopy (he's a cabinet maker), for free.
However, there's no telling how much I've watched swim away.
 
al mc

al mc

Active Member
Hintz...As you may be realizing. The tank, canopy and stand are the 'cheapest' part of the hobby. It is everything else that you spend the money on. That is why there is little mark up for those items because LFSs
know that the real profit is in what people put in their tanks.
 
rad

rad

Member
I have various tanks, two nano's and a 100g. The nano's were the expensive tanks as they are reefs and I have put an excess of 3k total in to both of them. But then I wanted a big tank and was no longer 'rich' so I did it on the cheap. Dont get me wrong people know me, and my apartment smells of leather bound books and rich mahogany, but I got my 100g up and running for $250, total. then I went and spent another 60 or so bucks on fish and currently have 5 fish, 80 - 90lbs of LR, sump, overflow, powerheads, lighting, heater and some other extras. I can safely say that I will never buy anything thats not a deal again. So dont be discouraged in tank price, the deals are out there.
 
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blackaero1

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The tank itself will probably end up being the cheapest and most expensive part all in one. Cheapest out the door price, most expensive once you find out how much all the other stuff that goes with it will put you back. Lights, Rock, Substrate, pumps, skimmer, plumbing, etc.... It all adds up real fast in this hobby.
 
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