How much $ is in your NANO ?

[avbryce1]

I have had my 10 gal for a little over a year, and I've benn keeping corals for about 8 months. I was thinking about how much $$ I have put into my tank all included I came up with a figure right around 5100 dollars :scared:
now I am not saying that I will spend that much each year on but wow
and right now I am about 2 weeks from filling my 100 gal and starting that cycle :help:

 

[bigarn]

5,100.00 :scared:
I think you need a financial advisor!

 

[marinegrl]

Wow. Thats WAY past the amount people were telling me it would cost for a 55 gal. Amazing.

 

[schadiest1]

it's ok, you didn't get ripped off at all

 

[speg]

I dont think you could even fit 5,100 actual dollars in a 10 gallon tank..........

 

[tuningvis]

WOW .. must be a typo

 

[nanoreef]

Holy S@#$ thats alot :scared: :scared: :scared:

 

[jobob]

i dont think i spend that much on my 55 gal reef with the metal halides lol i think im only at about $3000 and maybe $300 on my 10gal sea horse tank with 3 horses.lol

 

[jeremyglen]

I hope that is a typo. I have a 10g that I've spent about $600 on for everything.
Tank = $10
Stand = $50
70w Oceanlight MH = $230
20lbs+/- LR = $65-$80
2 true percs = $54
Kenya Tree Coral = $45
Monti frags = $30
HOB filter = $20
2 Green-banded gobies = $12(gave myself an employee discount)
Misc shrimp and cleaners = $35+/-
How could you spend more than $1000 on a 10g tank?
I have this real nice investment you might be interested in.......

 

[laddy]

I'd like to know what the heck these people put in their tanks....

 

[avbryce1]

Originally Posted by JeremyGlen
I hope that is a typo. I have a 10g that I've spent about $600 on for everything.
Tank = $10
Stand = $50
70w Oceanlight MH = $230
20lbs+/- LR = $65-$80
2 true percs = $54
Kenya Tree Coral = $45
Monti frags = $30
HOB filter = $20
2 Green-banded gobies = $12(gave myself an employee discount)
Misc shrimp and cleaners = $35+/-
How could you spend more than $1000 on a 10g tank?
I have this real nice investment you might be interested in.......
I guess youve never bought any test kits, heaters, powerheads, refractometer/hydrometer, additives, salt mix, ro water, etc.
I am talking about all of the money that I have spent on my tank in the past year everything included down to the weekly waterchanges

 

[avbryce1]

Originally Posted by Speg
I dont think you could even fit 5,100 actual dollars in a 10 gallon tank..........
are you kidding me? 5100 dollars is 51 100 dollar bills, that would be about 3/4 of an inch thick

 

[matttamar]

. I highly doubt that, that all cost that much money. But if it did you really need to shop around more :scared: .Why dont you check out the famous auction site you can get everything you need there for half the price that LFS charge.

 

[avbryce1]

10 g tank 12$
hob filter 30$
n/o light and hood 15$
heater 15$ x2 (first one went bad)
"real ocean" water for first fill up 25$
1 bag of live sand 30$
1 bag of tropical play sand 5$
LR 8$ x 20 lbs= 160$
powerhead 20$
red sea test kit 60$
salifert test kit (after I realized that the red sea kit was junk) 270 $
extra alk test 14$
extra ph test 12$
extra ca test 23$
extra nitrate test 18$
digital thermometer 30$
refractometer 120$
current usa 2x40w pc light 125$
:thinking: now thats 969$ with no fish or corals yet
shall I continue....

 

[malounsbury]

Originally Posted by Speg
I dont think you could even fit 5,100 actual dollars in a 10 gallon tank..........
Sure you could, they fit $10K in a little box in the game Half Off on "The Price is Right"...

 

[malounsbury]

Currently on my 12ga nano, I've spent:
12ga JBJ Nano Cube - $120 shipped
Instant Ocean - $15
CaribSea Aragonite - $17
Hydrometer - $3 (ick)
EBO Jager Heater - $22 x 2 (picked up an extra for my water change bucket)
Refractometer - $66 shipped
2 5gal buckets - $5
2 lids for above buckets - $2
Maxi-jet 400 - $15
Distilled water - at least $20 so far
Test kits - $52
Live rock - free (in-laws got it for my birthday)
Gold CBS - $15
Emerald crab - $7
10 astrea snails - $15
6 scarlet hermits - $20
2 ocellaris clowns - $30
Including food, I'm at about $500, or close to it.

 

[who dey]

maybe 5100bucks was spent replacing animals that didn't live. that would suck but it's possible i guess :notsure:

 

[avbryce1]

Originally Posted by WHO DEY
maybe 5100bucks was spent replacing animals that didn't live. that would suck but it's possible i guess :notsure:
nope not quite I've lost 2 false percs 1 damsel 2 royal grammas a couple of blue leg hermits and one electric blue hermit
the only coral I have lost is a monti digi frag I got for 15$
I'm shure there are plenty of other people that have lost alot more livestock than that in their first year of keeping a saltwater tank

 

[who dey]

Originally Posted by avbryce1
10 g tank 12$
hob filter 30$
n/o light and hood 15$
heater 15$ x2 (first one went bad)
"real ocean" water for first fill up 25$
1 bag of live sand 30$
1 bag of tropical play sand 5$
LR 8$ x 20 lbs= 160$
powerhead 20$
red sea test kit 60$
salifert test kit (after I realized that the red sea kit was junk) 270 $
extra alk test 14$
extra ph test 12$
extra ca test 23$
extra nitrate test 18$
digital thermometer 30$
refractometer 120$
current usa 2x40w pc light 125$
:thinking: now thats 969$ with no fish or corals yet
shall I continue....
so you have $4,131 worth of fish and corals???? :thinking:

 

[malounsbury]

Or maybe he spent a lot of money on water so he would have it ready for a livetime worth of water changes. :thinking: