how much wuld it be start a 30 gallon reef tank..?
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littlebuck
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i haev a 29 gallon and i think im up to atleast a 1000-1500 but thats including fish and corals
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tizzo
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I wonder if your ever really done. I still want, but not need a chiller but even more so is a generator!! That, I think I need!
A 30 gallon reef is still expensive. I was gonna turn my QT into a frag tank, but I don't have the funds to try to maintain 2 tanks!!
A 30 gallon reef is still expensive. I was gonna turn my QT into a frag tank, but I don't have the funds to try to maintain 2 tanks!!
murph
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I agree with tizzo; you are never really done.
I do know for a fact though that setting up a 75g one day to be reef tank is cheaper than a years worth of golf (for gods sake what was I thinking) and works in the opposite fashion, lowering blood pressure as apposed to raising it :joy:
And with that said I have a very nice set of barely used golf clubs for sale if anyone is interested.
I do know for a fact though that setting up a 75g one day to be reef tank is cheaper than a years worth of golf (for gods sake what was I thinking) and works in the opposite fashion, lowering blood pressure as apposed to raising it :joy:
And with that said I have a very nice set of barely used golf clubs for sale if anyone is interested.
zeromus-x
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It can be done a lot cheaper, though. An acrylic SeaClear 30 gallon runs about $180. You can build a stand for well under $50; look at how your LFS does it, probably just sits the tanks on a few cinderblocks! With a $50 budget you could get something usable that won't be beautiful but will get the job done.
Factor in about $100 for a decent PC light, $10 for some eggcrate for the lid, $10 for a heater, and $50 for a good filter. I'll guess 40 lbs of live sand at $100 bucks, and 50 lbs of live rock for another $200.
That puts us at $650 plus fish and corals. It's not perfect but it'll work, and with a little effort put into the stand, can look pretty nice. I'd recommend a good test kit and a couple chemicals to get things going and maintain levels; figure you'll spend $50 there, for a grand total of $700 + livestock.
Factor in about $100 for a decent PC light, $10 for some eggcrate for the lid, $10 for a heater, and $50 for a good filter. I'll guess 40 lbs of live sand at $100 bucks, and 50 lbs of live rock for another $200.
That puts us at $650 plus fish and corals. It's not perfect but it'll work, and with a little effort put into the stand, can look pretty nice. I'd recommend a good test kit and a couple chemicals to get things going and maintain levels; figure you'll spend $50 there, for a grand total of $700 + livestock.
