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re: Salt water fish tanks
Posted on 9/12/14 at 12:45 am to CP3
Posted on 9/12/14 at 12:45 am to CP3
You did all that for under $1,000? A few years ago I almost did about a 150 gallon. I was told it would cost around $6K to do a setup with live rock and corals. Eventually I'll do one, possibly up to 200 gallons. But right now we're gone too often and I don't want to leave it unattended. Instead I'm going big with snakes right now.
ETA- yours is exactly the look I want, nice job
ETA- yours is exactly the look I want, nice job
This post was edited on 9/12/14 at 12:49 am
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Posted on 9/12/14 at 9:00 am to 911Moto
Its probably more than $1000. It gets to a point where you stop paying attention to how much you spend on it 
I also got lucky because my buddy got tired of his tank and gave me 25lbs of live rock.
Your gonna want:
Tank - ~$300
4 bulb light fixture or LEDs -$300
Sump -$150
Good pump -$100
Power heads (I'd do 2) -$100
~20 lbs sand -$40
dosing kit -$100
test kit -$100
RO/DO water filter - $200
and then rule of thumb is 1lb live rock per gallon, and live rock is ~5.99/lb. You can slowly build that up over time though. I'd add a protein skimmer as well which is another $150
Then whatever you wanna spend on fish and corals.
Craigslist is your friend for a lot of the equipment. Especially a tank/filter.
I also got lucky because my buddy got tired of his tank and gave me 25lbs of live rock. Your gonna want:
Tank - ~$300
4 bulb light fixture or LEDs -$300
Sump -$150
Good pump -$100
Power heads (I'd do 2) -$100
~20 lbs sand -$40
dosing kit -$100
test kit -$100
RO/DO water filter - $200
and then rule of thumb is 1lb live rock per gallon, and live rock is ~5.99/lb. You can slowly build that up over time though. I'd add a protein skimmer as well which is another $150
Then whatever you wanna spend on fish and corals.
Craigslist is your friend for a lot of the equipment. Especially a tank/filter.
This post was edited on 9/12/14 at 9:01 am
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