How Much Did You Spend On Your Setup?

[Qays]

How much did you spend on your (main) tank setup?

Im spending £100 on just an 11g tank!!!

Tank and hood - £25
Lights - £25
Filter - £25
Heater - £25

think all thats worth it?


Tell me yours!

 

[ajbettle]

are u blooming pychic, were stocking the same fish! now the price!

mine came to around £100 to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WEIRD OR WHAT!!

- Tank (with bio-wheel,lighting,filter,powerhead) - £52.00
- Heater - £13.00
- Gravel - £5.00
- Bogwood- £3.00
- Fish - £9.75
- Plants: £10
Total: £92.75 (very precise arnt i lol!)

o yea, ull have to consider fish, decor and plants n stuff as well!
dont comprimise on quality, o yea if i was thinking just about the tank it wud cost me: £65.00 for tank and heater and hood and filter

what tank u getting, im getting the new range of via-aqua's? u?

 

[Qays]

are u blooming pychic, were stocking the same fish! now the price!

mine came to around £100 to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WEIRD OR WHAT!!

- Tank (with bio-wheel,lighting,filter,powerhead) - £52.00
- Heater - £13.00
- Gravel - £5.00
- Bogwood- £3.00
- Fish - £9.75
- Plants: £10
Total: £92.75 (very precise arnt i lol!)

o yea, ull have to consider fish, decor and plants n stuff as well!
dont comprimise on quality, o yea if i was thinking just about the tank it wud cost me: £65.00 for tank and heater and hood and filter

what tank u getting, im getting the new range of via-aqua's? u?

Hey, Im going to be building a custom tank, its a clear seal tank, which will have lights fitted in. (probably why its so expencive!)

via-aqua doesnt have enough surface area for my liking, the clear seal tank has a larger surface area (so i can have more fish)

I have the plants and decor (so i didnt count them in, they were very cheap anyway)

Hopefully it'll be worth the money!

 

[helsekia]

On my main tank I spent about £2000+ not including fish,thats for a 6 1/2 foot.

on my 4 ft I spent about £1200

on my little tank about £75

worth every penny

 

[Qays]

On my main tank I spent about £2000+ not including fish,thats for a 6 1/2 foot.

on my 4 ft I spent about £1200

on my little tank about £75

worth every penny

Cool!

Definately worth the monies!

 

[Kipper_Face]

Juwel Rio 180 = £95 (ebay 2nd hand)
Fluval 203 = £0 (had it from my last stint in the hobby over 10 years ago!)
Glomat starter unit = £20
CO2 dupla unit = £40 (ebay 2nd hand)
CO2 cylinder = £10
Substrate (sand and
Eco-Complete) = £70
Light tubes = £35
Test kits = £25
other bits = £60

total= £355

wondered why my bank account looked a bit depleted recently

 

[psychobilly]

6ft x 2ft x 2 1/2 ft tank / cabinet = £900
eheim pro 3 filters x 2 + media = £500
vectron 25 watts u v's x 2 = £180
co2 set up = £280
test kits and all extra little bits =£200
plants = £150
fish = at a guess around £300 so far
bogwood = £180
lighting = £300


and mix it all together you'll have one very nice set up

 

[nate9]

im planing a 240g long reef tank which will come out to about 2500$ i estimate.

 

[Anthony!]

•Used 90 Gallon, with stand, heater, gravel & decoration along with lighting - $175
•New filter, Emporer 400 w/ 2 bio-wheels - $92
•Silver Dollars (small & big) - not all bought, but will probably be around $30-$45
•Black Ghost Knife - $ 18
Please don't add it all up... I don't want to know how much I've spent!!

 

[samxx]

50 gallon
tank , lights , stand heater filter £250
plants £30
fish £12

23 gallon
tank & stand heater filter lights £350
plants £50
bits £50
fish £ 100 +

24 gallon
tank filter £50
bits £15
fish £ 6

 

[clareriley]

Tank one Malawi- 55G before fish

Tank free
Hood 32.99
light box 8.00
Light 16.99
Heater 18.99
Filter free
Sand free
Stones Free
Plants Free

Tank 2 community 47G before fish

Tank free
filter free
heater free
under gravel free
gravel free
rocks free
live plants 7 of 2.50 each
hood free
light free
light box free

Tank 3 to come in Ocober

Tank all complete Juwel Rio 300 £439.00

 

[kanzaris]

My 100 gal tank was build by a mate. We used believe it or not 10 ml hardend glass from ex jewlery display cabinets. So that was free. External filter about £100 then the heater & powerhead and the lighting. Just the ocean rock was about £100. The cost of fish, well I gave up counting a long time ago.

My Brackish Tank was free its well. Its a Juwel 240. The Company I work for had their offices refurbished and I was lucky the fish tanks where given away so long you picked them up yourselfs. So i got myself a nice 4ft tank for nothing.

2ft tank for my Malawi Crab with everything was about £ 75.

2ft Juwel tank for my tanganikan chiclids was £ 85.


Sabby

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

120 litre tank complete setup with filter + heater +stand = £180

 

[SamUK]

hmmmm


my 5ft 80G tank was £40 on ebay, heater was £8 and filter was £20 all from ebay.


4ft 55G tank came with a stand and hood etc and that was £100, again from ebay.


3ft tank was £40 for everything including fish from a friend and then the little tanks i have havent been more than £30 plus fish.

 

[Saedcantas]

I have the ViaAqua 418 (11g) with overhead luminaire - £65
Hydor prime 10 - £45
50W heater - £12
CO2 unit - £9
Plants (loose) - £7 ish
Bogwood + Javamoss - £8
Bogwood - £6
Slate - £3
Fish - £23
Master test kit - £20

Which is a grand total of £198 before considering a drawer full of water conditioner, treatments in case of emergencies, spare filter media an assortment of foods and plant fertillisers

Well worth it, people ought to be including a picture of what it's all for in their posts