How much does a FW Tank cost?

[Erised]

75 Gallon: (Second Hand)
Everything Free! (Guy was moving and couldnt house it anymore ... so put it up on the internet for free ... including a lovely filter, heater, gravel, lights and everything)

Total: €0 (Including fish and plants, about €90)

38 Gallon: (Second Hand)
Tank + Lighthood + Lights = €55
10K Sand = €5
Filter = €20
Heater = €18

Total: €98 (Including fish, wood and plants, about €170)

15 Gallon: (New [ Have got 2])
Tank + Hood + Filter + Heater = €79
5K Sand = €2.50

Total: €81.50 (Including fish, wood and plants, about €120)

13 Gallon:
Tank = Free
Filter = €12
Heater = €16
2.5K Sand = €2.50

Total = €30.50 (Including fish, wood and plants, about €70)

5 Gallon:
Tank = €15
Filter = €12
Heater = €16
2.5K Sand = €2.50

Total = €45.50 (Including fish, wood and plants, about €60)

2.5 Gallon:
Tank = €12
Filter = €12
Heater = €16
Sand = free (had it already)

Total = €40 (Including fish, wood and plants, about €55)

Total of all 7 tanks together (Setup only): €300 (Without fish, wood and plants)

 

[bunjiweb]

This is going to be painful...

50G tank:

Tank/Filter/Hood/Lights/Heater : £290
Gravel: £12
Large Slate chunks: £45
fake plants: £30
Fish: ~£150+

That plus extras is around £550..

57Gallon tank:
Tank/Heater/Filter/hood/lights etc: £290 (wooo got better model for free upgrade)
Gravel: £15
Bogwood: £70 (with 20% discount!)
Live Plants: £15
Fish: Going to be at least £200+ after the expensive catfishes (plecs, synodontis etc).

So thats around £600

Then, I have 6 smaller, tanks, which probably averaged £50 each to set up, so thats £300..

So all in all I've probably spent well in excess of £1600 including all the fish, food, meds, extras etc.

Ben

 

[Vegan Peaches]

15 Gallon

Tank - Given to me by a friend
Bleach and sponges to clean the tank - 10$
Crappy Filter - 15$
New, almost less crappy Filter - 15$
Heater that stopped working - 20$
Better Heater - 32$
Blue Gravel - 20$
1 Giant Plastic Pineapple - 20$
The decorations I boguht when i realized the pineapple was from a kid's TV show - 45$
Light n stuff- 45$

W/o fish = $222

First Round of Fish - 20$ (all passed)
Second Round - 20$ (1 still living)
Third Round - 25$ (at least these ones all lived)

Fish Flakes - 1$
Better Fish Food - 5$
Chlormine Killer - 2$
Test Kits - 75$ x.x

... The sad part is... I'm buying a 75 gallon tank soon. So multiply all that 5. Yikes.

 

[gwlee7]

Like someone else has already said, the start up isn't cheap:

55 gal aquarium w/ hood
2 Aqua Clear 300 filters
several plants and decorations
A bunch of aquarium gravel and smooth pebbles
1 200 watt heater
1 net
1 gravel cleaner and enough hose to reach outside or the shower
1 "python" sink adapter and a 25 ft hose to be able to fill up w/o buckets
various buckets and sponges and such dedicated to just aquarium use
thermometer
background
very nice Marineland Sedona Series tankstand and canopy
any and everything else I may have forgotten

Grand Total: $800 - $900

Now for the good part. The fish you see in my signature cost a total of $30 or about $3 per fish averaged out (the gouramis were a little more than $3)

Has it been worth it? ABSOLUTELY!!!! I haven't even gotten this one fully stocked yet but I'm already planning my next tank.

 

[cat.fish]

10s= $150 each
all of the rest i don't know