How much does a FW Tank cost?

[enchanted]

I came across a post on another forum, and since I spend all my time here and found this one first on google I felt we should run a post like this here.

Personally, I got lucky with my first tank, but here are my costs:

30 Gallon Long:
Tank - Free
Filter - $25.00 (petco...)
Heater - $20.00 (walmart)
Gravel - $10.00 (walmart switched to sand, but the sand was extra from the 55)
Hood - $36.00 (petco...)

$91


That is the cheap one.

55 Gallon:
Tank - $50.00
Heater - $20.00
Filter - $25.00
Sand - $5.00
Flourish Tabs - $30.00
Lighting - $70.00 (so far and not done yet)
Stand - $30.00

$230

Niether of these include fish or plants.

Please post yours also. Just so people can get an idea of costs....

 

[lady_tanksalot]

if i start totting up the cost, i wouldn't sleep at night and my relaxing fishes would just cause me stress,

so lets just say....... erm.......

10g not too much

30g quite a bit

40g a little bit more

75g oooh probably too much

hope that helps

 

[Teelie]

10 gallon: $50 with everything (lighting, heating, filter, etc) and sand, fish, etc.
30 gallon: $150 with everything and sand, fish, etc.
30 gallon 2: $75 with everything (got the tank, stand, heater, filter, lighting for $50)

That doesn't include water or treatment either.

 

[CFC]

200g

Tank: £220
Covers: £55
Stand: DIY with materials from work £0
Filters: Two new at £70 each and one second hand at £30 (£170)
Heaters: Two at £18 each (£36)
Powerhead and water polishing sleeve £21
Lights: 2 60watt ballasts £25 each, 1 36watt ballast £12 + 3 reflectors £23 and 3 tubes £33 (£118)
30 watt UV steriliser: £90
Substrate and decor: Unknown, in the region of £300 or more

Total around £1010

Other tanks include 80g, 40g, 2x30g, 4x20g, 10g and 5g, total cost unknown but sure to be around the £1200+ mark.

If you add fish costs into this as well the total would just be stupid with close to £800 worth of fish in just the 200 gallon alone!

 

[lizard]

Hmmmm...my five gallon with the filter, gravel, etc. was a gift, so it cost me nothing.

My 10-gallon tank cost about $10 for the tank, around $20 for the hood. Can't remember how much the filter and heater cost, but were probably about $15 each. Gravel was fairly cheap. I switched to sand, which was about $2 for a fifty-pound bag. That adds up to roughly $65.

My second 10-gallon tank cost about $4 and that included a 25-foot Python cleaning thingy, a hood, a net, and a cat/puppy collar.

For my 29-gallon: tank, filter, hood, heater, and stand were all given to me (gravel and decorations were offered, but I didn't want them). Substrate is sand, which I already had from the 10-gallon. I've spent nothing on the tank and equipment, thus far. I'd like to make a new hood, with more lighting, for it, as the one it has is about six inches too short and doesn't give nearly as much lighting as I'd like. It needs a new heater, but the room the tank is in stays pretty warm, so I haven't gotten one yet. The filter is noisy, and I'd like to get a quieter one. So, like I said, thus far, it's cost me nothing, but once I get the new stuff for it, it will have cost me something.

For my 55-gallon tank: Tank and lights (no tops/hoods though, I don't think), as well as a box of misc. fish stuff (filter floss, carbon, floating breeding container, air pumps, etc.). I don't have the tank here yet, so obviously don't have it set up. When I get it, I'll have to get a filter and a heater for it, as well as a hood.

One-gallon tanks: $10 for the AquaView, or whatever they're called, from Wal-Mart.

The only one of the above tanks that is up and running right now is the 29-gallon. Wait, the 10-gallon is up and running as a fry tank, but that's temporary. Fish and plants, as well as water conditioner, food, and the like, were more. Maybe I'll post those prices another time (then again, maybe not - I don't know if I really want to know how much I've spent on such things!). For now, I need to go to sleep.

Pamela
aka Married Lizard

 

[Eelzor]

Ok here goes,

(In Australian Dollars)

50 Gallon Tank - $65
Sand Substrate - $10
4 Plastic Plants - $40
Large Tree Ornament - $50
300w Heater - $40
External Hang on Filter - $70
4 Angelfish - $20
1 Ghost Knife - $25
4 Clown Loaches - $20
4 Bala Sharks - $20
1 Bristlenose Pleco - $10
Background of Tank - $15
Air Stone - $5
Air Pump - $10
Tubing - $5
Tank Light - $10
Bogwood - $10
Large Rocks - $5
Sure Start - $10
All Chemicals - $10

Altogether, that single tank alone is valued at exactly $450.

 

[Joviella]

I had to laugh at this.....I was trying to work out how much I've spent on tanks......then Eelzor listed fish costs and now I have given up. I don't want to even think about how much I have spent on this hobby.......but I will have a quick go for you to see!!!!

100 gallon tank

Tank and stand(inclusive of internal filter and lighting) £600
reflectors £30
gravel £26
plants £40
bogwood £75
external filter £70

50 gallon tank

Tank and stand(inclusive of internal filter and lighting) £450
reflectors £30
gravel £13
plants £40
bogwood,slate £50
external filter £50

50 gallon tank2

Tank(no stand but inclusive of internal filter and lighting)
reflectors £30
gravel £13
rocks £100
external filter £50

45 gallon tank and stand £100 (second hand)
external filter £50
gravel £13
bogwood £30
plants £20
reflector £10

45 gallon tank and stand £130
lighting £30
heater £20
external filter £50
gravel £13
rocks,bogwood £40
plants £20


45 gallon tank and stand £100

This was a second hand tank that came with all included.(only wanted the fish!! lol)

15 gallon tank setup and stand £110


If I start adding the fish costs I will get depressed so I will leave it at that.

 

[Angry_Platy]

30 gal
Bought with hood, stand, UGF, heater, pH test kit, thermometer, gravel, air pump, reflector and tube

Total Cost: $470

Added:

AC300 Filter : $67
Fluval 204 Filter : $135
Decorations : $200
Fish : roughly $300 (including those who passed on)

10 gal
Tank : $60
AC200 Filter : $45
Heater : $20
Decorations : $25
Light and Reflector :$55

75 gal
Tank : $150 including lids
Light and Reflector : $75
Heater : $40
DIY Stand : $60 for materials
Pots : from garden
Rocks: Stolen from beach
AC300 Filter : $67
Eheim Filter $199
Gravel : $40
Background $15
Fish : $300

6 gal
All in One Tank : $130 including gravel, filter, pH test kit
Heater :$20
decorations : $20

Miscellaneous
Test Kits : approx $100 all up

Man....I don't even wanna know the total of all that

 

[Logitech]

I think I'll only post up the stats of my ten gallon tank.

Ten Gallon
Tank: Free
Heater: $30
Filter: Free
Filter Cartridge: $10
Light/Hood: $40
Gravel: Free
Various Accessories: $20
Fish: $100 (Including passed on fish)

Total: $200

I wonder how much it would be if the gravel, filter, and tank weren't free!

 

[rvm]

the first tank I bought I did the stupid thing of buying everything new from Pets at Home and ended up paying aver £300 for a 55g tank with no decor or fish!!
with my latest tank I got a 140g that retails for £900 with a Rena XP3 filter, a Fluval 404, a Fluval 304, 2 airpumps, decor, gravel, and lots of media, fake plants etc for £600!!!

 

[Vip]

cant remember how much most of them were but....

511g - $1300 bare tank

180g - $170 with stand, filter, rocks, gravel, plants, lights, ph kits etc complete.

125g - $100 for the tank, and about $300 on filter so far, but the tank just has old gravel thats all.

79g - $49 tank, canister filter $140, HOB Filter $45, logs and sand $50 just brought a new twin light $130.

75g - BARGIN 50 BUCKS! rocks lights everything! the guy was moving interstae!

 

[BlueIce]

I don't remember breakdowns anymore...

My 90 g wave tank was approx 1200.00

my modern oak 55 g was 1300.00


my modern oak 125 g was approx 2000.00


my 46 bowfront was 600.00


smaller tanks,who knows anymore.

 

[Def]

Most relevant for me:

27 gallon Clearseal oak cabinet, stand, tank and hood - £185
Heater - £15
Fluval inc. media etc - £19
Gravel - £10-ish
Lights - £40
Misc bits and pieces (hoover, nets, algae scraper etc etc) - £40
Bottles of cycle, aquasafe, plant-gro etc - £15
Plants, bogwood etc - £50
Test kit - £20
CO2 diffuser - £20
Medication stock - £15

That's about it... Total about £420 so far, not including fish, food etc. And that was with a discount on almost all of the above.

I guess the moral of the story is that the total cost could be halved if I'd just bought a stand and tank, and cut back on some stuff. But we got the proper cabinet etc which are always more expensive, plus didn't spare on the rest.

 

[MrMashashin]

umm both of my 29g tanks cost me around 120 i think

my 10g cost me 5

my 25g cost me 25

all of those were kits

 

[SneakBetta]

I have a small tank- 6gallons.
It was somewhere in the $40 range and came with the tank and filter. It was about an extra $20-$30 for decoration.