The Cost Of Setting Up A 55 Gallon?

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just for cichlids i am at 1300 so if you dont get any good deals you could be looking at 2grand for the tank. im including some fish but they probably are even more expensive

how big is your cichlid tank, im assuming they are African, 1300 is a lot for African cichlids my friend set up his 75 gallon cichlid tank for just under 1000 heres a video of his tank i took with my camera:
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSdPi_LKIjQ

i have figured that i would be running $1500 easy if not more

i would just got for a live rock and fish tank, then add corals later