Aquatic Investments, what did your tanks interior cost you? - Page 3 - APC Polls

doug737 · 08-13-2006, 06:43 PM

For me plants were more expensive. Luckily I got my light and filter wholesale through my job. Traded some previous plants for credit towards my flourite. Driftwood is hard to find-good pieces anyway-found a few small awesome pieces at petco of all places for pretty cheap~$10 or so. Plants cost alot because I needed alot to start with. 10 pots hairgrass, 3 anubias nana, and one bunch ammania gracilis probably about $60 altogether. No fish execpt an oto-he was like $1.50. This is a 10g btw.

MiSo · 08-16-2006, 12:43 AM

substrate =$80
current livestock; about = $100 , and thats not including the $50 bucks worth of fish i lost 3 months ago from an ich outbreak.
current plants in tank $40

of course, i didn't just buy everything at once. bought the fish and plants little by little.

GreenMachine · 08-18-2006, 03:03 AM

Is this for one main tank? or any other total? Because I have around 40 tanks. I think the plants for the most expensive for me. I guess because I go after mostly rare plants.

Jchillin · 08-18-2006, 06:31 AM

Interesting question. I'm heavily into plant bartering so if we include shipping costs (?) for the plants going out, probably close to $100. Substrate, rocks and driftwood - $100. Fish are probably the most expensive portion...lots of SA cichlids (Angels, Rams), etc., close to $100.

I would probably have spent way more $$$ if I purchased plants retail.

sarahbobarah · 09-20-2006, 09:33 PM

I would have to say that even with buying some fish through club auctions (discus, angels, weird-looking platies) I give into temptation sometimes and end up coming home with a dozen congo tetras or hillstream loaches from an LFS.

And then there's the proximity of Aqua Forest and Albany Aquarium...... my self-control's undoing....

c4cache · 01-24-2009, 04:20 AM

not your average tank, just a guess, and still going$$$$$$

gibmaker · 01-24-2009, 06:08 AM

Discus and lots of plants. It's a 125 gal, I put greater than $500

JAXON777 · 01-24-2009, 08:31 AM

fish: 200 (9 turqouise and 20 otos + 40 amanos)
substrate: 219 (10 bags eco complete)
Plants: 50

And this is just one of my 100's (also have a 150 and another 100)

Boy to caculate everything for all of my tanks Oh Boy thats a bunch LOL.

Pinto · 01-25-2009, 07:47 PM

so far the substrate cost me the most. Fish and Plants are not costly at all.
Substrate eco complete 3 20pound bags $20 ea
plant $35