00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[Rocks reef]

Unboxed the Meridian 35 to mess around with it!

 

[Rocks reef]

Bravo sir.

 

[Rocks reef]

Well... Then you'll probably like my numbers?


Current tank was free (won a giveaway), previous tank was free (pulled it out of a dumpster after it had been in a fire ) so $0.00

No skimmer so $0.00

Lights i won in a giveaway so $0.00

Sump light was $75.00

Corals I'm probably close to $1000.00 total

Fish puts me out another $400.00-$500.00

CUC is around $300-$400 total maybe?

Hydros gear is about $100.00 after gift cards and giveaways...

Grand total for my $15,000ish tank setup is probably right around $2,000 including fish and corals. That's over the course of 7 or 8 years so approximately $25.00 per month on average? Water changes are infrequent so a bucket of salt lasts me around a year and supplements are mostly DIY so another $30 a month maybe, probably less?

In other words, over the course of 8 years I've spent less than $100 per month on average, including dead equipment, dead corals, and dead fish/inverts.

You sir are my hero! May I hire you as my mentor? I have a disposable income

 

[Rocks reef]

And yes. That is a pink glove in the pic. Ask Kevin, he knows! LOL!

 

[kevgib67]

Sweet lord 6 pound 8 ounce baby Jesus!

 

[kingranch2003]

Sweet lord 6 pound 8 ounce baby Jesus!

That's the approximate weight of each aiptasia. Lol

 

[kingranch2003]

Very nice light, Keith. Plug it in and have a mini rave!

 

[luis angel]

;)

 

[kevgib67]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/08aI_on6YzgrI3P2y1hg85mMA

 

[kevgib67]

^ Took me a while to get this video.

 

[luis angel]

https://share.icloud.com/photos/08aI_on6YzgrI3P2y1hg85mMA

 

[luis angel]

 

[smitten with ocean life]

luis, whatever happened to the scratch/ crack on the front of your tank?

 

[luis angel]

luis, whatever happened to the scratch/ crack on the front of your tank?

It's still there, it ended up being a scratch from a trochus snail I guess, in the photos you can't see it but when you sit in front of the tank you can see it lol

 

[smitten with ocean life]

oh good! im glad its nothing to worry about!

 

[00W]

Oatmeal and apples...

 

[00W]

It's really cheap lol, my tank cost $1000 with stand, skimmer and doser included and some powerheads, the lights cost $150, the gyres $79 each, my return pump I don't even know what brand it is but it's cheap, my nero 3 are from the biocube, my lid $32 and all my corals and fish were bought for less than $100

Pretty spendy
I have no idea what we're talking about but your tank is amazing, beautiful and anything but cheap!

 

[00W]

Don't ask how much I have invested in mine...

Oh yeah yep I know and I won't...

 

[00W]

It went well. She's feeling decent enough.

I did. Keep in mind, I had 3 Halichoeres wrasses in my tank.

Excellent to hear Tim!

 

[00W]

Oddly enough, for me, reefing is on par price wise with my other hobbies. But If someone makes good enough money and wants a $5000 reef, God Bless em!

Right now with 2 tanks I have about $800 total invested.
Total.
I've spent about $8,000,000 on stuff that never worked, stuff I didn't like and stuff relegated to the garage in boxes.
I've also given away 2 times what I have invested.
I'm not that bright...