What are the top three things you buy most often for your "hobby?"

[timrocks311]

Livestock
equipment upgrades
Test kits


I'm surprised people spend that much on frozen food. I have two packs of frozen that have lasted me 6 months. Granted I have a small tank and only feed once a day and alternate flake.

 

[Kremis]

Salt
fragging stuff
corals

 

[madweazl]

I'd guess salt, test reagents, and food (not sure if the order is correct). Cant imagine I spend more than $50 a month on the tank but I've never tried to add it up.

Edit: OK, I was off by a wee bit. I added up 2018's Amazon (fish related) and BRS orders for a total of $1912.42 ($159.37/month). I'm not going to dig any deeper than that...

 

[saltyhog]

Most consistently?
Frozen food
Test reagents
2 part

 

[CMO]

Alkalinity reagent, fish food and coral glue / putty

 

[scott11106]

salt then food then new livestock/coral additions as my tank is still somewhat new

 

[lapin]

1 year old tank. It has to be salt, food and livestock. Im sure electricity is up there but all together everything totaled, prob less than $1.00 per gallon on tank stuff

 

[sfin52]

i spend the most on my wife so she leaves me alone

Good answer

If spend enough on my wife first .
She let me use her food processor to make food for the fish tank.
Salt
Live stock from time to time.
Maybe 25 dollars a month.

 

[Waters]

Salt, salt, and more salt............seems like I am always buying salt

 

[WV Reefer]

Salt, frozen food and RODI filters.

 

[van7271]

Frozen food
Top off water
Supplements

 

[MnFish1]

Just a comment on the polls - It would be nice to have some kind of factor in the poll that takes into account the gallons of water people are managing. I.e. How many dollars do you spend per month per gallon of water in your tank and sump. Or else - a rationale for asking (because I can see it both ways) - ie. how much does the average person spend on reefing/month in general (ie. this poll) vs - what is the range people spend per gallon (i.e. someone with a 400 gallon tank will spend more than someone with a nano aquarium with 1 gallon).

Not a critique - I just want to understand what I'm answering in the poll....BTW I like these polls in general - have created a couple of my own. Just a sentence at the front - 'we're trying to get an idea of what the average user of the site spends per month on their hobby' - is a different poll than 'what do you spend per month on your tank'. Always interesting here

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Livestock
equipment upgrades
Test kits


I'm surprised people spend that much on frozen food. I have two packs of frozen that have lasted me 6 months. Granted I have a small tank and only feed once a day and alternate flake.

Corals
Corals
And more corals, dendronephthya, when available

 

[marlinmon]

Towels, paper towels, shirts.... I mean anything that mops up water

 

[WWIII]

I spend approximately $0.23 per gallon per month on my tanks, not including livestock purchases. Wow that sounds a lot more palatable! Lol

 

[Dburr1014]

I forgot the DI resin. Definatly up there in top 10.

 

[dansreef]

1) Salt
2) Frozen
3) Alcohol.... more for me than the tank.....

Places:
A) BRS
B) BRS
C) LFS...
D) Package Store....

 

[ngoodermuth]

Super glue is definitely up there, I just saw someone else mention glue.... I swear I go through so much stinking super glue lol

 

[PirateDan]

6 people $500 a month. What you doing dropping gold bars in your tank?

 

[outeastreefer]

Water filters, di resin, frozen food.