Cost of Setting Up a 45g Reef Aquarium (and load it up with corals)
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the black hanging fish decoration where did you get it ?
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Currently at Petco and thinking of grabbing about 50.00-75.00 worth of livestock.
170.00cdn paid for the complete running set-up I have a buddy owing me some nice pieces of softies since I gave him a bunch when I previously shutdown.
So looking at 250.00 max
My first 3,6 12 months is my learning period with trial & error with properly cycling a tank to easily overstocking to mixingq incompatible fish. Begginer mistakes that are very costly, say you make $10 an hour, I put in 25-30 hours per week or 2-4 hours a day on YouTube learning hobby & equipnent.
So, $200-400 weekly going on months in the beginning.
But if you don't count your personal time invested & many trips back & forth between home & aquarium store burning gas.
Priceless!
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And that's just a starbucks coffee, what about a starbucks coffee, a few chocolate bars, a pack of cigarettes and a bag of chips? Many people buy that every day and don't think they are spending that much money, where I live that would cost about 8$ a day, that's 14,600$ in 5 years. You can get a really decent tank with that money.
https://teespring.com/stores/bernys-reef?aid=marketplace
stand $180
diy hybrid t5 led $400
4 mp10's $600
custom acrylic sump $350
custom acrylic ato resirvoir $80
SRO skimmer $180
tunze ato $150
reef octopus calcium reactor $350
kalk reactor $80
vertex libra dosing $500
reef keeper lite $150= $3500 lol
I got my pair here in Singapore for less than 20 bucks.
all i can find is the non-photosynthetic ones...
25 gallon acrylic tank 380
Vortech MP10WQD 285
Vortech battery backup 165
MAXSPECT XF230 GYRE 112
MAXSPECT XF250 GYRE with controller 340
Synergy reef 16 overflow 160
Synergy reef 20 overflow 250
Overflow plumbing is 100 (not including plumbing to sump and from pump to tank)
sump acrylic purple trigger systems 39 524
auto top off reservoir 10 purple trigger systems 170
Seneye with web server 450
skimz giant skimmer 600
skimz small skimmer 350
auto top off system 180
prime HD 225
25 gallon wooden stand forgot
a bunch of 8020 extruded aluminum and misc hardware for that (225 gallon stand) 2000
10 gallon quarantine 15
Light over 10 gallon 35
29 gallon 35
1200gph internal overflow boxes with diamond hole saw and plumbing 50
already spent 200+ on zoas and acans and spent 70 to buy a pair of clownfish
Sump: $200
Stand: DIY, $200
Return Pump: Mag 9.5 $100
BRS Dual Reactor: $65
RO/DI: BRS Value Plus 75 GPD 199.99
Skimmer: Reef Octopus Classic 152-S 6" Internal Protein Skimmer $260
Heater: HMA-S Heater w/ Analog Controller - Finnex $37
Powerheads: Vortech MP40wqd x2 $700
Lighting: Kessil AP700 $895, LET Mira 36" Dimmable Retrofit kit $130, AP700 Hanging kit $40, AP700 Canopy Kit, $40, 2x ATI T5 bulbs $42
Rock: 20lbs Pukani $75, 50lbs Reef Saver $130, 40 lbs Fiji Pink $78
ATO: Tunze Osmolator $200
$3712 without consumables, or livestock.
You forgot the rocks + sand + salt + electricity + maintenance equipment (siphons, brushes) + RO/DI replacement (DI resin, RO Membrane) + Testkits + Chemicals... I'm sure there is so much more left out haha
You got pretty good deals on the tank and skimmer, but even with that the costs of livestock really do creep up.
I live in Europe so maybe we have stuff cheaper here.
Also,doing things DIY really helps with budget.
Biggest money savior is used equipment,I bought some of my stuff for 1/3 of the price because they were working for only a few months!
I think i come in close to your costs, but everything is alot more expensive here in australia.
what brand and model?
It's more I'm forgetting and I've lost along the way. Total right now is $8,788.00
Biggest cost was 800 for lighting with bracket arms. $2500 just to get a cycled tank under $2500 seems about right. And the same for livestock. Better than a TV
live rock, sand, heater, scraper för the glass, supplements (just kalk?)
:)
my channel is called soto reef
daniel soto
Of course this is a fun hobby. Many of the costs are initial costs and over the years will divide itself out!
Thanks for the vid. Great as always.