Do your fish cost you a fortune

[Iron Man]

When I first got my own place I thought that a few watts ran the light bill (what did I know) up so I bought all those little flourescent lightbulb replacements for the whole house so that I could afford the light bill on higher than average lighting on my fish tank.

There were also times when I've said to myself they were so much better off than me. They get their grocery list made out for them, foods prepared, get fed three square (more than enough) meals a day, get their lights on and off at just the right times like clockwork, get their caves cleaned out for them (mbunas will surprise you how much poop can accumulate in their caves), etc.

 

[Mr Miagi]

Once its up and running mine has been pretty good. The next project is co2, then its lighting. But so far

Total tank= $750 (Glass, Hood, Cabinet)
Fish= Gouramisx5x6.00 = $30.00
Glass Cats x 7 x 7.00 = $49.00
Harlquins x 12 x 2.55 = $30.60
BN plecs x 2 x 3.00 = $6.00
Spiny eel = $10.00 (roughly)
Bolivian Ram = $4.50

Sooo all up.....$880...plus up keep, oops, i do go through a bit now dont i....

 

[nc_nutcase]

Yea but you know how it goes...

Your $800 into it when you finally get the 55 Gallon where ya want it...

Then you see a 125 on sale so you jump on that...

$1,100 later that’s the way you want it...

By now someone's breeding so you drop $200 to set up a 20 Gal...

Then a grow out tank, then, then, then....

and just like Mr Miagi said... if you don't need another aquarium, you delve into projects like CO2, a stand for your smaller tanks, bigger light housing, then the nickel lights or whatever they're called... you can always find 'one more' thing to upgrade, develop or expand.

You can spend very little and keep happy healthy fish... but the more you put into it, the more you will get out of it...

 

[millym]

yes yes yes!!!! a bl***y fortune but we dont care love them

 

[CFC]

Yea but you know how it goes...

Your $800 into it when you finally get the 55 Gallon where ya want it...

Then you see a 125 on sale so you jump on that...

$1,100 later that’s the way you want it...

By now someone's breeding so you drop $200 to set up a 20 Gal...

Then a grow out tank, then, then, then....

and just like Mr Miagi said... if you don't need another aquarium, you delve into projects like CO2, a stand for your smaller tanks, bigger light housing, then the nickel lights or whatever they're called... you can always find 'one more' thing to upgrade, develop or expand.

You can spend very little and keep happy healthy fish... but the more you put into it, the more you will get out of it...

eeek, your getting robbed if your spending that sort of money on set ups, my 200g cost just a little over £600 ($1200 roughly) and thats with 3 external canister filters.

 

[Inchworm]

A pound of worms costs a whole lot more than a pound of any kind of steak, but I'll settle for hamburgers to give my little guys the best!

 

[Polardbear]

No kidding, if you compare the cost of frozen bloodworms to steak our little guys are eating pretty darn well. But I do buy my kids their frozen goodies first then worry about the rest of the budget. The swordtails and the corys amd the dog eat first then I hope there's money left over for me!