Budgeting??? Uh-oh...

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Where did you end in budgeting for your reef tank for your build without any livestock?

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I'm rapidly going over budget on my reef tank build. My wife is gonna kill me! How many of you are under budget, hit your budget, or over budget in your build without any livestock?
 
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So I I purchased what I thought was 1/2 of the equipment over black friday/cyber monday. Wife saw the credit card statement and asked if I purchased everything I need. Lol. I told her it was a little less than half of how much more I need to spend. Now,it seems like it will be about 170% of my original budget.
 
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Jaebster said:
Oh, and I also need to hire an electrician. Anyone know a cheap electrcian? Lol.
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You could do it yourself if you're handy atall, as long as you purchase a local code book and have the city inspect it you're good to go. If you're comfortable with it that is. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea lol I'm running all my electrical to my panel and I'll bring in an electrician to hook up to the panel, pull the permits and pass my work for me. A good compromise that saves spending hundreds of dollars paying for someone to run wires;Bored

My budget flew out the window when I decided to go the fish room route and VERY custom sump. My choices but it basically quadrupled my "Budget"
 
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I typically hit pretty close to my budget. My current rebuild will only be slightly over, but still over. My budget even had a contingency lol. Blew right through it.
 
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You could do it yourself if you're handy atall, as long as you purchase a local code book and have the city inspect it you're good to go. If you're comfortable with it that is. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea lol I'm running all my electrical to my panel and I'll bring in an electrician to hook up to the panel, pull the permits and pass my work for me. A good compromise that saves spending hundreds of dollars paying for someone to run wires;Bored

My budget flew out the window when I decided to go the fish room route and VERY custom sump. My choices but it basically quadrupled my "Budget"
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Plumbing I can deal with... Electrical, forget it. Not worth my house burning down, and the lives of my wife, dog and my own.
 
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I typically hit pretty close to my budget. My current rebuild will only be slightly over, but still over. My budget even had a contingency lol. Blew right through it.
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What was the "contingency"?
 
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Jaebster said:
Plumbing I can deal with... Electrical, forget it. Not worth my house burning down, and the lives of my wife, dog and my own.
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Atleast you know your limits, Electrical really isn't that difficult as long as you can read. But, it's certainly not something to play with if you're not atleast a little confident in your ability to work with it. :) The inspector will always keep you in check, even more so than they would an actual electrician.
 
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IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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