SAY WHAT?????? HOW MUCH I$ YOUR WHOLE SETUP WORTH?

[Glenner’sreef]

My 16 is used. I only have 3 fish. My 5$ damsel and I told my wife she could have clowns. So she picks out premium frostbite clowns for 120$. But they have blue spots and glow a light blue under the lights so they’re worth it.

You add the word “designer” in front of clownfish and it changes everything. Lol

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Hey @Glenner’sreef , I think your wife has hacked your account

or was it mine? Pssst

Funny!!!! Actually, she thinks my $9000 setup was to start my own “Fish-n-Chips restaurant once my 4 scooter blennies each were each a foot long!!! Lol

 

[Jack Ravensbergen]

Depends who you ask , if you ask my better half she thinks around 2k ....
Don't ask me , i lost count...

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Depends who you ask , if you ask my better half she thinks around 2k ....
Don't ask me , i lost count...

R2R brings out such honesty in people. Thanks Jack for being so transparent. ;Joyful

 

[Schraufabagel]

Somewhere north of $5,000 for my 25 gallon AIO. I have a decent amount of automation built in and I've had a fair amount of issues like Bryopsis, cyano, etc. So I'd say at least $1,000 to additives and testing alone.

Ultimately I invested a lot up front so that when I upgrade in like 4 years, I can keep all of my equipment and literally just need a better light and more sand/rock.

Also, I should note that I have a years supply of testing reagents, RODI filters, filter media (carbon, GFO), additives, and food on hand

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Somewhere north of $5,000 for my 25 gallon AIO. I have a decent amount of automation built in and I've had a fair amount of issues like Bryopsis, cyano, etc. So I'd say at least $1,000 to additives and testing alone.

Ultimately I invested a lot up front so that when I upgrade in like 4 years, I can keep all of my equipment and literally just need a better light and more sand/rock.

Also, I should note that I have a years supply of testing reagents, RODI filters, filter media (carbon, GFO), additives, and food on hand

It’s a process!!! But sounds like you got a solid plan. Been there! Thx.

 

[Schraufabagel]

It’s a process!!! But sounds like you got a solid plan. Been there! Thx.

And it's definitely a rabbit hole lol. Once you get invested it never stops

 

[Auquanut]

 

[Glenner’sreef]

And it's definitely a rabbit hole lol. Once you get invested it never stops

Right! Is this bottomless “investment “ really an investment?

 

[Reefs anonymous]

If the wife is asking, $1000, if reefers ask $20000, if friends ask “non of your business”! Lol

 

[onlyfans]

Way too dang much; but, to be fair, if it wasn't enjoyable I wouldn't be spending my money on it. So, does it really matter in the end? About $6k in total and that's just a small RSR170. Good thing is that the majority of my stuff will easily scale to a larger tank up to about 120g, which is the plan.

 

[chaoticreefer]

If the wife asks.... 5 bucks. Luckily I am not married or I would be lying to her.


I couldn't tell anyone how much I have put into my tank. It's a bottomless pit.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Way too dang much; but, to be fair, if it wasn't enjoyable I wouldn't be spending my money on it. So, does it really matter in the end? About $6k in total and that's just a small RSR170. Good thing is that the majority of my stuff will easily scale to a larger tank up to about 120g, which is the plan.

“Scaling to the larger tank” that’s where my money ends up!!! Enjoyable and cool!

 

[gregkn73]

125gallons , only sump second hand, everything else new but mainly DIY....1500€, except livestock. Yes you can do it cheap

 

[TLO45]

I have always gone with the thought of $100 per gallon. New equipment, rock, sand, corals and fish. If you go used… less but even then I find something that still pushes my initial $100/gallon.

 

[homer1475]

Reefing....

A tank of water you throw money into, and never get it back.

I'm probably north of 50K for the amount of time I've been in the hobby. Current tank is probably around 8k with everything. It's hard to quantify the amount of money my colonies are, seeing as they were tiny 1" frags for a couple hundred when I bought them.

 

[Dbichler]

To me it doesn’t matter probably 10k in the last 16 years between 4 tanks. Current tank 210g probably 2k invested worth much more though. The wife only likes fish and not corals so I have to be selective on my fish choices.

 

[Just a Wrasse.]

If i knew id probably faint...

 

[SHINYSuccubus]

So I think I could replace everything for about $ 9000.00

WOW!!! That crazy, I’ve never done that before.
WHAT SAY YOU? ;Greedy

i think i could do it for $7Kish

 

[paul barker]

my 180 that I am still working on we had to start buy putting 2k in to the floor the stand I built for around 300 the tank 1800 rock and sand 500 the sump 2000 lights just under 3000 the money I put in the tank I don't care about its the money I lost over the years on smaller tank I put that I will never get back I bet it has to be around 5000 or more