what I bought this week..

[Xclusive Reef]

Oh man where do I start.. this is not a question more of OMG what did i do...

I bought the following this week:

SCA 100 gal Rimless tank $680
2 Gyre XF250 with Controller $350
100 pounds of billy connection rock $180
Plumbing $ 165
heaters, sand and some other stuff $ 145
Reef Octopus Varios 6 return pump $290

And I still have soooo much to get. OH yea and I told Wife total build price would be $450 bucks. ops

 

[Coralreefjunkies]

i think we are all the same. i just use the 10% rule. always say the pricea of things 10% of what i actually bought them at. that way, we always appear to be under budget. lol

 

[Barrett]

Oh man where do I start.. this is not a question more of OMG what did i do...

I bought the following this week:

SCA 100 gal Rimless tank $680
2 Gyre XF250 with Controller $350
100 pounds of billy connection rock $180
Plumbing $ 165
heaters, sand and some other stuff $ 145
Reef Octopus Varios 6 return pump $290

And I still have soooo much to get. OH yea and I told Wife total build price would be $450 bucks. ops

You were really close to the $450

 

[Jlentz]

This is why you should pay cash.

 

[Barrett]

This is why you should pay cash.

I have my own reef account and my wife never asks about it.

 

[XNavyDiver]

Oh man where do I start.. this is not a question more of OMG what did i do...

I bought the following this week:

SCA 100 gal Rimless tank $680
2 Gyre XF250 with Controller $350
100 pounds of billy connection rock $180
Plumbing $ 165
heaters, sand and some other stuff $ 145
Reef Octopus Varios 6 return pump $290

And I still have soooo much to get. OH yea and I told Wife total build price would be $450 bucks. ops

Been there brother... I was scared outta my wits for 2 days when I bought an Apex and 2 Radion gen 4 pros on the same day. I thought for sure my wife would have me walk the plank... so glad she doesn't check bank statements! Ouch.

 

[Xclusive Reef]

Been there brother... I was scared outta my wits for 2 days when I bought an Apex and 2 Radion gen 4 pros on the same day. I thought for sure my wife would have me walk the plank... so glad she doesn't check bank statements! Ouch.

Yea man I just bought another load of stuff. I should have stayed away from this hobby . lol it was 15 years ago my last tank

 

[Oberst Oswald]

I have a 65 gallon and a 10 gallon nano. I would say as an under estimate about $13,000.00 spent total during the past 1 1/2 years so far. Wait till you start buying corals to fill up that 100 gallons. The way I handle the wife is by just telling her the truth and don't complain when she spends her money on what I think is useless stuff... she collects antique Christmas things and the house is full of expensive junk. I spend more though so it all works out in the end...

 

[Xclusive Reef]

I have a 65 gallon and a 10 gallon nano. I would say as an under estimate about $13,000.00 spent total during the past 1 1/2 years so far. Wait till you start buying corals to fill up that 100 gallons. The way I handle the wife is by just telling her the truth and don't complain when she spends her money on what I think is useless stuff... she collects antique Christmas things and the house is full of expensive junk. I spend more though so it all works out in the end...

That seems a little on the high side. I k ow people with 100-120 gal tanks and they are in at about 5-6k. What kinda equipment you have? Pic of tank?

 

[Oberst Oswald]

Have a nice camera with macro lenses but don't have the time to learn to use it much on the tank or learn how to post pictures. Working 12 hours a day x 5 at work (night shift) does limit what I can do but off today. Pictures will come some day. Real fast... 2 Radions gen 3 with stands, Apex unit, 2 DOS & containers, chillers.. yes even a small one for the nano, 3 vertech 10's, gryie 230, Honda 3000 Si generator for power outages, tank, sump, stand, rodi unit with pressure pump, 2 Kessel lights etc. Believe me things add up fast depending what you want in equipment, fish & coral. You can go cheap, want the best or go in-between. I see you on the Triton forum and you know that is not cheap either. Coral is like crack cocaine and once you get hooked, become successful and want the better, bigger & prettier ones the money goes fast. You'll see...