hobby price for a year???

[pshtex]

how much do u think u spend in a year on the hobby ???
ur best total yearly cost guess
number of gallons u had up and running
salt, fresh, or both
type of fish (large, medium, small) (predator, plant eater, or mixed)
ur location (closer to the equator and u spend less money on heating)
new fish purchases

 

[phillydog1958]

how much do u think u spend in a year on the hobby ???
ur best total yearly cost guess
number of gallons u had up and running
salt, fresh, or both
type of fish (large, medium, small) (predator, plant eater, or mixed)
ur location (closer to the equator and u spend less money on heating)
new fish purchases

I have no idea. What about you?

 

[Brian_Indiana]

I don't even like to think about it. On top of supplies, fish, etc....you need to consider the additional expense on your electric and water bill. You also should allocate some expense for your time spent working on your tanks.

 

[ramcharger1979]

alot

 

[cyberwaste]

$1000000000

 

[Clift]

Since January, at least $3000. I certainly didn't have to spend that much, but I essentially started from scratch again so that's not all operational costs(that would be crazy).

I'd say everything in, you're looking at about 1000-1500 a year for most advanced hobbyists. That's food, electricity(heaters are especially nasty), water conditioner etc + extra for the odd filter or heater here or there. That's essentially 100 bucks a month to get you by... sounds about right to me.

 

[Fat Homer]

how much do u think u spend in a year on the hobby ???
ur best total yearly cost guess
number of gallons u had up and running
salt, fresh, or both
type of fish (large, medium, small) (predator, plant eater, or mixed)
ur location (closer to the equator and u spend less money on heating)
new fish purchases

Although what i marked in red is true, we have to suffer using chillers for certain types of fish / inverts which costs a lot more to run than heaters...

But to answer your question, i really do not want to know how much i spend, or else i may decide to leave the hobby due to giving myself a shock at how much i could potentially save

 

[pshtex]

150 gals been up for about 6-7 months
fresh water
9 fish are 3-5 inches now all grow slow
predatory
live in central texas
started a new tank last year so all fish i bought spent about $300
about $200 total to set up my sump and tank
electricity ... $0.15/kilowatt hour
$38.88 for pumps
$129.6 for heater (on for four months i just calculated that all 300 watts ran 24/7 for 4 months so it is probably lower)
$3 lighting is leds so it is next to nothing ( i know this guess is too high)
$5 for air pump (this is just a complete guess)
water ... $1.75/ 1,000 gallons
i am guessing about 35 water changes of %50
$4.59 on water

total for 6 months of electricity and water
$181.7 this cost will drop for the next six months cause i will need even less heating.
grand total in the past 6 months
$681.7
well thats me

 

[pshtex]

Since January, at least $3000. I certainly didn't have to spend that much, but I essentially started from scratch again so that's not all operational costs(that would be crazy).

I'd say everything in, you're looking at about 1000-1500 a year for most advanced hobbyists. That's food, electricity(heaters are especially nasty), water conditioner etc + extra for the odd filter or heater here or there. That's essentially 100 bucks a month to get you by... sounds about right to me.

it all depends on the number of gallons u are doing. it it is costing that much a month for 75 gallons that is too much way too much

 

[pshtex]

You also should allocate some expense for your time spent working on your tanks.

that is when i feel like this would stop being a hobby.