Im envisioning somebody hoarding old crusty tanks in a warehouse so they can corner the used tank market lol
How much did your tank cost?
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Yeah I actually saw a tank in Jersey that I wanted but too much of a haul for me down to va. It was a 225 gal for like 500 with a bunch of equipment.For the tank it self? I live in a great area. NJ is close. Everyone in NJ has fish i think..
180 reef tank. Tank only $180
125 reef tank with stand and lids (MFK sale) $350.
75 reef tank. Tank only $25
75 gallon tank with bulkheads. Tank only $20
And now that you mention it I have seen a lot of koi ponds and the like in my travels through jersey.
Yeah I can understand that. For this particular tank though I've been really excited and have been in a hurry to put it together. I haven't had a tank for like 5 years and finally got a house to put one in this past april. No damn landlord to make me sell my tank this time haha!it's expensive but not impossible to do
There have been posts like that. Garage full of old tanks stacked. Some had the old metal corners. All were 3-4$ a gallon.
1999 paid $800 for a brand new 180 manufactured from Allglass including stand made from pressed wood lol and glass lids and florescent light fixtures didn't have to pay taxes because I worked for the guy who ordered the aquarium. With subtrate , 2 wet/dry filters, protein skimmer and 2 Marbled Catsharks and dead coral pieces easily in the thousands. Converted it to freshwater and spent thousands on fish substrate etc.
Here is the cost of my smallest (48G) saltwater growout FOWLR
- Tank cost $40 from petco sale
- Stand $50 Petco sale
- LED light $40 petsmart
- Rock $150 for 50 lbs
- Sand $5 from Home Depot
- Protein Skimmer $250 (already 6x times higher than the tank cost lol)(initially bought to use on 125G tank but gave the tank to my friend)
- Surface skimmer $30
- HoB Filter $50 AC70
- 700gph powerhead circulation $30
- Water test kit $30
- Hydrometer $20
- Heater not in use yet 200w $30 (winter use only)
- On going $10 per week water change (store bought saltwater)
- 5x babies clown triggers (nickle coin size) for $100 (7 months ago), recently sold other 4 triggers and kept only the best looking one, 4 for $200 minus the cost and supplied in 7 months I can say I got my money back for the fish cost.
Total cost add up $825 (everything are bought brand new)
- Tank cost $40 from petco sale
- Stand $50 Petco sale
- LED light $40 petsmart
- Rock $150 for 50 lbs
- Sand $5 from Home Depot
- Protein Skimmer $250 (already 6x times higher than the tank cost lol)(initially bought to use on 125G tank but gave the tank to my friend)
- Surface skimmer $30
- HoB Filter $50 AC70
- 700gph powerhead circulation $30
- Water test kit $30
- Hydrometer $20
- Heater not in use yet 200w $30 (winter use only)
- On going $10 per week water change (store bought saltwater)
- 5x babies clown triggers (nickle coin size) for $100 (7 months ago), recently sold other 4 triggers and kept only the best looking one, 4 for $200 minus the cost and supplied in 7 months I can say I got my money back for the fish cost.
Total cost add up $825 (everything are bought brand new)
I guess I am the hoarder just not planning on selling them. However we do have a corner of our shop stacked with tanks any where from 20's to 180's. Just waiting to setup our fish house. We already have 160 setup in our house but really need a big shop for our plan to come together.
My 220 came with stand, glass tops, lights, 1000w heater, ehiem 2262 and an Fx-5. Also came with a 5 gallon bucket full of ehiem substrat pro media, all for 200 bucks. Yeah I got a score.
210 with a stand for $300. I got the 75g sump later for $25.
