How much $ to make salt aquarium?

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Lol I think my friends mom is a bit unrealistic. She's acting like a child, want a bunch of fish that don't go together, and can't fit in a 55. Lol here's her idea XD: 2 clown fish, 1 lion fish (lol) one dog puffer (LOL) life sand, live rock and corals, and a canister filter. From what I know, lion fish aren't horribly huge, not sure about a 55 though, clowns would be fine, but the puffer (and probably lion) cant even fit with all that coral. Not to mention that the puffer will eat the clowns. I told her this and now she wants to divide her tank, dog in one side and clowns on the other.. I gotta talk her out of this, can't have a foot long fish with 2 ft of room. Anyone ever have to talk someone out of an aquarium? How'd you do it?


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Michael6945c said:
Lol I think my friends mom is a bit unrealistic. She's acting like a child, want a bunch of fish that don't go together, and can't fit in a 55. Lol here's her idea XD: 2 clown fish, 1 lion fish (lol) one dog puffer (LOL) life sand, live rock and corals, and a canister filter. From what I know, lion fish aren't horribly huge, not sure about a 55 though, clowns would be fine, but the puffer (and probably lion) cant even fit with all that coral. Not to mention that the puffer will eat the clowns. I told her this and now she wants to divide her tank, dog in one side and clowns on the other.. I gotta talk her out of this, can't have a foot long fish with 2 ft of room. Anyone ever have to talk someone out of an aquarium? How'd you do it?


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Just tell her the fish won't have any room to turn around. Therefore the fish won't be able to move...the width on a 55 gallon tank is only 12 inches


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i got 90 gallons of jug i took from the beach and put it in my 60 gallon tank. aquaclear 110 hob filter circulating the water, fishes are baby sting rays. small halibut and a couple of smelts that i caught off of the pier. my water isnt clear, its like green but all in all i didnt pay nothin for mines. its all caught from the pier. good luck


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This is a break down of what you would need:

DIY Sump-Probably about $50-100
Live Rock-$100
Live Sand- $40
Protein Skimmer-$100-200 but is optional
Lighting-$100
Powerheads-$50
Aquarium Salt-$40 for 160 gallons
Overflow box-$50

Total will be anywhere from $530-680 but it will most likely cost $800 after all said and done.


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my brother is a die-hard tightwad, and been running a 55G SW fish only & live rock for many years, lightly stocked.
It's not the prettiest, but everything works & lives for years.
If the fish are your main interest, it doesn't have to be expensive.
There's no way he would spend what I do on my FW.
I've always suspected that he still has part of the first paycheck he ever earned, & he's over 60.
No lie. LOL.
However, I couldn't tell you how he does it. I tried asking questions and he just says "You don't really need all that crap", so I'm not even sure what, exactly, the "crap" is.
;-)
 
I can tell you from personal experience SW Can be very expensive. It's one of those things you get so far into you'll never get your money back out of. :) Money Pit $$$$$$

Tell your friend's Mom to stay away. It's like Crack.....

But man their pretty. Side shot of my 120

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DQM5 said:
Salt water aquarium your talking big bucks $$$ if you want corals and stuff going to cost you more!


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I find short comments like this completely counter-productive. Thats like saying, "If you go to Walmart your going to spend alot of money!"
 
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