Whats the most expensive thing you have added to your tank?

[Macbalacano]

currently most expensive is probably the live rock! The tank itself was surprisingly the most expensive equipment. But I’m only running a 15 gallon

Your thread also reminds me of a thread I started a couple of years ago that may be of interest to you:

Poll: TOTAL MONEY SPENT on Reefing

So I was working on my budget and it blew me away as to how much money I spent in my first year of this hobby. I was curious as to whether this was normal or if I could gather some data to back myself up to my fiance and friends to justify this LOL o_O Just to get the conversation started, I...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

currently most expensive is probably the live rock! The tank itself was surprisingly the most expensive equipment. But I’m only running a 15 gallon

Your thread also reminds me of a thread I started a couple of years ago that may be of interest to you:

Poll: TOTAL MONEY SPENT on Reefing

So I was working on my budget and it blew me away as to how much money I spent in my first year of this hobby. I was curious as to whether this was normal or if I could gather some data to back myself up to my fiance and friends to justify this LOL o_O Just to get the conversation started, I...

www.reef2reef.com

I will check it out! I am also running a 15G! It's a innovative marine AIO cube!

 

[Marquarium]

1 kessil a360x is the same price i paid for my 300g tank,stand,sump,return,&more

 

[Macbalacano]

I will check it out! I am also running a 15G! It's a innovative marine AIO cube!

Amazing, I definitely was also trying to keep costs down as much as possible. The equipment and things were not that much. But I ended up getting lots of coral so that has added up significantly. I haven’t added it all up but it’s probably around $2-$3k CAD all in.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Amazing, I definitely was also trying to keep costs down as much as possible. The equipment and things were not that much. But I ended up getting lots of coral so that has added up significantly. I haven’t added it all up but it’s probably around $2-$3k CAD all in.

For the 15 gallon?

 

[Macbalacano]

For the 15 gallon?

Yes. My tank thread has more details. But probably 50 different pieces of coral there now.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Yes. My tank thread has more details. But probably 50 different pieces of coral there now.

Wow!

 

[Marquarium]

yo i borrow some of your coral if needed

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

yo i borrow some of your coral if needed

lol

 

[Not_Erick]

Most expensive would probably be my Hanna checkers lol, they add up to a pretty penny.

 

[EricR]

My lighting was most expensive equipment

Same,,, low effort and budget tank here so:
My current lights were just over $400.
Pretty sure ALL other equipment combined, including tank/powerhead/heaters/etc, was less than that.
ALL livestock (fish/corals/inverts) also less than that ... but I tend to stay on the beginner/cheap end there.

 

[steveschuerger]

Most expensive equipment other than the tank: my lights
most expensive living thing in the tank that I paid for. HG torch.

‘the most expensive coral, that got for free , with a raffle is this king tiger

 

[littlefoxx]

Most expensive would probably be my Hanna checkers lol, they add up to a pretty penny.

Are they worth it? I always want to get them but then look at the cost and go back to my fluval or red sea kits

 

[VintageReefer]

Are they worth it? I always want to get them but then look at the cost and go back to my fluval or red sea kits

Alkalinity - yes - super fast
Nitrate - yes - fixed decimal value quickly
Phosphate - yes - gives decimal value quickly
Calcium - not difficult, but many steps, requires deionized or distilled water

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Most expensive equipment other than the tank: my lights
most expensive living thing in the tank that I paid for. HG torch.

‘the most expensive coral, that got for free , with a raffle is this king tiger

Those are gorgeous!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

In my tank, the most expensive organisms were anemones. Red haddoni, blue gigantea, green gigantea.

 

[JoJosReef]

My TBS rocks/sand. Stocking: black widow BTA.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

In my tank, the most expensive organisms were anemones. Red haddoni, blue gigantea, green gigantea.

Those are gorgeous