Had a Question on price, here it is (to the best of my memory, and available receipts);
72 BOWFRONT SET UP;
$ 500 - Oceanic 72 Bowfront tank (RR)
$ 250 (in wood only)- Custom built maple stand: Follows the curvature of the tank (doors and all!) - and is internally wired with powerbars and switches
$ 900 (mail order from Cal.)- 150Lbs of tonga fusion
$ 100 - Approx 50Lbs of sand bottom
$ 250 - 2 x Tunze 6025's
$ 100 - 1 x Tunze 6045
$ 650 (with 5 lamps, have 10)- Aquactinics TX5 T5HO lights (8-10 lightly used lamps: ATI, UVL, Geismann, Fiji purple, nothing cheap) - IMHO, top 3 - 4' T5 on the market (and the most light available that can fit on a 72).
$ 150 (avg)- Fish: Regal tang, sunburst (fathead) anthias, occ clown, the fattest spotted mandarin you will ever see (FEMALE: and part of the CUC!), and green clown goby. All healthy, all fat, colour is awesome, all QT'd (aside from mandarin), not a sign of ich in the year its been set up.
$ 250 (on the generous side, frags turned to colonies!)- Others: Skunk shrimp, 2 x acans, 5 x nice zoos, 2 x acro sm colonies, 1 x gr. hydno, 1 x stag, 1 x encrusting SPS, 1 other SPS, Blue/green polyp birdsnest, HUGE bubble and frogspawn.
SUMP/FUGE/FRAG;
$ 300 - 75Gal Sump/fuge - Baffled in 3 sections - Sump, Fuge, Return (Drain hole drilled and valve for WC's)
$ 150 - Aqua Euro Skimmer
$ 250 - ZeoVit reactor (running fauna marin product)
$ 150 - BRS Dual media reactor
$ 200 - Octopus CA Reactor
$ 200 - Miluakee PH Controller/CO2 guages/solenoid
$ 150 - 20lb CO2 tank (new/full)
$ 100 - 2 x stealth heaters
$ 050 - 1 x glass heater
$ 200 - JBJ ATO and pump/resivoir
$ 250 - Sedra (20000?) for head height
$ 060 - 3 powerheads to keep flow in 3 sections
$ 200 - SW resivoir c/w mixing and delivery pumps
$ 050 - 16 Gal frag tank (side drilled overflow to return to sump)
$ 200 - 250W Hamilton MH (used, various lamps)
$ 050 - 2 x koralias
$ 100 - Supply pump/valves
$ 100 (in wood) - 8' stand - PT legs, 2"x6", plywood, etc wired with 6 switches and 16 receptacles for the equipment it is feeding.
... So, I paid $5,700.00 for what I have (and threw up in my own mouth after adding that all up!) and that is not even considering all the misc things I paid another (atleast) $1K for (tools, supplements, etc.).
Does $2K sound fair? (1/3 of cost). Wouldn't even consider less than $1750 - and that's if i get desperate! (unlikely)
Again, let me know if anyone is interested in a "turn key" tank.
Thanks.
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