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I have MH on my 250 and VHO's on my 75 and 38.
Yanno..I really don't have about $15K in my tanks.
My LR, the LFS wanted $7.00 a pound for it. Which I about fell over. So, I took a 2 hour drive up to Indy and bought about 500 Pounds worth or Live Rock from Premium Aquatics and paid $2.25 for fully cured Fuji.
Then maybe started out with about $500 in corals, most of them frags from Coral Dynamics website.
My Skimmers, I have a Remora on my 38 and a Pro version on my 75G. Total there about $300.
My 250G. Now thats another story..lol
I have a EuroReef CS8-2 Skimmer in a 30G sump. That set me back $500 alone.
2 B-oinic Dosers at 300 bucks.
My lighting systems I maybe spent 1000 bucks total between all 3 tanks.
Sandbed is 4-5 inches deep in all tanks and full of critters.
On 75G..I have a custom made refumgium and grows capalra and full of pods and such. Si, I have very little trouble with aglae in any of my tanks.
So...in reality..not inclusing the tanks and stands. I have maybe, $5,000 wraped up in that..if that.
With tamks, stands, and canopies..maybe $7K.
But to me..the investment alone in one tank is worth it.
Gives me a hobby, a way of learning about marine life and a chance to relax from stress of the biz.
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