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View Poll Results: How much this hobby has robbed our wallets.
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1,000 or lower
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04-01-2007, 03:49 PM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Fallowfield, PA
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way over 15k!!!! but i love it and so does the wife. she knows about everything we spend because we go together and pick stuff out
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04-01-2007, 07:36 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: new york city
Posts: 6,447
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I really don't mind how much Ive spent what I do hate is how much I misspent on things I really didn't need.
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04-01-2007, 08:27 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Goddard Kansas
Posts: 132
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Originally Posted by VWD
2 weeks where did you get that ! LOL  |
Do you know something I don't. I don't think I could wait any longer.
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04-02-2007, 10:13 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
Posts: 16,908
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Originally Posted by texfromkansas
Do you know something I don't. I don't think I could wait any longer.
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No  , I just want to make you worry, LOL,
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04-02-2007, 10:21 AM
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I am ...MOVED ON...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Fort Myers, FL (SWFL)
Posts: 478
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like mondays aren't bad enough ... now you ruined the whole week by thinking of how much i have spent..... i'd say close to 10K EVERYTHING included ...
plumbing ... lumber ... bulkheads ... skimmer(s) ... pumps ... misc stuff ... crap the LFS told you one needs.... but don't.
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04-02-2007, 10:42 AM
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I'm sorry.......
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: South West Florida
Posts: 1,704
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Originally Posted by wiszmaster
crap the LFS told you one needs.... but don't.
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I agree ! Half the money spent was on things that dont work.. 
On my last tank I spent a ton on junk form the LFS's 
But since TRT showed me the way  and I became a smarter consumer via internet I dont waste as much money !!!!
The pay off is when a friend or family stops by and all they can say is WOW I've never seen a tank as awesome as yours !!!! That makes it all worth while 
Last edited by abigtroutt; 04-02-2007 at 04:12 PM.
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04-02-2007, 10:43 AM
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Dude? Dude? Focus dude...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Middle town KY
Posts: 1,071
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i dont spend that much but when i look around i realize how much i spent on things i didn't need
like a zebra shrimp that i orders 3 but only 1 lived through shipping and is soooo small i can never find him along with useless filters,pumps, heaters, and etc. just from jumping the gun
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04-02-2007, 11:05 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: lawrenceville, Ga
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If I tallied it up I would just cry all the way to divorce court so I don't want to know but I am having a ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-02-2007, 03:27 PM
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USAF(F-22 Weapons System)
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Tyndall AFB, FL
Posts: 132
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Originally Posted by salt-rookie
NO WAY do I EVER start adding! That would be grounds for D-I-V-O-R-C-E! NOT WISE!  |
+1 
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04-02-2007, 04:08 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: michigan
Posts: 2,674
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i got prolly around 3k, maybe into it. but the tally keeps rising weekly lol. whats the point of working all day if u dont spend money on things u want??? atleast with the tanks i have something to show for it, i could think of alot worse things that could be draining my wallet.
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04-03-2007, 01:46 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 9,641
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The pay off is when a friend or family stops by and all they can say is WOW I've never seen a tank as awesome as yours !!!! That makes it all worth while |
 That is a nice tank you have!! One weekend you are going to have to come here with frags to see my two tanks  They are even better in person
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04-03-2007, 06:10 AM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,599
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Bill did you notice Tim said with Frags?   |
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04-03-2007, 06:57 AM
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Reefer and proud of it!!!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Moore, Ok
Posts: 826
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Talk about how much. I'm as new as a newbe could be, and i have already spent over 500 on my 20 long salt tank. Had a 125 gal gotten used but sprung a leak. I do now have a 125 terrarium though. my 20 long is only about two months old. moving from fresh water and trying to venture into the salt world. My goal is to get 200 gal or more. when the money is right. please send any info my way, just found this forum about a day or so ago, and very interseted on the topics that everone talks about.
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04-03-2007, 12:13 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shawnee, KS
Posts: 1,629
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i really don't want to know, or think about it.
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29 gallon, 150 watt DE PFO mini pedant, 2 x 24 watt HO t-5, 2 x tunze 6025's, mag 7 run thru SCWD 40lbs rock
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Bill 
Peace OUT 
