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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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03-31-2007, 01:55 PM
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Sir Master Deuter the 3rd
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Palm Coast, Florida
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How much have you spent on this hobby?
Just to get an idea how much this hobby really costs us.
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 Sir Royal Master Cody William Deuter the 3rd
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03-31-2007, 01:59 PM
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Great TANG LOVER!
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jefferson City, MO
Posts: 612
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NO WAY do I EVER start adding! That would be grounds for D-I-V-O-R-C-E! NOT WISE!  |
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03-31-2007, 02:00 PM
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Sir Master Deuter the 3rd
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Palm Coast, Florida
Posts: 693
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Lmao!
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03-31-2007, 02:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: bend, oregon
Posts: 10,940
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I have spent a couple hundred as of the last time i tallied it up. 
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03-31-2007, 02:02 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,159
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My tank is just getting going (had it over 2 months), its a 118g tank...I started adding up the costs...and was at well over 4000 (the tank is only 1100 of that)...just to give you an idea, live rock 700, lighting 450, sump/pump return 350, skimmer 250, sand 100, RO/DI 200, Salt 50, etc etc. It ain't cheap, but I'm having a blast doing it.
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03-31-2007, 02:03 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,159
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fly Guy
I have spent a couple hundred as of the last time i tallied it up. |
What is that? Is that your nose is growing as we speak 
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03-31-2007, 03:04 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: El Paso
Posts: 45
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More than I care to mention, or wish to admit. According to the future value of a present value, retirement has been postponed.
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03-31-2007, 03:06 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 11,051
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If ya keep score, it ain't fun anymore,,,
Luckily i never tallied any costs to this hobby,,,'specially when you change MH bulbs b4 they burn out,,,LOL
Plus i never ask my wife about the electric bill,,,but heck she said "go get that Hamilton setup on eBay,,,"
My fellow coworkers drop jaw when i tell them i have 2- 400 w Halides in my living room,,,,,  
Been doing this so long,it'll prob be tough to add it all up anywho,,,,
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03-31-2007, 03:06 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Nashville, TN
Posts: 44
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It is costing my kid's a college education. Are you trying to cause divorces by asking this question in an open forum? 
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03-31-2007, 03:15 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Goddard Kansas
Posts: 132
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We just ordered a 125gal setup today. The build should start in about two weeks  .
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03-31-2007, 03:48 PM
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caretaker of Willis
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Montana
Posts: 203
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Rome wasn't built in a day, neither is a reef tank.
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03-31-2007, 04:06 PM
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I loves me a water change
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: WI
Posts: 7,678
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If I take my number over the years I have been in the hobby, it is a little easier for me to swallow.
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03-31-2007, 04:08 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Fl
Posts: 1,772
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At least $7000 over the last 6 years, but I don't really want to know  .
Steve
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03-31-2007, 04:10 PM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
Posts: 5,889
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Even not counting the store, I'm sure I've spent well over 15K in the last 20+ years.... I don't even want to know how much.
Jenn
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Just keep skimming, just keep skimming, just keep skimming, skimming skimming! What do we do? We skim, skim, skim!
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03-31-2007, 04:36 PM
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The Border Collie Mod
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: right now? in my chair
Posts: 13,218
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Does this count new carpet, new formica, and a new downstairs ceiling?
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