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View Poll Results: What is the most expensive component of your aquarium? | |
Lights.
|     | 35 | 67.31% | |
Skimmer.
|    | 5 | 9.62% | |
Aquarium.
|    | 5 | 9.62% | |
Calcium Reactor.
|    | 1 | 1.92% | |
Other.
|    | 6 | 11.54% | 
09-10-2006, 08:30 AM
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#11 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
Oh god, I put lighting but then reading the thread I would go with Rock as well. 200lbs@$5 and 100lbs@$3
But then again Lighting is something you keep paying for through your electricity bill 
J | 
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09-10-2006, 10:49 AM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Berlin, WI Age: 29
Posts: 500
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Originally Posted by szidls I quit counting the $ long ago.............lol. It's a never ending viscious cycle. A hundred for this... Two hundred for that....Three hundred for this....And on and on. And don't even start with the power and water bill. Now its time to upgrade. Here we go again.  Ok venting is over. Time for a water change and a pitcher of margaritas. 
Best, Scott | I think you and my wife would get along very well | |
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09-10-2006, 12:55 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vacaville Age: 23
Posts: 718
Karma: 105
  
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LR for sure in my new cube, $5.49/lb plus overnight shipping......around $400. _________ Yes, tiny has an 11" legspan...... | |
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09-10-2006, 01:06 PM
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#14 (permalink)
| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,888
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I will say lighting as well, but LR is a close second only because I got a great deal on the LR $ 2.00 a pound From a friend | |
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09-11-2006, 01:24 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Woodbury, MN,Minnesota
Posts: 190
Karma: 9
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mine is the rock, up here its $10 per pound. and i have no filters or skimmers, so the next would be the tank and stand itself.
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55 gal, standard florescent, 1 power head, 50 lbs live rock, 45 lbs reef sand, 1 yellow striped maroon clownfish, 1 percula clown fish, 7 scarlet hermit crabs, | |
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09-11-2006, 01:41 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 109
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I would say it is a toss up between lighting and my live rock. At $4/lb with 60lbs $240. My lighting was under $200 and the electricity doubled for every month 
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Started 03/2006
46 Gallon, Aqua C Remora w/ Maxi-Jet 1200, 2 Hydor Koralia #1, Penguin Bio-Wheel 200 Filter (w/ no Bio-Wheel), 65 lbs live rock, 60 lbs live sand, Coralife 36" Lunar Aqualight 2x96w with LEDs.
LIVESTOCK
Fish: 2 false perculas, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 diamond goby
Inverts: 10 hermit crabs, 2 nassarius snails, 7 turbo snails, 1 electric blue crab, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp.
Corals: Colt Coral
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09-11-2006, 08:21 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milton FL
Posts: 253
Karma: 31
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This 20 nano is inexpensive comared to larger. A coralife retrofit 2x36wt w/PC bulbs is the highest single piece of equipment. Rock, sand and livestock outweighs equipment by far. | |
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09-14-2006, 09:15 AM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
Posts: 874
Karma: 137
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For the 300:
Aquarium
Stand and hood (close 2nd)
Sump
LR and Sand (close 4th)
Lights (I cheated and bought used)
Skimmer (cheating again...)
Pumps
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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09-15-2006, 11:45 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC,South_Carolina Age: 27
Posts: 47
Karma: 1
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Definatly Lights 600.oo , Live rock is next though , probably 500 or so _________ 
55 gal reef tank - HO T5 Lights - FlameAngel - CoralBeauty - MatedMaroonClowns
6lineWrasse - WatchmanGoby - BandedCoralShrimp
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09-16-2006, 02:34 AM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
Posts: 3,932
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My lighting without a doubt!Almost $800.00 for my 3 pendants on my 125 gallon reef. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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