Cost of Setting Up and Maintaining a 75 Gallon Tank

Hi Everyone,

I have a 46g bowfront right now and I am contemplating moving to a 75 gallon. My 46g has an HOB skimmer and HOB refugium, but if I moved to 75g, I would definitely go with a sump- Meaning I would need to buy pretty much everything, except LR.

I was wondering if anyone recently set one up and if so how much did it cost and how much does it cost on a monthly basis to keep up and running?

 

your looking at min 1000 and up depending on how good of deals you got. Thats about what i paid but i got a 400 sump 300 skimmer and 100 return pump all for 250$. The $1000 included live sand and live rock tho.

 

Just for my 46gallon I think I have spend 1000.

300 tank and stand
120 on powerheads
50 for a filter
30 for a he ater
80 for a used skimmer
120 for lights
40 on sand
160 on rock

Theres 900 right there, and I dont even have a sump or fuge lol

 

Gotcha. Maybe I will hold off for a little. My other problem is that I rent and I seem to move every year, so moving a larger fish tank would be a gigantic pain

 

yep. well i got tank and stand $200 75 gal( custom built stand)
powerheads 2 used off ebay $60.
sump skimmer return pump $250.
4 bulb t5 48" light $120
overflow box $40
sand $80
plumbing stuff around $50
so thats 800 so far.
live rock? no clue. probably at least $200
so basically unless you find great deals like i did you will be more likely around 2k. but just saying it can be done for around a grand.

then tons of money on fish and corals! and it can look like mine

again great deals($150) on all my corals
and like $300 on my fish

 

I just set one up. I have an Rodi. That saves time and money.
Tank-90
Overflow n return-130
Skimmer-120
Rock was about 200 so far prob a tad more
Sump-40
Salt-60
Return-25
Stand I built was -50
Media reactors-20 but there 50 new
I had lights.
I had the acrylic for the baffles
I had fish.
I had pumps too

All in all I'm probably around 8-900 into it ATM.
It's cost me 0 to maintain cuz I have Rodi. I havnt done a water change but I have to salt to do so.

That's buying used. My slimmer was new that's it. I did all the work. It payed off.

Hoped this helps..

 

I'm right there with ya, but I was able to get pretty much everything used- still expensive though.

200- tank, stand, and crushed coral
125-lights
30- heater
100- HOB skimmer
160- large HOB refugium
50-rock
40-powerheads

So thats 750, plus the ungodly amount I spent on coral/ fish lol

Now, I'm thinking that that 75 might be closer to $1500 after counting up what i spent on my tank that is only about 1/2 the size...

 

Lol the other thing I didn't think about is my lack of technical prowess when it comes to anything plumbing...

I could probably build a house and run all of the electric, dry wall it, then paint and install carpet, landscape the outside...but for the life of me, I couldn't run pipes to save my life *smacks head against wall*

 

its easy. PVC pipe. Couple 90 degree bends. Hack saw. PVC cement. And a good idea to put a quick disconnect below the overflow so if you need to take the plumbing out you don't have to un-do the whole overflow haha

 

I have an autistic cousin who could plumb a tank. Take a gander how I did it in my thread. It's literally gluing 3 pieces together. Lol