Cost of Setting Up and Maintaining a 75 Gallon Tank

I saw both of those- the one without the submarine decoration looks better, though I'm not really ready to purchase one yet.

I am doing all the research now, but will have to wait until September to buy as I am moving to a new place at the end of August.

 

If I moved every year I would most likely hold off on upgrading. I moved a 75gal not that long ago and it was a royal pain in the ass.

 

Yea i am not looking forward to moving my 75 gal. haha

 

You guys would be crying if you lived in the UK, you dont know how lucky you are with the cost of things.
I've just ordered a 48" long 30" high 20" wide tank, cabinet & sump it's a nice piece of furniture but thats set be back £1200, I've also bought 4 Aquaray tiles and 4 strips with controllers £1100, and thats just the start, by the time I've splashed out on the rest of the equipment it probably will be close on to £3500, aahhh.

Petrol currently costs around £6.00 a gallon, thats just over $9 USD, no wonder we are all broke and the countrys back in recession!

 

Yea, my 46g is going to be hard enough let alone a 75g, the good thing is that I am moving less than 1 mile from where I live now, so I won't have to worry too much about the livestock being in buckets for long periods of time.

 

75 for rr 75gal
250 swc 160 cone
225 custom stand
400 6x54w t5
90 rs-75 sump
50 powerhead
100 live rock/live sand
170 return
30 heater


$1390

 

You can run a HOB fuge and HOB skimmer off of the sump just to get it off of the display. I ran a HOB in my sump for a while.

 

I am not looking forward to moving in a year or two with my 46gallon and am unsure of how I will do so without killing everything!! Heck, I have put off for 8months moving my 26gallon freshwater planted tank to my current place, it has been sitting at a family members house for the time being and she feeds them, turns the lights on and off, and I go over to take care of it once in awhile hence my thread "neglected tank" lol

 

I know you can do it, but that pretty much defeats the purpose of a sump for me...

 

How far are you moving? I've moved about 10 tanks so far (all perfectly successful), I could probably give you some pointers