how much money have you spent?

Spent $250 on random frags this past weekend. But who's keeping track LOL.

 

I stopped counting 3 months in LOL - I did keep a tally till it got to 2k. I just want to enjoy the hobby not count the nickels (takes all the joy out)

 

whoa. that cost you 2300? what did you buy 2 vortech's? i bought 140 lbs of live rock but talked the guy down to 2 bucks a pound, if your buying more than a hundred pounds or so they'll usually cut you a deal. I bought the same stuff and it cost me about 400 dollars for rock, sand, inverts and chaeto.

Oh and i kept a tally kinda, i use the big als points, ive accumulated about 6000 of those, I would say im in about 5000 into this hobby, started almost a year ago. My Biggest lesson was do it right the first time, being cheap really does bite you in the butt.

 

Same here! I was gloating about hitting the 2k mark, until my girlfriend looked at my tank and said, "that's what you spent 2k on??". I got angry and stopped counting. Bah, she's just jealous

 

Last Year

January
■ $63.00 - Carbon/Sediment RO/DI replacement filters.
■ $68.45 - Bulk DI resin.
■ $17.99 - Printable postcards for tank logging.
■ $379.95 - Eshopps Skimmer.
■ $14.81 - 8gb flash pen for storing/transferring fish related PDFs.
■ $28.50 - Polishing Filter Socks.
■ $15.00 - Dual timers for RO/DI and test kits.
■ $73.96 - LFS CUC and fish food.
■ $7.52 - Urchin for Roe.
■ $3.50 - Live ghostshrimp.
■ $25.00 - Postage for mailing RKE for service.
■ $191.02 - Salt and test kits.
■ $5.99 - Fish Roe
■ $25.75 - Food and Sand.
■ $3.64 - Fresh Fish Food.
■ $156.98 - Fish Purchases

1081.36

February
■ $4.50 - Fish Food from market
■ $23.30 - Water change and plumbing supplies.
■ $286.50 - Chiller.
■ $37.00 - Magazine Subscription Renewal
■ $63.04 - UV Bulb and Chiller pump.
■ $48.86 - Live shrimp, frozen food, magazine, Jtube.
■ $16.05 - Black tubing and food.
■ $30.13 - Water conditioner, live brine, rigid tubing.
■ $56.00 - Macros and zoas.
■ $6.00 - Macro
■ $39.47 - Sand
■ $320.76 - Equipment.
■ $288.39 - Salt, lights, odds and ends.
■ $1.12 - Scallop.
■ $61.50 - Food Enrichments.
■ $98.76 - Tank Stand
■ $50.36 - DIY Supplies.
■ $76.74 - Fish Purchases.

1508.48

March
■ $231.87 - Bulbs.
■ $4.51 - Tuna.
■ $8.00 - Live Food.
■ $28.61 - Food Items.
■ $3.89 - Light screws.
■ $5.00 - Fresh Food.
■ $882.61 - Fish Purchases.

1164.49

April
■ $4.97 - Fresh Snapper
■ $67.98 - Anti-vibe Material.
■ $17.50 - Live and frozen food.
■ $217.18 - QT Supplies
■ $7.00 - Live Food.
■ $10.50 - Meds.
■ $43.10 - Fish Purchases.

368.23

4 month total: $4122.56

 

The most I have ever spent wad $500 on a single coral, second was $200. It was a quarter sized piece of the original Tyree watermelon chalice. Of course I later lost it to a $10 copperband butterfly that ran out of aptasia and took a liking to chalices. I never really bought any other high dollar corals (I usually wiould just trade) but went through a lot in fish. Back in the day I starved a lot of fish to death for fear of loosing my sps colors due to high nutrients.

 

If I added up all of my purchases over the years, I could easily buy a car. A very expensive car.

 

Not including upgrade: ~3500
Including upgrades: ~4800

 

$70 for a Flame Angel @ the LFS. Never bought fish online.

When it comes to supplies, oh ya they can add up fast :-X. My biggest single order purchase was about $1,600 when I bought my tank, stand, and hood.

 

you want me to put the amount spent in writing? are you insane? LOL its a secret between my charge card and me. :biggrinbo