see i have a 27 gallon tank with a heater, a 50gallon aqua-clear filther, some decoration, a thermometer and a stand.
what do i have to change and add please leave aproximate price of everything and/or total price
aquaclear filter is a 3 stage.
Coral and fish cost $ 50? My tank bred ocellaris clown cost me $ 17, my yellow watchman cost me $ 9, peppermint shrimp @ $ 7. Pop pom cram at $ 12, tiger pistol shrimp at $ 15. Corals - Frogspawn, hammer, candy cane, pulsing xenia , hydnophoria cost me $ 25, $ 20, $ 5, $ 9, and $ 9 respectfully.
I recently started a 36 gallon tank that I got used. It is a freshwater bow front with an aqua clear filter. When I got my first fish in it there was sand, base rock from marcorocks.com, the filter, and heater and nothing more. I spent $ 90 for a good quad t5 light from Ebay then just bought 3 small live rock yesterday. Now I just need to get a couple good power heads before I can start adding better livestock, especially coral.
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There are alot of things that are needed in the end but for a while can be done without. Cost about $ 100 for a skimmer and this is something I will also need to get later. If you want to get everything for a tank at one time and have it fully operational without needing to add anything later ...
... The filter will work but a canister filter is still better .... no filter is needed with live rock and sand though.
Canister filter $ 50 - $ 150. Cheap ones on Ebay, and some fluval ones are expensive.
Protein skimmer $ 100
Argonite sand $ 40
30 lb dry rock from marcorocks.com, about $ 70. 10lb Live rock will cost about another $ 70.
t5 lighting. around $ 100. I'd suggest some cheap quad t5s from EBay. Coralife dual t5 are about $ 120.
One Koralia Evolution 750 gph powerhead would work in a 27g, about $ 50.
Other than that, the tank just needs the small things such as test kits, hydrometer, salt, algae scrubber, etc .... This crap can add up to about $ 100 fairly easy.
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It's a bit pricy in the end but the end result once the tank is established, is a tank capable of keeping but fish and coral in and will look amazing. Here is an image of my new reef tank in the works, barely a month old
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the price of fish and rocks and coral is like $ 50 a fish or more. Corals are like $ 50 too, or live rock, its so much. As well you need to get the salt for the fish water, you need a protein skimmer, and moving water with a powerhead. and 27 is not really that big for SW but u can try.
You will prob need a 3 stage filteration system going on though, and really good lighting.
