Regular Member youngb204 Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 How much money have you spent (so far) on your goldfish? a background on how you got into the hobby and where you are now would be nice. I love reading those stories. As well as what you are planning to spend on in the future So, I was recently a huge gamer, and i realized there really is no benefit of it.. once i realized my computer was outdated and a new one that would last (assuming the parts didn't die on me) would cost ~$900. So I sold my current one for $400, and used the other $500 i had laying around in my budget. After looking around, as previously stated, i realized that gaming was too expensive and had no benefit aside from entertainment. So I thought, maybe I shouldn't go for $900 computers, and I should go upgrade my xbox 360 and get an Xbox one. But then you pay for online subscription and $70 per game.. then i'd need a new controller.. basically it was way over the cost of just getting the system and a few games.. Fast forward a few weeks, and I'm in the waiting room waiting for my brother to get out after seeing the dentist. Me being the impatient person I am, I go walk around the mall.. I go into the pet shop. Here is where it all started... I had 2 goldfish in a 2 gallon tank (WalMart tips lol) and they died about 3years after we bought them.. about 8 years ago this happened. So as I'm looking at the goldfish, I ask the guy how much it would cost to get two goldfish and set up a tank.. This guy told me get a 2 gallon tank, some gravel, and 2 goldfish... no filter no conditioner, nothing. told me to go home rip the bag and pour the goldfish in. So after 3 days of watching them do NOTHING, i started researching. Atleast my previous goldfish swam and loved their 2 gallon tank lol Then i learned all about filters and tank size and what not... So, 3 weeks since i've had my goldfish... I've spent $250. 20 Gallon tank, a 200GPH filter, and some decor. Future Plans Syphon ( $55) Larger Tank (55 gallon or more...Cost will vary, but probably $150ish?) More Fish for my new tank Additional Filtration (Sponge and another HOB/Upgrade) Substrate Decor, background 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 ... I have spent a couple thousand dollars, I think. I've been keeping since 2012 though. My current setup is this: 40 Gallon Breeder + Stand = 90.00 2nd 40 gallon breeder = 40.00 Cobalt EXT canister = 92.00 400gph pond pump = 34.50 Aqueon 55/75 power filter = 29.99 Fluval M 300 watt submersible heater = 28.24 Tetra pond air pump = 44.99 ... and that doesn't include cleaning equipment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan1 Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 I hate to even think about it. Luckily my husband doesn't notice new lighting, plants, changing one black sand for another . . . He did say "Tell me again why you sold your entire 90 gallon set up and now, just 2 years later, we are setting up a 75 gallon with a new stand and all the fixins?" That he did notice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DawnMichele Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 I lost count!!!! LOL!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member TikiLola Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 I lost count!!!! LOL!!!!! I second this! Except, for me it was on purpose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blitz Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 I think I've spent about $200 so far personally, but total expenses are probably around $400. My birthday and Christmas happened right as I decided to jump into this hobby so my mom and my boyfriend both gifted me a lot of the things I needed to get my tank cycled. It would be a lot more but we managed to get my 55 gallon tank, stand, canister filter, and light for $100 on Craigslist. It was a lot more work to make sure it was all clean and sanitized, but I'm so happy with my tank now that it was more than worth the effort. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hidr Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Ok the set up I have for my goldfish now. 2 canister filters roughly cost me 200. The tank and stand roughly 600. The heater was about 30ish Light come with tank. My husband stained the stand black. So about 30 for the stain and his time. Background and live plants about 60 give or take. Holds five goldfish. (yep one to many so far all of mine are under average size.) So about 920 ish oh ya and the rocks that I keep taking out and re-buying. lol So about 950 but not all at once. Been keeping goldfish 10 years but other fish for about 25 years. Going to move them to the 150 if they get to big or once the red tiger oscar finds a new home. Which ever happens first. May have to set up the 20 gallon for one goldfish. Edited March 11, 2015 by Hidr 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Lis. Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 I started writing it all out and then felt sick looking at it, so let's just say, lots 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member RanchuDressing Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 I've been keeping goldfish for about 25 years, so the number for me easily reaches into the thousands. I did take a break for a few years, from 2003 to 2009, got rid of all my equipment and everything else when I lost all my fish at once in a malfunctioning heater incident. When I started up again, the costs were like this: 46 gallon bowfront aquarium with stand and lights, Craigslist, $80. (A total steal) 48" light bulb, $15 Two Rena XP1 canister filters, $90 each Versa Top tank lid, $45 Rena 400 air pump, $35 Titanium aquarium heater, $45 Decor, mixture of new and vintage, probably $50 the first year, then $50 a year or so thereafter (I switch things up) I used to have a HUGE variety of foods, back when Goldfish Connection was in business. I'd have Pro-Gold, sinking spirulina flakes, and more from GC, plus various Hikari pellets, Hikari frozen foods, and various other manufacturers' pelleted food. Probably spent $75/year on food. Throw in another $15/year for medicated food (which would need to be replaced annually). BLARGH. Like Lis said, this is making me fill a little ill. And then there's the fish themselves. I had 4 or 5 lovelies from Goldfishnet, at about $120 apiece, on average. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member TikiLola Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 Is nobody counting the electricity? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Wesleyworking Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) I've spent $80 on a 40 gallon setup with coral lights, a stand, and a canister off Craiglist, almost $150 in the fish themselves, about $350+ on my indoor pond setup thing, $50 in filter media, $30+ in food, $30 for the test kit, $40 Python, $40 lighting, $100+ in filters, I also have some miscellaneous chemicals/medicines/decor/etc lol. I've always liked goldfish and have kept several them in bowls and small aquariums my whole life. Ever since i can remember I've absolutely adored fish. I no longer keep goldfish in bowls and small tanks by the way [emoji23] Edited March 11, 2015 by Wesleyworking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Miss_Goldie Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 Dido, I've spent a lot but it is all well worth it now. They are too cute to pass up It's kinda a loose-loose when you think about the money. If you do it all right, you spend a lot to make sure everything is perfect. However if you do it wrong, you spend even more trying to correct all the misdoings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jmetzger72 Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 My response to the first line of the OP is: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper FishyMandy Posted March 11, 2015 Helper Share Posted March 11, 2015 Well I started with three goldfish and a snail in a 5 gallon tank, packed full of gravel and ornaments. That probably cost about $60 My next tank cost me about $80, then all the fish and ornaments I bought and packed in there. My next tank was cost a lot...I think it was $1200, then once again all the stuff I packed in there, when I learned the filter that came with the tank wasn't adequate I spent hundreds on new filters... My current tank was $1600, I didn't have to buy new filters, everything came with it and I used my old filter as well. Then working out how much I've spent on airpumps, airstones, test kits, plants, QT tanks, medicines, food, siphons, my python and now the pond that I'm setting up...and the money on actual fish, replacing lights, cleaning equipment as well as electricity and water bills! SO way more than I ever thought I'd be spending when I first saw those little $4 goldies... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fish Of Gold Posted March 11, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 11, 2015 Way more than I can really afford But worth every penny! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Georgia Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 Probably over 500 dollars. But both my fish only cost me about 30 cents so that's a plus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter Daniel E. Posted March 12, 2015 Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2015 > $1500 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DieselPlower Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 I will try to tally mine up later but I just wanted to note that there are good deals to be found if you check craigslist and look for people on this site selling things. For example, I paid $225 for a 125 gallon tank with 2 light bars and 2 fluval 405 canister filters and another $100 for the stand. I also have a $30 Aqueon 55/75 on it so for $355 I have a pretty pimped out 125 gallon aquarium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jmetzger72 Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 I find that I save a lot of money on supplies and equipment on amazon.com, especially since I have a Prime membership for shipping 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 > $1500 I would say that's about right for me too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member TikiLola Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 I refuse to tally anything up, for fear I might pass out. But, I will say this: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member yafashelli Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 All of the money that I will ever make in seven lifetimes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chai Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) > $1500I would say that's about right for me too Yep. :/CURRENT setup and all its parts, though... Various Anubias species, some rare: $200? probably more omg I have a problem......... Crinum: $20 I believe. (Do you remember the price, Mikey?) 75g tank and lids, light, etc..: $210 (on sale!) Stand: $106 (on sale, yess!!!) 20lb Carib Sea sand: $25 40lb play sand : $10? Fluval 406: $150? API Superclean 50: $17? Media in canister: who even knows, $60? Bamboo (40 stalks?): $25 Fluval M heater: $20 Bubble curtain: $7 Pond pump and 30ft hosing for water changing: $25! Grip under the tank, for stability and protect the corners: $10 Whisper air pump: $20 Their current staple foods: $20/$25/$10/$20/$35 Fish themselves LOL!: $7/$10 for the LFS bucket I brought her home in, she was free!/$6 I'm too terrified to add this, adding it in my head was enough. Edited March 12, 2015 by Chai 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 I think it was 18.99-20.00 or so 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chai Posted March 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 12, 2015 Don't forget the prime you have to keep rebuying and any meds through QT! I think it was 18.99-20.00 or soOkay Such a beautiful plant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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