[ben]

im not even going to waste my time giving you an answer to that,

planted tank , whatever next

[ben]

seriously it would be a lot cheper imo, but i think you might struggle to go to freshwater after a colourful reef. what about fish only?

[Rockstar]

What about a NANO. V cheap to run and you can still have a mini reef.

Rocky.

[ben]

i earn sod all too m8 so if it was me i would just downsize. you have all the kit, rock , corals ect and after working out my tank runs on about £7 leccy each week i think thats totally acceptable.

selling your tank should raise enough for a smaller cube

[reefyman]

sell that bike of yours and get a moped should free up some money

[reefyman]

try contacting paul(mountain man)as thats what hes done.personally id think about a nano costs on that should be reasonable

[reefyman]

freshwater planted in is original tank

[Social D]

Go for a cube and grow formosa's from the bottom up single 250w 6.5k.

[TrevC]

Andrew, on Jul 14 2008, 08:54 PM, said:

Ben i bet you earn double what i get, your a doddgy plumber afterall!

Blimey, I knew he was doddgy but a plumber too...!

[SLAPPY]

TrevC, on Jul 14 2008, 09:46 PM, said:

Blimey, I knew he was doddgy but a plumber too...!

, he's good at putting up garden sheds.

[Crabbit]

A planted tank is just as much of a ball ache. The one they run a maidenhead uses co2 unit, phosphate remover, ro water, mineral buffers, plant food, special substrate stuff more expensive than mineral mud, T5 lighting and allot of shrimps to eat algae and a small amount of fish as it will give you to much nitrate giving you algae all over your plants. I reckon with the new trends everyone is experimenting with DSB buckets and pappone high feed to get the cost down try a non-photosynthetic tank. Sun coral, sea fans, dendros, rics and gorgs. You can lose the light and most of the calcium stuff making it allot cheaper and just as fun to keep. These corals tend to be very colourful as well. You could have a wicked tank but keeping the challenge of the Hobie going. From what i know it will be just as expensive to keep as a planted tank plus you have all the stuff already

[ben]

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

Andrew ,give me a call m8 as i have a few ideas

jas

[dylan]

andrew mate dont do it as mark said it isnt cheap this is tank i run at work



costing was lighting £300
substrate £240
rocks £100
substrate heating £120
plants £600
co2 £380
filters £180

thats without the fish, 100 shrimp, plant food

just go for something like bens tank, or mine we are only running 1 light i dont have any fancy gear on my tank costs £8.00 a week, if your gunna do a planted tank you cant take any short cuts just like marines the intial cost will be huge