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What is the monthly maintenance cost of a large FOWLR tank (1500 gallons & up) ?

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Those of you who have massive tanks can you tell me roughly what it costs you monthly to maintain such a large aquarium. I’m looking to potentially build a massive plywood tank down the road for fish only. I’m hopeful that since it’s a FOWLR it will only cost a fraction of what a true Reef tank would.
 
Everything salty is expensive.

your start up cost will be high, even building your own tank. Price out the biggest protein skimmer and UV you can afford as a starting point.

then figure out your gallonage, lets say you built a 500 gallon- 20% water change will cost about $50 in salt alone.

can't speak to electrical or water as I have solar to support my habits.
 
PhishMon84 said:
Everything salty is expensive.

your start up cost will be high, even building your own tank. Price out the biggest protein skimmer and UV you can afford as a starting point.

then figure out your gallonage, lets say you built a 500 gallon- 20% water change will cost about $50 in salt alone.

can't speak to electrical or water as I have solar to support my habits.
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I already have a large saltwater reef tank (155 gal total volume) for reference so I’m not as concerned about the equipment costs. I’m just more so wondering if there’s something I’m not thinking of for a FOWLR that I might want to know about. For example I’d definitely need to do more water changes since the bio load will be higher than my reef tank (which I can just dose). It seems very few people have a saltwater tank over 1000G and I’m wondering if there’s a reason for that other than expensive water changes lol.
 
Good luck with it!, my biggest salty is about 120 gallons. FO

I do plan on switching one of my 180's salt for these guys in the next year or so. I'd love a 300gal+

the biggest tanks i encounter are reefs- theres a 600 from MBL aquatics- i don't know if mike is on here. Mr Saltwater has a huge drop off tank, Pollo reef has like a multiple thousand gallon but thats damn near a professional aquarium
 
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