Livestock Cost for my 180g Living Room Reef Tank

The price list below is for the cost of live “items”, this covers fish, inverts, live rock, live sand, or any or odd critters. Some critters listed below started in other reef tanks of mine and then moved to my 180g tank.

Date | Category | Item | Price | Vendor 04/23/1997 | Fish | Percula Clown (female) | $6.49 | PetCo. (Brookfield, CT) 04/26/1997 | Fish | Percula Clown (male) | $6.49 | PetCo. (Brookfield, CT) 04/27/1997 | Invert | Corkscrew Anemone Macrodactyla doreensis | $32.99 | Pet Supply Warehouse 05/06/1997 | Live Rock | 42 lbs. - Premium Fiji Island Rock ($2.99/lb) | $125.58 | Flying Fish Express 08/21/1997 | Invert | Red Mushroom Rock Colony | $50.00 | Marine Life Systems 12/05/1997 | Sand | (2) 30lbs bags of Caribsea Aragamax | $65.98 | InLand Aquatics 12/05/1997 | Sand | 18 lbs. - CaribSea Reef sand (oolitic) | $19.99 | InLand Aquatics 01/05/1998 | Sand | 30 lbs. - live oolitic sand | $60.00 | InLand Aquatics 01/05/1998 | Shipping | Shipping & Box charages for live sand | $68.50 | InLand Aquatics 01/05/1998 | Live Rock | 25 lbs. - Tonga Branch rock | $117.50 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 01/09/1998 | Invert | Metallic Green Mushroom on Live Rock | $30.00 | Flying Fish Express 01/09/1998 | Shipping | Overnight Shipping & Box Charge of Green Mushrooms | $32.85 | Flying Fish Express 01/19/1998 | Fish | Engineer Gobie Pholidichthys leucotaenia | $15.00 | Flying Fish Express 01/19/1998 | Invert | Green Brittle Star Ophiarachna incrassata | $4.00 | Flying Fish Express 01/19/1998 | Invert | Blue Mushroom Rock | $30.00 | Flying Fish Express 01/19/1998 | Shipping | Shipping & Box Charges for Gobie, Star, Mushrooms | $38.79 | Flying Fish Express 03/31/1998 | Live Rock | 30 lbs. - Florida aquacultured rock | $75.00 | Tampa Bay Saltwater 03/31/1998 | Sand | 10 lbs. - Florida live sand | $10.00 | Tampa Bay Saltwater 03/31/1998 | Invert | (2) Serpent starsfish | $12.00 | Tampa Bay Saltwater 03/31/1998 | Shipping | Shipping & Box Charged for Tampa Bay Saltwater Order | $36.13 | Tampa bay Saltwater 04/27/1998 | Invert | Small ‘Giant’ Clam Tridacna derasa | $40.00 | Wet and Wild 04/27/1998 | Invert | Octobubble Coral Plerogyra sp. | $35.00 | Wet and Wild 06/14/1998 | Fish | Small Red Sea Purple Tang Zebrasoma xanthurum | $99.00 | Country Aquarium 07/07/1998 | Fish | Small Mandarin Synchiropus picturatus | $10.34 | PetCo. (Brookfield, CT)

Above listed items were from my existing reef tanks

Date | Category | Item | Price | Vendor 11/18/1998 | Live Rock | 88 lbs. - Fiji Jumbo Show Rock | $233.75 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 11/18/1998 | Shipping | Shipping for above rock (air freight) | $85.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 02/13/1999 | Sand | Live Sand Activator Plus | $29.95 | Indo-Pacific Sea Farms 02/13/1999 | Invert | (6) Trocus Grazers (snails) | $14.95 | Indo-Pacific Sea Farms 02/13/1999 | Shipping | Shipping for above IPSF order | $24.50 | Indo-Pacific Sea Farms 02/15/1999 | Sand | 25 lbs. - Fiji Live Sand | $75.00 | Premium Aquatics 02/15/1999 | Invert | (12) Astrea Snails | $9.60 | Premium Aquatics 02/15/1999 | Shipping | Shipping for above Premium Aquatics order | $53.25 | Premium Aquatics 03/12/1999 | Sand | Detritivore Kit | $45.00 | Inland Aquatics 03/12/1999 | Invert | (12) Mini-brittle stars | $10.50 | Inland Aquatics 03/12/1999 | Invert | Yellow Ball Sponge | $15.99 | Inland Aquatics 03/12/1999 | Invert | Red Ball Sponge | $15.99 | Inland Aquatics 03/12/1999 | Invert | Red Algae Sampler Kit | $4.99 | Inland Aquatics 03/12/1999 | Shipping | Shipping for above Inland Aquatics order | $56.75 | Inland Aquatics 04/03/1999 | Invert | Pink tipped Elegance Catalaphyllia jardinei | $69.00 | Wet & Wild 04/03/1999 | Invert | (2) Cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis | $31.00 | Wet & Wild 04/03/1999 | Fish | Sailfin Tang Zambrasoma veliferum | $30.00 | Wet & Wild 05/06/1999 | Invert | 1.5" Super Grade Tridacna crocea clam | $30.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/06/1999 | Invert | (2) Cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis | $26.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/06/1999 | Invert | Blue Linkia Sea Star Linkia laevigata | $6.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/06/1999 | Invert | Black sea cucumber Stichopus chloronotus | $6.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/06/1999 | Shipping | Shipping for above Jeff’s Exotic Fish order | $49.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 06/04/1999 | Invert | SPS Coral Fragment Montipora | $12.00 | Premium Aquatics 06/04/1999 | Invert | SPS Coral Fragment Acropora micropthalama | $12.00 | Premium Aquatics 06/04/1999 | Invert | Tigertail Cucumber Holothuria impatiens | $10.00 | Premium Aquatics 06/04/1999 | Invert | 3" Ultra Grade Tridacna Maxima Clam | $45.00 | Premium Aquatics 06/04/1999 | Invert | Single Branch LPS Hammer Coral Euphyllia ancora | $5.00 | Premium Aquatics 06/04/1999 | Shipping | Shipping & Box charge for above order | $28.00 | Premium Aquatics 06/19/1999 | Invert | (20) Nassarius sp. snails | $20.00 | James Fox (hobbiest) 06/27/1999 | Invert | 7" Tridacna squamosa clam (white/black stiped) | $50.00 | Reefers 06/27/1999 | Invert | 5" Tridacna derasa clam (Green, Blue, Purple) | $30.00 | Reefers 09/06/1999 | Live Sand | 20 lbs. - Florida Keys white live sand | $39.00 | Paragon Aquatics 09/06/1999 | Live Rock | 10 lbs. - Hand picked cured Fiji Live Rock | $34.20 | Paragon Aquatics 09/06/1999 | Invert | Small Colt Coral Cladiella sp. | $18.00 | Paragon Aquatics 10/14/1999 | Fish | Red Sea Alage Blenny Salarias fasciatus | $16.00 | Wet & Wild 11/20/1999 | Fish | Res Sea Blond Naso (Naso lituratus) | $80.00 | Reef & Fin 11/20/1999 | Fish | Foxface Rabbit Fish (Lo vulpinus) | $40.00 | Reef & Fin 12/13/1999 | Invert | 16 Tiger Trocus Snails | $57.00 | Marine Center 12/15/1999 | Invert | 25 Nassarius snails (Nassarius sp.) | $17.50 | Premium Aquatics 12/15/1999 | Invert | 25 Baja Snails (Cerithium litteratum) | $17.50 | Premium Aquatics 12/15/1999 | Invert | 25 Margarita Snails (Nerita funiculata) | $15.00 | Premium Aquatics 12/15/1999 | Invert | 15 Astrea Snails | $12.00 | Premium Aquatics 12/15/1999 | Invert | 12 Tiger/Zebra Trochus Snails | $27.00 | Premium Aquatics 12/15/1999 | Shipping | Shipping & Box charge for above order. (Saturday Del.) | $49.25 | Premium Aquatics 01/16/2000 | Invert | 20 Tiger/Zebra Trochus Snails | $40.00 | Paragon Aquatics 01/16/2000 | Sand | 10 lbs. Live Sand | $20.00 | Paragon Aquatics 01/16/2000 | Invert | Pink Birdsnest Coral (Seriatopora hystrix) | $25.00 | Paragon Aquatics 01/16/2000 | Invert | Green Acropora with Blue Tips (Acropora tenuis) | $25.00 | Paragon Aquatics 01/16/2000 | Invert | Pocillopora frag (Pocillopora verrucosa) | $25.00 | Paragon Aquatics 02/12/2000 | Invert | 20 Bumble Bee Snails | $20.00 | Paragon Aquatics 02/12/2000 | Invert | 10 lbs. Hand Picked Live Rock | $30.00 | Paragon Aquatics 02/26/2000 | Sand | 10 lbs. ESV Live Sand | $20.00 | Wet & Wild 03/25/2000 | Invert | 4 Peppermint Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni | $20.00 | Paragon Aquatics 03/25/2000 | Invert | 12 Margarita Snails | $10.00 | Paragon Aquatics 03/25/2000 | Invert | 12 Nassarius Snails | $10.00 | Paragon Aquatics 05/24/2000 | Invert | 25 Margarita Snails | $18.75 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/24/2000 | Invert | 25 Turbo Grazer Snails | $22.50 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/24/2000 | Invert | 2 Tropical Abalone Snails | $31.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/24/2000 | Invert | 25 Nassarius Snails | $16.25 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/24/2000 | Invert | 25 Trochus Snails | $38.75 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/24/2000 | Fish | Lawnmower Blenny | $15.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 05/24/2000 | Shipping | Shipping and box charge for above Jeff’s Exotic Fish order | $52.00 | Jeff’s Exotic Fish 06/11/2000 | Fish | Chevron Tang Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis | $80.00 | Reef & Fin 07/17/2000 | Invert | (5) Elysia Crispata Bryopsis eating nudibranches | $21.95 | Carolina Biological Supply Company 07/17/2000 | Shipping | Shipping and box charge for above order | $5.95 | Carolina Biological Supply Company 08/05/2000 | Sand | 5 lb. Live Sand | $10.60 | Reefers 08/18/2000 | Sand | 30 lbs Live Sand | $22.00 | Local Reef Keeper 08/18/2000 | Invert | Tiger Tail Cuke | $4.00 | Local Reef Keeper 10/30/2000 | Invert | 16 Tiger Trochus Snails | $40.00 | Paragon Aquatics 01/06/2001 | Invert | Blue Tuxedo Urchin Mespilia globulis | $12.00 | Reef & Fin 01/17/2001 | Invert | 25 Nassarius Snails | $25.00 | Premium Aquatics 01/17/2001 | Invert | 25 Margarita Snails | $25.00 | Premium Aquatics 01/17/2001 | Invert | Green Emerald Crab Mithrax sculptus | $5.00 | Premium Aquatics 01/27/2001 | Invert | Black Knobby Sae Cucumber | $12.00 | Reef & Fin 04/08/2001 | Invert | 60 Tiger Trochus Snails | $120.00 | Paragon Aquatics 04/08/2001 | Invert | Blue Tuxedo Urchin Mespilia globulis | $22.00 | Paragon Aquatics 07/23/2001 | Invert | Lawnmower Blenny | $15.00 | Hidden Reef 08/02/2001 | Invert | Blue Crocea Clam | $50.00 | Harbor Aquatics 08/02/2001 | Shipping | Shipping for above order Harbour order | $30.00 | Harbor Aquatics 03/02/2002 | Fish | Twospot Hogfish Bodianus bimaculatus | $75.95 | Country Critters 04/14/2002 | Invert | Orange Linkia seastar Linkia laevigata | $31.80 | Reef & Fin 11/16/2002 | Fish | Yellow Cleaner Goby, Gobiosoma evelynae | $19.20 | New York Aquaria Total Live Stock Cost: | $3,589.99

Cost Breakdown by Category Fish: | $508.46 Invert: | $1,500.76 Live Rock: | $616.03 Sand: | $417.52 Shipping: | $609.97