cost

Tank Cost:
The tank cost about $1600. Here's a summary:

Equipment Cost:
All Glass Aquarium 54 g corner tank and stand (LFS)--$450.00
Coralife Solar System Metal Halide fixture (That Pet Place)--$129.99
Red Sea Berlin Skimmer with Rio 2500 (Premium Aquatics)--$169.95
Rio 2500 for return pump (Premium Aquatics)--$39.95
AGA Overflow Standpipe Kit (LFS)--$50.00
Parts for Durso Modified Standpipe (PVC pipe, air valve, connectors, etc)--$15.00
Misc. plumbing parts (vinyl tubing, PVC primer and cement, etc) (Home Depot)--$20.00
Sump (10 g aquarium + plexiglass baffle, caulking, etc) (LFS, Home Depot)--$15.00
60 lb. Aragamax Bahama sand (Premium Aquatics)--$39.90
150 lb. Coralife salt (LFS)--$30.00
Bottled water-initial delivery of 70 gallons (AQUACOOL)--$84.00
Misc. items (fish food, algae magnet, etc)--$50.00
Shipping costs on mail-ordered dry goods--$30.00

Total Equipment Cost= $1124.00

Livestock Cost:
60 lbs. Fiji Live Rock (LFS)--$220.00
Various hermits (Flying Fish Express and LFS)--$20.00
Feather Duster (LFS)--$8.00
Star Polyps (LFS)--$14.00
Button Polyps (LFS)--$12.00
Yellow Polyps (LFS)--$12.00
Devil's Hand Leather (Flying Fish Express)--$24.00
Hairy Leather (Flying Fish Express)--$23.00
Toadstool Leather (Flying Fish Express)--$24.00
Striped Shrooms (Flying Fish Express)--$24.00
Red Shrooms (Flyling Fish Express)--$33.00
Green Frilly Shrooms (Flying Fish Express)--$24.00
Shipping Cost of mail-ordered livestock--$49.00
Tomato clownfish (LFS)--$5.00
Three-stripe Damsel (LFS)--$3.00
Yellow-tailed Blue Damsel (LFS)--$3.00

Total Livestock Cost= $498.00

TOTAL TANK COST= $1622.00

Additional Monthly Cost:
Replacement Bottled water (20 g/month)--$24.00
Electricity--$7.00

Total Monthly Cost= $31.00