How Much Has This Hobby Cost You?

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Do you ever wonder how much money you'd have accumulated if it wasn't for this hobby? Can anyone even estimate how much money they spent on this hobby? I really can't, but I would say anywhere upwards of $30,000 over the years if not more.

Anyone else care to estimate?
 

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1.92 million + 1 wife + 4 chilrens + 2 dogs + my good looks + my hair + witty personality + my 32 inch waist + awesome sense of humor aaaaaaand a partridge in a pear tree : (
 

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Imagine no more bro...we would be happy...well not together but you know what I mean..lmao
 
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Well.... it matters. There's the real answer and the answer i give my wife. My paranoia stops me from stating the real number even on here... you never know.

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30K over how long of a period? Your question is interesting which reminds me of a financial adviser's calculation. He was showing us how much money you can save if you pack lunches and breakfasts....drink free coffee at work instead of StarBuck......Just the simple things could save you million dollars....over your life time span.

If you put down 30K 1 shot, then man that hurts. If you pay here 100 bucks, there 200 bucks....over 10 years to come up with 30K, then it is not even close to the value of the 30K at once and I have not added inflation to the equation yet.

Moreover, the way I see it, if you don't throw the money to the fish/reef pile, you will find a different pile to throw that money at ...hopefully not coke and something damaging long term....

We all spend money to buy happiness... That is how I take it. Now I am new to this hobby so don't try to scare me off :)
 
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Moreover, the way I see it, if you don't throw the money to the fish/reef pile, you will find a different pile to throw that money at ...hopefully not coke and something damaging long term....

We all spend money to buy happiness... That is how I take it. Now I am new to this hobby so don't try to scare me off :)
ugh... all my money has been going to plants and plant pots.. in a couple of months, i know have around 98 orchids... and more than half are rare ones... not to mention the ones that died i the last heat wave... yikes...

but if it isn't the reef, or the plants... it's something else... i have too many interest and not enough money... LOL...
 
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10 years, 25 K ? + ? Yes it's a hobby, I asked other reefers why they thought it was so addicting. One of the answers really made sense at the time. It's about collecting like be any babies, coins whatever ! I am a recovering addict 18 + years ( THANKS NA ) So it can get a little sketchy for me sometimes

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Oh, one more thing, I remember trying to calculate how much money I spent on Coke in one year, 25 years ago ? and I guessed about 15 K !

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1.92 million + 1 wife + 4 chilrens + 2 dogs + my good looks + my hair + witty personality + my 32 inch waist + awesome sense of humor aaaaaaand a partridge in a pear tree : (
same here but i one up you. had to give up my virginity for a purple monster frag. had to say she was a looker, but it was ruff.
 

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Easily 35k in the last 9 to10 years . My new hobby in the last 3 year has been around that much as well.

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I always hate it when someone ask me how much did I spent for my tank!


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