Reply To: Keeping aquarium costs down

Wood can be collected from local forests and there are a lot of live foods you can collect/breed yourself.
I dont tend to buy cheap equipment because if it failed and i lost all my fish it would not be worth the small saving. Especially if you deal with rare or endangered fish.
Ebay is my favourite place to get a bargain, in the past i have bought a secondhand but not used, top of the range heater for £5 instead of the £22 my local shop is selling it for. I also get the majority of my food from there aswel as declorinator as i found a man selling in plain bottles,bulk deals on a top brand declorinator. Nearly half price savings….