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I have kept both reptiles and inverts and know the costs that go along with them. Just for the heck of it, i checked out whats all involved in setting up a fish tank, mostly saltwater and I am glad to say that our hobby(inverts) is loads cheaper and IMO more interesting.
To me, unless you have an enormous tank, watching fish swim back and forth is kinda boring, even if you have cool things like eels, crabs and other aquatic inverts. But T.'s and Scorps burrow, make huge intricate webs and really amaze you at what they can do. And they do this relatively cheaply. Housing a T. is quite cheap if you avoid retail. A proper setup for the biggest T. needs only a 10 gallon tank with some substrate, a hide or two, some branches if arboreal, and a water dish.
Not to mention alot of really beautiful species can be bought for less than 50 bux(try doing that in the reptile world). All in all, a truly great and rewarding hobby that doesn;t break the bank(unless you get addicted like me and keep buying more and more lol)
To me, unless you have an enormous tank, watching fish swim back and forth is kinda boring, even if you have cool things like eels, crabs and other aquatic inverts. But T.'s and Scorps burrow, make huge intricate webs and really amaze you at what they can do. And they do this relatively cheaply. Housing a T. is quite cheap if you avoid retail. A proper setup for the biggest T. needs only a 10 gallon tank with some substrate, a hide or two, some branches if arboreal, and a water dish.
Not to mention alot of really beautiful species can be bought for less than 50 bux(try doing that in the reptile world). All in all, a truly great and rewarding hobby that doesn;t break the bank(unless you get addicted like me and keep buying more and more lol)