For 500 bucks you can get a "starter" kit type set up with a 10 gallon tank, uth, substrate..etc for around 100 to 125. That would leave you around 350 to 400 for the animal and some shipping if you needed it shipped.

Look here
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...play.php?f=499

You can price some stuff. Males are going to be cheaper than females...