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View Poll Results: How high is your electric bill with your aquariums? | |
Up to $50.
|    | 6 | 28.57% | |
$50 - $100.
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$100 - $200.
|    | 8 | 38.10% | |
More than $200!
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11-22-2005, 07:10 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Miami, FL,Florida
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I wouldn't be too upset Matt. My last bill was $120. Which is great compared to the $200 bill of the previous month.
BTW, a 125 gal tank with 2-400 W MH and 2-96 Watt VHOs only draws $17/Mo.
This is by FL electric rates. What draws the most energy is the AC. _________ &&&&20 Gal. , Millenium 1000 & 2000 filter, 130watt Corallife 50/50 reef lamp. Maroon Gold-striped Clown, Pygmy (Cherub) Angel, Skunk Cleaner shrimp, 8 Turbo Snails, 1 unknown cone snail , a branch of red grape calerpa , Sun Polyps, Blue-Green Striped shroom, Red shroom, Zoo Polyp colonies, & Green Star polyps, green monti. | 
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11-22-2005, 07:44 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denver, CO Age: 26
Posts: 67
Karma: 20
 
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I'm kind of scared- mine has only been $10 the past 2 months... that 'aint right (don't get me wrong- I'm not complaining, but I wonder what happens when they find out  ) _________ 
Setup:26 gal. bowfront (started 8/05) 130W PC. Fluval 304. 80 lbs. live rock.
LiveStock&Coral: Perc clown, Pygmy Angelfish, cleanr shrimp, Ricordia, Xenia, KenyaTree, shrooms, Lobo, Zoos, Hammer, green star, candy cane.
NEW! 6 gal nano at work. Osc clown, zoos, mushroom, clnr shrimp, g star, sun polyps | |
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11-22-2005, 07:45 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
Posts: 423
Karma: 63
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$ 330 average, Three tanks 5 150watt HQI
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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11-22-2005, 07:53 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Another rate hike here. Lakeland Electric just announced $11.04 for 1000 kw
What is this California?? ( jk Matt, Bruce, Gresham and all you unfortunate people who live there) Just a small jab about last years rolling blackouts because some DOBOS messed up big time and guess who has to pay for it... Thats right the people who have to work for a living.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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11-22-2005, 08:19 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 5
Karma: 1
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winter time is great becouse no a/c bill
the tanks don't use as much as you would think
winter time electric is about 90 for me with 4 tanks running all with high light and skimmers and so on
but the summer time kills me with 300$$ bills next summer all the tanks get chillers and i am going to turn the a/c up to about 79-80 vs. 75 to try to keep the tanks cool
the central a/c i have uses 4,000 watts but it does get to about 100' out here for about 2 weeks every year so you got have something with some seriuos BTU's | |
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11-22-2005, 08:52 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: jonesboro, arkansas Age: 29
Posts: 215
Karma: 12
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i think my tank is costing me about $20 a month extra. its hard to tell because my bill fluctuates so much.
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125 gallon glass. 3 10k 250w metal halides, 1 4ft 110w vho actinic. who knows how much live rock. yellow tang, domino, cinnamon clown, percula clown, flame angel,peppermint shrimp, camel shrimp, skunk shrimp, a few turbo snails, lots of hermit crabs, leather coral, branching frogspawn, mushrooms, too much xenia, and several different zoo's and button polyps | |
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11-22-2005, 11:02 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 335
Karma: 62
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I have not seen any real impact with my tank...which is interesting when you consider all of the pumps, powerhards, MH Lights, etc... | |
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11-22-2005, 12:03 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
Posts: 5,782
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Originally Posted by Matt Rogers "before the aquariums?" | This sentence makes no sense to me.......?  | |
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11-22-2005, 12:48 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
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Originally Posted by amcarrig This sentence makes no sense to me.......? | 
Me either but I ASS U ME D it meant, "How much of an impact Does your aquarium have on your light bill?" 
Jim | |
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