how much do you spend?

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by suckafish, Sep 2, 2010.

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  1. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    You must be on a well then?
     
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  3. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    At my last place it was about $60-$80 higher dependent on the weather and the AC as compared to a few of my neighbors. I also like to keep my AC at 70 all the time, so I know my heater gets to run quite a bit. Come to think of it, having a reef tank is no where even close to being "green". ;D
     
  4. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    So not carbon neutral!
     
  5. OverStocked

    OverStocked Coral Banded Shrimp

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    lights 98watts on 12 hours so lets say 48watts
    heater 300watts on 1/4 of the time so 75watts
    filter 24watts
    pump 1 34watts
    pump 2 14watts
    pump 3 14watts
    pump 4 14watts

    fuge light 48watts
    skimmer 32watts

    269 watts total on 24/7 at 15cents per kwh = 6.7 per day so 201 kwh per month so $30.15 a month

    These are things i don't want to show my parents
     
  6. OverStocked

    OverStocked Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I think i might have missed one but 3reef is not math class so im not redoing it anyways it 30$
     
  7. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Sure takes a lot of green!