GlassMunky
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$300-600/month depending on month and what we are doing. NJ/Camden County. 2 adults 0 children
220g reef
32g reef
72g freshwater planted
220g reef
32g reef
72g freshwater planted
High electric bill
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c0kefree
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$170 a month, in winter, $220 in summer.
Single bedroom apartment in North Nj. 2 tanks, reefer 170 and a hospital tank.
Temp is set to 71, but they turn my heat on late November, so i have to use an electric heater. They shut the heat off april 1st give or take, so ive been running the heaters since to keep it warm at night.
Apex says my tank costs me $28 a month.
Single bedroom apartment in North Nj. 2 tanks, reefer 170 and a hospital tank.
Temp is set to 71, but they turn my heat on late November, so i have to use an electric heater. They shut the heat off april 1st give or take, so ive been running the heaters since to keep it warm at night.
Apex says my tank costs me $28 a month.
Dang thats almost spa temp. I won't even get in our pool when it gets over 80. I'll sit in the ac instead.
Our bill is right around $300 a month give or take a few $. I'm hoping it may drop a little now that I've taken a tank down that was running a feeflo external AC pump.
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They send those to everyone. It was the only thing that convinced people to try to conserve electricity:
Just who are these energy efficient neighbors Xcel compares you to?
Xcel sends regular notices to 450,000 Colorado customers comparing their energy use to “neighbors.” The company says the notices go out to more efficient and less efficient customers al…
www.denverpost.com
Here, they have a mandate to decrease usage by 0.5% annually or something like that and also to switch to 100% "green" energy by 2030-something. They can't just jack up rates to reduce consumption because rates are controlled by a public commission. So they resort to psy-ops...
Here’s a good thread with a lot of prices from across the country
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Who’s Using Solar Power To Run Their Aquariums? Paying $.30/kWh in lower NY.
15 cents a kilowatt here in Vegas but going up steadily.. right now is the best time in Vegas to bank credits as the panels are the most efficient around 75° and produce the most.. once the summer comes it kills all my credits and I still get a $500 power bill but for now I pay $13 a month. What...
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My total electric bill is about $350-$550 a month, depending on the season. My tanks are about $200 a month by themselves. I work for an electric company but don’t get a discount. Reef tanks are definitely not budget friendly. I live in Michigan.
Bruttall
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$125 a month. 300g dt with 125g sump. 36g fresh water, 1 adult, 3 cats.
Right across the Missouri River from downtown Omaha Nebraska on the Iowa side.
My electric is not the issue. I used so much water the first 6 months, the water company sent a guy out to inspect my house to make sure I didn't have a broken water line on the house side of the meter. he saw my tank and said, "no wonder you use so much water".
Right across the Missouri River from downtown Omaha Nebraska on the Iowa side.
My electric is not the issue. I used so much water the first 6 months, the water company sent a guy out to inspect my house to make sure I didn't have a broken water line on the house side of the meter. he saw my tank and said, "no wonder you use so much water".
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You just prepaid if you bought the panels. Still a cost.$0 - runs from Solar 95% of the time
GARRIGA
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Upcoming main is 8ft by 4ft plus yet to be determined height. Support systems include a grow out frag tank, QT for fish and inverts along with observation. Last I'm going to do is figure out my electric bill. As it is. My finance mind can't wrap it's head around the fact I'll be spending an exuberant amount of money that could be earning in the market. If I get past that and finally pull the trigger. My electric bill will likely be peanuts by comparison.
Having said that. Looking at ways to be prudent not only on that build and support system but in what it takes to run and maintain it although I still expect it will all be greater than a reasonable person would expect.
Having said that. Looking at ways to be prudent not only on that build and support system but in what it takes to run and maintain it although I still expect it will all be greater than a reasonable person would expect.
Gumbies R Us
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Roughly $140 each month for where I am at
gbroadbridge
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The government paid most of the panel and battery costs.You just prepaid if you bought the panels. Still a cost.
Cheaper than building power stations.
NanoNana
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Nothing to do with fish tanks but just as a point of reference, when I lived in Santa Cruz in the late 1980’s my highest power bill ever was $55 the one year we had to run the heat for a week. Average was $35.
Dragen Fiend
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Between my 4 nano tanks, I'm probably ball park $40 a month which is nothing.
My electric bill averages about $500 a month.
Most of my energy costs are coming from my network rack with several servers. I use about 600kWh a month on that alone. On average I'm between 1700-2000kWh a month.
My electric bill averages about $500 a month.
Most of my energy costs are coming from my network rack with several servers. I use about 600kWh a month on that alone. On average I'm between 1700-2000kWh a month.
