My bill runs me $85 a month for the tank alone, max of $350 for the whole house during the worst of summer in Fontana. I use two icecaps, 4 72" VHO's, 1 Iwaki MD40RLXT, prizm Pro skimmer, 2 300 wat heaters and the occasional sump pump for water changes. My house is kept at 75-76 year round so my heaters work the hardest. There is an A/C duct in the ceiling above the tank so it blows over and into the hood to remove the waste heat from the bulbs. The bulbs will bring the tank up to about 79-80 during the day and the heaters will kick in at 78 during the night. I also have a ten gallon tank in my kids play room that runs a 150 watt heater, a fluval 104 and 2 25 watt incandescents.
The photoperiod for both tanks runs from noon to 10pm with the moon lights on the main tank running whenver the controller turns them on.
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