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Old 11/09/2007, 12:11 PM
Michael7979 Michael7979 is offline
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.0723 is what my electric costs per useage. I'm in Salem/Keizer, which is 45 miles south of Portland, Oregon.

Don't know how that will compare with Seattle, WA., but might help you get some idea.
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Old 11/09/2007, 03:27 PM
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225 with lots of DIY and carefully acquired used equipment, buying rock slowly as the opportunity for deals come up, buying frags and getting deals from locals, selecting efficient low energy equipment (low sump flow and head, tunze, T5, quality reflectors for MH and T5), accepting reduced MH means less SPS and mixed reef has equaled about 3500-4000 at this point and last month cost about an additional $200.00 on the electric bill in CA at .364 per KWh
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Old 11/09/2007, 04:58 PM
RayAllen RayAllen is offline
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I have a 210g FOWLR. So far I havnt spent near as much as any of these guys because lighting is a huge part of their budget. I am lucky to be in a great Saltwater markets (Dallas,Houston,Austin,San Antonio) and be a member of a great local club here in San Antonio. Because of this ive saved tons of money. I bought a used 210g Oceanic brick with a custom furniture stand for only $350 in amazing condition!! New would have easily $1500-1700 Heres where im at

210g w custom stand $350
Filtration- Filter/skimmer/sump/overflow $500
Return Pump $150
Random pump $50
115lbs Live Rock $200
200lbs of Sand $25
Canopy $200
Lighting $50

Grand Total only $1525; now if the tank and stand were new the budget would have been more like $3500, Again its a FOWLR

I probably add $50-60 per month on my electric bill and I also have a BC29 reef
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Old 11/09/2007, 07:32 PM
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The 0.32/kwh is only at 3rd tier. Mine is $0.11 for the first 360kwh, then at "101-150% of baseline" is 0.18/kwh. above that is the 0.32. friggin ridiculous. Sure make sthe solar panel payback shorter when you are looking at 0.32...
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Old 11/09/2007, 09:43 PM
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Setup cost? let not talk about it

Haha tell me about it 7k and still no water in the tank.
Same here. I've been working on a new inwall double sided 225gl tank for a full year (I work a lot and have a 2yr old so have only been able to work on the tank here and there). Still no water and I'm easily at over $9k, and plan to spend another $3k to $4k within the next 45 days as I finish setting it up, add water and start cycling.
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Old 11/09/2007, 10:12 PM
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Also, yeah, I'm concerned about my monthly electircal bill once my new tank is finally up and running -- I'm also in So.Cal. Summer before last I had some $800 electrical bills during the heat waves - my first summer in the house. This summer, less air conditioning, and brought it down to $500 during the heat waves.

New tank will make So.Cal Edison like me. It will be 225gl with a 400gl capacity sump (but probably with equipment displacement, etc, run about 200-250 gls in the sump). Two dart pumps, 3 400wt MH's run by sunlight electronic ballasts, Moon lights (at least those are cheap to run), Neptune controller, Deltec skimmer, Deltec Kalk reactor w/ stirrer, Litermeter, Calcium reactor, Automated switching electronic ball valve on my closed loop, heaters, and a couple other things that will draw power. Although expensive, to save a couple hundred a month during the summer, I plan to go with the Deltec Eco chiller that will be only about $5 per month versus a normal chiller that could cost several hundred dollars a month.

I anticipate about $350 to 500 p/month in cost to run the listed setup, not including fish/coral purchases and cost of set-up, which will likely end up at about $12-15k.
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Old 11/11/2007, 02:34 AM
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Im in socal, 380g 3x400w MH 4x72" VHO, 3.3amp return, 4 95w pump for protein skimmer, 750w heater (hardly ever run), 14 amp chiller $200 monthly (just for the electricity) $100+ fish food (frozen), $110 on salt mix I did not pay for water for the RODI.... Setup cost? let not talk about it...The hottest month this year my electric bill was $585.00
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Old 11/11/2007, 10:45 AM
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$200 skimmer on a 240G cube? What skimmer is that? Hope you got one heck of a deal on a good quality used one.
Yes. AE Classic 400 with 3 modded pumps.
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Old 12/05/2007, 07:12 PM
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In some places you can get half price electricity for 9 months out of the year (not summer) if you add a heat pump for your house. Check into it... They may not offer it in parts of the country that don't need heat...
 

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