WTB: sponge filters

[mrkillie]

What kind of business is it? Make sure you have separate meters, and ask to see the usage-or better yet, read the meter yourself. I've had many times where the meter readers misread the meter. I'd also do as Andrew said and account for everything that's plugged in. Estimate your usage and call the electric company to get a rate. Calculate your own cost that way.

Also, go to this link and look at the November 2010 issue-there's a good article on power consumption in the fishroom:

http://www.aclcpa.org/tank-tales.html

I have some extra sponges - if you come to the ACLC meeting tomorrow at That Fish Place (1:00), I'll bring the box and we can work out a deal if you still want to go that route. A blower, though is probably not going to save much electric. HOBs are about 5-6 watts each, if I am not mistaken, while the blower is probably 60-80 watts, so 14 tanks at 5 watts = 70 watts. You will save money in filter cartridges though.

Joel

[mscichlid]

You need to call the electric company. If you guys are all on the same meter, I think that is illegal if he is renting out the space above the store and the meters are not separate. At the very least, the utilities should be included. You are definantly being screwed. My mortgage is way less than your electric bill.

I understand your enthusiasm for getting your tank dreams going and all, however, you could use that wasted money on renting a house and not having someone dictate a price to you that you have no control over or insite into what the actual costs are. Your landlord could be just blowing smoke up your keister because he saw all the tanks and figured that you were gullable enough because you love your fishroom so much. I bet you that his mortgage on that building is less than what he's demanding for electricity.

You should find out something before investing more money in your fish habit. That guy could be telling you anything no matter what you do. How will you know if the central air solution and sponge filters will actually make a difference on the power consumption? You gonna let this guy let you know? I wouldn't.

Good luck.

[Marine590622]

Go with the poret filter material and make the maten style filters for your tanks.

Filter maintenance goes way down with these, you clean the filter once per year.

The material is expensive but lasts forever from what I have heard, so you never have to replace it.

I just bought a 1 meter cube of this shipped into Madison Wi to switch my fish room over to it.

[Marine590622]

Oh and another thing you can do is purchase this

http://www.menards.com/main/building...986-c-5778.htm

and cut and tape it to the back and sides of your tanks.

We had a member in our club who got a meter from the local power company that meassures the energy used over a given period.

he put this on a heater on a tank and ran it for three days. Then used this insulation and wrapped the two sides and the back of the tank and then measured the energy usage. He saw a 66% reduction in energy usage heating the tank once it was insulated. I have purchased this and started the process of insulating my tanks with it.

[dogofwar]

Really good tip, Randy.

Covering your tanks well also helps with hear retention...

Matt

Originally Posted by Marine590622

Oh and another thing you can do is purchase this

http://www.menards.com/main/building...986-c-5778.htm

and cut and tape it to the back and sides of your tanks.

We had a member in our club who got a meter from the local power company that meassures the energy used over a given period.

he put this on a heater on a tank and ran it for three days. Then used this insulation and wrapped the two sides and the back of the tank and then measured the energy usage. He saw a 66% reduction in energy usage heating the tank once it was insulated. I have purchased this and started the process of insulating my tanks with it.

[Wydukey1991]

well i asked the manager & found out some more info....the meter IS THE SAME so the $2500 is for apartments and business....but we dont pay utilities hes just saying we need to cut back on the electric use cuz hes a di*k but they also told me it went up to $2800 now for this month.

Joel i dont know if im gonna make it 2 the meeting tommorow, matt said he dont think he can and my buddy aaron said he has other plans and dont know if hes gonna have time so i dont think i can catch a ride.

Randy how much did a 1 meter cube cost you?

[Wydukey1991]

Holy sh!t guys I just talked to Stephan at Swiss Tropicals he wants $750 for 30 sponge filters!

[Nathan]

Thats not a bad price. They are worth it

[jonclark96]

I thought the 4x4 cubes with the lift tube were less than 10 bucks each...

[Tony]

I just saw this thread and all I have to say is lmao. Thanks for the solid chuckle.

First off, Stephan's sponge filters are not $25 each.

Second, what is the business downstairs doing that they're pulling $2500 electric bills, growing "tomatoes" indoors?