My new 600 gallon reef

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14643783#post14643783 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bax
Is the tenneti a new addition?

I've had the fish for a while, I posted the picture cause I liked the relflection. I wasn't trying to take it, just happened to show up....

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14643589#post14643589 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Micki
Chuck what is this last picture? Very cool looking colors.

Finger leather I believe.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14644002#post14644002 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reeftanks6
Chuck love the Tennet tang shot! That is great!

Thank you! It wasn't planned, I was suprised by it when I browsed through the photos I took.

 

[Goodwin9]

 

[Reeftanks6]

Wow thats a great shot for not being planned out a little! But that happens to me sometimes to but it seems all the time that when you take the pictures that arent ment to happen are just as good if not better!

 

[Goodwin9]

 

[Cougarman]

Great photos Goodwin9. Your camera skills are superior to mine!!

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14650043#post14650043 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cougarman
Great photos Goodwin9. Your camera skills are superior to mine!!

Practice and a very large storage card....thank goodness for digital cameras

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14648277#post14648277 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reeftanks6
Wow thats a great shot for not being planned out a little! But that happens to me sometimes to but it seems all the time that when you take the pictures that arent ment to happen are just as good if not better!

I know what you mean, one of my best FTS was captured when I was taking a picture of the corner of my 470 that was chipped in shipping and had been repaired by rounding the corners of the tank.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

dp

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Chuck - How much is your electric bill monthly? The reason I ask is mine is running around $175/mo with 2400W of lighting for 7 hours and the rest of the tank room (~2500W) running 24/7. I just had the electric company stop out today and tell me how to save on some power throughout my house and he said when i'm at full blast my tank room is roughly 5kW per hour.

 

[Cougarman]

That 470 is a serious tank. Goodwin9 have you contemplated trying sps again? With the stability of your 600 you should be able to get some to grow.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14652030#post14652030 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefaquariumnut
Chuck - How much is your electric bill monthly? The reason I ask is mine is running around $175/mo with 2400W of lighting for 7 hours and the rest of the tank room (~2500W) running 24/7. I just had the electric company stop out today and tell me how to save on some power throughout my house and he said when i'm at full blast my tank room is roughly 5kW per hour.

David..I wished that mine was less than $200., but it is averaging around $1000. a month, higher in the summer & a little less in the winter. I haven't figured the wattage of all on the lights, but the 9 chillers are using a lot of juice which produce heat which the central air must take care of. The good news is that my gas bill has never been higher than $40. in any given month.

 

[rytrearc]

Nice tank!

 

[Cougarman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14652316#post14652316 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
David..I wished that mine was less than $200., but it is averaging around $1000. a month, higher in the summer & a little less in the winter. I haven't figured the wattage of all on the lights, but the 9 chillers are using a lot of juice which produce heat which the central air must take care of. The good news is that my gas bill has never been higher than $40. in any given month.

Well we dont get into this hobby to save money. Just part of the expenses.

 

[Reeftanks6]

Wow thats a great photo!

 

[jnarowe]

I am running about $600/month.

 

[Goodwin9]

It's a slow process, but the nudibranchs have been working on the flatworm population.

 

[Goodwin9]

I was watching one on the side of the tank and noticed that the flat worms move right along when they are being chased by the nudibranchs.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657105#post14657105 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
I am running about $600/month.

How many of those 1000 watters are you running