NanoGurl's 75g Reef Thread
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GSMguy
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yep talk to guys like invincable569 and hahnmeister whos tank cost less than 60 bucks a month to run.
be willing to spend a lil more up front for stuff that uses less electricity and also for stuff that doesnt have expensive replacement parts.
IMO you could plan a tank that size for a long time and still miss stuff.
think about wattage and photoperiod when choosing lights a 400w electronic ballast will use less energy than a 400 hqi ballast. stuff like that. and the biggest energy savings can be had from your skimmers and return/closed loop pumps. and of course cooling thru evaporation instead of a large chiller.
some big beckett skimmers can run 200-400w constantly 24/7 some NW do the same job for 30-80w. those NW while more expensive initially will in the end save you money.
anyway, if i was thinking about a tank that size i would be thinking of it as a major investment and want to get the best return for the least amount of money over the long term.
Good luck im sure Ocean and Oreo will love a tank that size.
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NanoGurl
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Thanks for the info and suggestions! I don't know if I am going with that, I probably won't. But I was looking at other options when I saw the glasscages.com website.
I would run 250w for sure. I liked the Tunze nanostreams I had bc they used a lot less watts then maxi-jets and such. I wouldn't do a closedloop.
If my calculations were correct (big if) it would cost about $100 a month to run the tank with what I looked at, at .16 cents KW. That does not include salt, water, replacement bulbs etc, just electricity.
I would run 250w for sure. I liked the Tunze nanostreams I had bc they used a lot less watts then maxi-jets and such. I wouldn't do a closedloop.
If my calculations were correct (big if) it would cost about $100 a month to run the tank with what I looked at, at .16 cents KW. That does not include salt, water, replacement bulbs etc, just electricity.
NanoGurl
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They do reptile shows a lot. Check to see if they will be in your area. If they are, you could just goto the show and buy one if they had it there. That way you don't have to pay the delivery fee.
They charge $100 to bring the tank to a show they were going to already with or without my order. Kinda irks me.
Nano Chris
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You could try taking some of the chaeto and shake it in the display (the pods should fall off) and it would spread them into the display so the mandarin could eat them.
vsnsofadrgn
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any suggestions on how to get the manadrin to eat pellets??? brand of pellets??
NanoGurl
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No, nothing new with the 75.
My clown died in my nano though
He started breating really rapidly and looked stressed. I thought it was brooks maybe but he didn't develop any other symptons or outward disease. I tested all of my lelves and everything was zero.. even nitrates which was surprising. The SH and pipefish are doing great... so it was really odd to me that the clown was what died.
muelpaul
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10858950#post10858950 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoGurl
No, nothing new with the 75.
My clown died in my nano though
I am sorry to hear that NanoGurl, you know it's sometimes just something that can't be explained. Hopefully it isn't something that other fish can catch.
NanoGurl
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Thanks MP! This was a few weeks ago... no other fish just the SH and pipefish. They have been fine. The clown from day one was always "slower" then normal... one reason i guess he did well with the SH. I'm guessing when i got him he had something but I really don't know. It happened to fast to treat him.
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