Paolo Piccinell
insatiably curious
The biggest problems for an aquarist are:
1 - The need to work sometimes to earn money and pay aquarium costs
2 - The energy cost to properly manage a big reef tank
:idea::idea::idea:
I tried to solve them both by:
1 - placing the tank into my office
2 - installing solar panels on the roof
...but let me start from the beginning...
I actually own an ELOS 160 (550 litres - 160*60*60cm) berlin method sps dominated... the corals grow so fast and I don't want to give tham away, so I needed a bigger tank.
My wife denied the pesmission to install it at home (2 small children and power cost are prohibitive), so I decided to place it into my office... this way I can watch at it more than 10 hous per day!!! :bounce2:
In the last month the government launched new incentives for the installation of solar power plants so....:idea::idea::idea: why do not use solar energy to supply the aquarium?!?
The solar panels:
(ok, they do not just supply energy for the aquarium...):
1 - The need to work sometimes to earn money and pay aquarium costs
2 - The energy cost to properly manage a big reef tank
:idea::idea::idea:
I tried to solve them both by:
1 - placing the tank into my office
2 - installing solar panels on the roof
...but let me start from the beginning...
I actually own an ELOS 160 (550 litres - 160*60*60cm) berlin method sps dominated... the corals grow so fast and I don't want to give tham away, so I needed a bigger tank.
My wife denied the pesmission to install it at home (2 small children and power cost are prohibitive), so I decided to place it into my office... this way I can watch at it more than 10 hous per day!!! :bounce2:
In the last month the government launched new incentives for the installation of solar power plants so....:idea::idea::idea: why do not use solar energy to supply the aquarium?!?
The solar panels:
(ok, they do not just supply energy for the aquarium...):
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