The Being Green Revolution!

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With this new fad about "Being Green" what have you done to make your tank alittle more energy efficient?

Solar lights, cutting back on light schedules, T-5 lighting over MH... so on and so on.
 
Nothing. I use a CF in my sump just so i dont have to pay ConEd anymore money than I already do.

Otherwise, absolutely nothing. Who cares?
 
I don't know how 'green' this plan is, but once my new SPS tank is up and running I am incorporating a semi-automated water change system between the new SPS tank and my currently running Softies tank on the other side of the house, whereas the discard water from the SPS tank will be pumped over to the softies tank, and be the replacement water (water change) for that tank since softies like a little higher nutrient tank, and the fresh made saltwater will be pumped from my storing mixing vat into the SPS tank.

I guess it saves water by not having to do two complete water changes which is a 'green idea'
 
This is something i've been thinking about a lot, especially with the constant energy price increases here in the UK.

I'm intending to use:

ATI Powermodule for lighting - 8 x 54W T5
2 x Vortech Ecotech
ATI Bubblemaster 250 skimmer - 40W for 1500 - 3000litres and no need for a supply pump
Deltec HLP return pump
Won't need a chiller

Probably not much more 'green' than the alternatives (eg T5's + Halides) but using Vortechs or Tunze for flow will always be far more efficient than a closed loop which was my initial plan.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12825557#post12825557 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Overland04
Does fragging count as going green?
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It should! I frag and trade all the time.
 
I'm considering dropping my 12,000K lamps and going to 6500K's.
I heard time and again that corals have their greatest growth under 6500K's, so I'd like to see if I could shorten the photo/cycle an hour or two a day and still have happy corals.
I also have dropped the use of actinics pretty much altogether.
They pretty much are just window dressing. (Okay, I turn them on for a few minutes, just to look around...)


And to the person whose comment was "who cares?":
Most electricity in this country is made from burning fossil fuels.
(Con Ed burns a "low sulfur" oil...) anyway, burning these fuels to light our tanks, run our pumps, etc adds more carbon to the air, raising water temperatures which in turn KILLS REEFS.

This is the most contradictory hobby possible!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12825776#post12825776 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by conjuay
I'm considering dropping my 12,000K lamps and going to 6500K's.
I heard time and again that corals have their greatest growth under 6500K's, so I'd like to see if I could shorten the photo/cycle an hour or two a day and still have happy corals.
I also have dropped the use of actinics pretty much altogether.
They pretty much are just window dressing. (Okay, I turn them on for a few minutes, just to look around...)


And to the person whose comment was "who cares?":
Most electricity in this country is made from burning fossil fuels.
(Con Ed burns a "low sulfur" oil...) anyway, burning these fuels to light our tanks, run our pumps, etc adds more carbon to the air, raising water temperatures which in turn KILLS REEFS.

This is the most contradictory hobby possible!
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Yes, Mr. Gore.
 
1. Drop my lighting period from 8hr to 6hrs per bulb.

2. Removed all the heater in my sump.

3. Use gravity feed for my tap-off.

4. I'll be installing 3.28kw solar system on my roof and it will be completed by end of Aug.
 
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You can use as much power as you want, as long as you be sure to purchase eco-credits from Mr. Gore. What a joke. :)
 
Oh god....anthropegenic global warming is a scam created by environmentalists to get us to finally pay attention to real pollution. CO2 (or Carbon) is NOT a pollutant...life on this planet would cease without it. Humans contribute approximately .03% of the total CO2 released annually into the environment...the rest comes from natural causes. We are at a historically LOW temperature in regards to the history of the planet. Flucuations are normal and will happen REGARDLESS of what we do. The warming is due primarily to SOLAR activity...Mars is warmer too...is that our fault as well? Since the start of environmental science and change has been looked at as caused by man...in the 1800's the 20's the 30's the 70's and now.

Isn't it interesting that the last year of warming occurred in 1998 and that we are currently cooling. Even the UN has said now that we are due for 10 years of cooling..."but global warming will start back up after that".

NO ONE KNOWS...we are in the infancy of understanding all the effects of the climate and how they interact. The computer models that predicted disaster were programmed with faulty assumptions...daily we hear stories of how they are having to adjust those models because their assumptions were wrong. First more hurricanes...now less but stronger...etc.

More and more scientists, many who contributed to the IPCC have now come out and said "slow down, not so fast - we don't know what's causing this, and there is now reason to assume it will be catastrophic, or that we are causing it". 31,000 scientists in the US have signed a petition saying there is not indication in the science showing that man is contributing to catastrophic global warming.

That all being said, and now that I'm "off my soapbox", conservation is a good idea. Reducing our need on oil (an unsustainable resource) and reducing pollution to improve air quality are all worthy goals that I would support.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12826072#post12826072 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by builderguy
The warming is due primarily to SOLAR activity...Mars is warmer too...is that our fault as well?
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Maybe if the Martians cared more about their environment their planet wouldn't have dried up in the first place!
 
I've always been surprised at how most of the people in this hobby seem to be so anti-environmental. You'd think we as a group would have more of a respect and worry for the animals we care about. But then again, you do have to be rather well-off financially to be in the hobby, so maybe I just assumed wrong about the majority of people in the hobby.

I've kind of taken a different approach. I've taken other green steps to offset the tank - I recycle as much as I can and limit other electricity use as much as possible. I limit tank electricity when practical - using low wattage powerheads instead of a high wattage closed loop - but most of my "green" doesn't have to do with the tank.
 
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