Trying to cut down on electric bill

[poppalina]

Thank you for all the responses, I keep African Cichlids and maintain a temp of 78- 80 deg. the tanks do have glass lids and no insulation as they are in my living space until the fish room is complete. I run LED lights and keep usage to a minimum as they have the night light option which I really like. For filtration I run canisters and power filters and I am over filtered e.g (120 gallon has 1 xp4 and 1 xp3) my tanks are not over stocked so I could probably cut back on filtration to save some but really don't want to. With for kids it seems I am always walking around turning off lights and T.V.'s.

 

[joe jaskot]

Thank you for all the responses, I keep African Cichlids and maintain a temp of 78- 80 deg. the tanks do have glass lids and no insulation as they are in my living space until the fish room is complete. I run LED lights and keep usage to a minimum as they have the night light option which I really like. For filtration I run canisters and power filters and I am over filtered e.g (120 gallon has 1 xp4 and 1 xp3) my tanks are not over stocked so I could probably cut back on filtration to save some but really don't want to. With for kids it seems I am always walking around turning off lights and T.V.'s.

African cichlids do not need such high temperatures. They will do fine and spawn at 75-76 degrees.

 

[poppalina]

Will my tropheus do well at 75 deg. also

 

[F1 VET]

Thank you for all the responses, I keep African Cichlids and maintain a temp of 78- 80 deg. the tanks do have glass lids and no insulation as they are in my living space until the fish room is complete. I run LED lights and keep usage to a minimum as they have the night light option which I really like. For filtration I run canisters and power filters and I am over filtered e.g (120 gallon has 1 xp4 and 1 xp3) my tanks are not over stocked so I could probably cut back on filtration to save some but really don't want to. With for kids it seems I am always walking around turning off lights and T.V.'s.

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[joe jaskot]

Will my tropheus do well at 75 deg. also

I've bred tons on africans (including tropheus) and kept my tanks between 74 and 76 degrees. In the summer the tanks get a little warmer, and in the winter tanks get a little cooler.

 

[dogofwar]

+1 on lowering the temps.

Matt

 

[lp85253]

if you live in real warm climate ,like phx., turn off (unplug) your heaters once the house temps get to summer(78f and above) temps .. I do this every year ,and it saves big$$$

 

[Egon]

if you live in real warm climate ,like phx., turn off (unplug) your heaters once the house temps get to summer(78f and above) temps .. I do this every year ,and it saves big$$$

+1 on this. I let my temps drop to 75 for the winter months. All my heaters are set to 75. Most of the time (9 months) they are never on.

 

[krichardson]

I believe it. Most reef systems have lots of submersible pumps and lights such as metal halides which produce a large amount of heat.

Agreed.

Could it be possible to use a heat lamp....heat+light

It would take a pretty big one to keep a tank properly heated and it would likey consume more juice than aquarium heaters.

 

[poppalina]

Thank you everyone for the info I am going to try running the tanks at 75 deg. and see how it goes.