How do you heat your monster tanks?

[travis2k]

Well, thats pretty much it, please include size of tank, wattage of heaters, or system used, and if you know the cost to run it monthly would be great.

Thanks

 

[Pharaoh]

Running about 500G now, will be adding 210 and will be using about 1500Ws to heat it.

 

[LowCel]

On my 210 I use two inline 300 watt heaters attached to a temperature controller.

 

[random fish guy]

on my 220, I have two 250watt stealths

 

[littlevic34]

my 300 g pond i run a 300 watt titanium heater in the waterfall and it keeps it at 82 degrees with no prob at all
ps i keep the house at 70 and im in northern ohio

 

[Aquafreak]

On my 150, I use 2 400 watt Theo's. I'll be using 4 of them on my 340.

 

[408smokin]

I used one 300 watt heater in my 300 gallon but I do keep another titanium 250watt heater in my sump. I only turn the second heater on when I know the up coming week is going to be cold.

not sure how much my electricity bill is for just that one tank, but I am thinking is about 50 buck more a month. I have few other big tanks so its hard tell the cost per tank.

 

[LowCel]

I used one 300 watt heater in my 300 gallon but I do keep another titanium 250watt heater in my sump. I only turn the second heater on when I know the up coming week is going to be cold.

not sure how much my electricity bill is for just that one tank, but I am thinking is about 50 buck more a month. I have few other big tanks so its hard tell the cost per tank.

If one tank costs you $50 a month to power you need to make some changes. My reef tank with 2x250 mh's and an assortment of other goodies only cost me about $10 a month in electric. My 210 with three canisters, 2 heaters, 4 light strips costs less than $10 a month and I keep my house at 68 degrees and the tank at 82 degrees.

 

[travis2k]

Well my tank will be 700 gallons +100 gallon sump,
I plan on using 2 1000 watt heaters,

any guess on cost to run?

 

[nfored]

If one tank costs you $50 a month to power you need to make some changes. My reef tank with 2x250 mh's and an assortment of other goodies only cost me about $10 a month in electric. My 210 with three canisters, 2 heaters, 4 light strips costs less than $10 a month and I keep my house at 68 degrees and the tank at 82 degrees.

500watts of lights 8 hours a day = 4 killawatts a day for the ligths, with an avg cost of 0.10 per KW = 0.40 a day $12.00 a month fo just lights. even if you pay half that .05 per killawatt that $6.00 a month. that doesnt include heaters, filters skimmers, power heads. I would like to know where you get your math or if you got some ulta cheap electicity.

I don't know how long you keep your lights on but I keep mine on more then 8 hours, plus I would assume my heaters run at least 4 hours a day.