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Morledzep;4656374; said:
ok, to get the same or close to the same gph @ 8' of head i would need this wave pump: 0506 Wave II 1/2 HP8400 GPH / 5.31 ft. Head @ 600 Watts35 Lbs.600 Watts / 5.40 Amps @ 115 Voltz$ 689.00

going by my last couple months electricity usage and what i paid for the electricity that i used. i'm paying approximately $.23 cents per KWH.

and using that as my base, the midland pump would cost me approx $150 per month to run, and the wave pump would cost me $96 per month to run. which means in one year i could save almost enough to buy the wave pump.

it apparently is NOT cheaper to run one HUGE aquarium than it is to run 3 big aquariums. the only major difference in my cost would be the heating. and now i'm not sure if having that huge hunk o water will actually work against me.
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I'm not sure about your calculations. When we set up our 300 gallon tank 5 1/2 years ago, our electric bill increased $20 - 30 a month. We use a Reeflo Hammerhead pump on our mechanical filtration system. It has performed flawlessly. Here are the statistics from a few years ago.

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I noted all the things that impacted our electric bill significantly. Getting the new refrigerator was a big one, as the old one was running 24/7. BTW, this year Sept, Oct, Nov paid out 101.32, 106.09 and 132.41. Right now, we are running major power tools as we work on our big fish room build. Actually, in my graph the figures are amounts paid out for the previous months usage. Last month we used 1175 kwh, which comes out to a little more than .11/kwh


Love my Reeflo pump and plan to go with five Reeflos on the new system. Reeflo has come out with Hammerhead gold and Barracuda gold lines, which are more energy efficient, but a little less powerful, and more spendy. Just checked out different vendors. Bulk Reef Supply is having a Black Friday sale on a lot of things, including Reeflos. Their prices beats out their competition. Looks like I'm going to do some big Black Friday shopping today. :)
 
thank you pacu mom, it looks good.. the reeflo hammerhead uses a Baldor motor, and uses less watts than any of the pumps i've looked at so far. and it's half the price of the wave pump. figuring it the way i figured the others yesterday, it'll only cost me an average of $60 to run that pump. the gph @ 9' of head is very acceptable.. maybe i can afford to have the big tank after all.

still don't know about the heating.. i may have to learn that one the hard way...
 
pacu mom;4657012; said:
I'm not sure about your calculations. When we set up our 300 gallon tank 5 1/2 years ago, our electric bill increased $20 - 30 a month. We use a Reeflo Hammerhead pump on our mechanical filtration system. It has performed flawlessly. Here are the statistics from a few years ago.

electric.jpg


I noted all the things that impacted our electric bill significantly. Getting the new refrigerator was a big one, as the old one was running 24/7. BTW, this year Sept, Oct, Nov paid out 101.32, 106.09 and 132.41. Right now, we are running major power tools as we work on our big fish room build. Actually, in my graph the figures are amounts paid out for the previous months usage. Last month we used 1175 kwh, which comes out to a little more than .11/kwh


Love my Reeflo pump and plan to go with five Reeflos on the new system. Reeflo has come out with Hammerhead gold and Barracuda gold lines, which are more energy efficient, but a little less powerful, and more spendy. Just checked out different vendors. Bulk Reef Supply is having a Black Friday sale on a lot of things, including Reeflos. Their prices beats out their competition. Looks like I'm going to do some big Black Friday shopping today. :)
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The reefflow is a terrific pump i have one:DOk so these three pumps would be my choices that i would buy personly if i was looking to set up a tank like yours and did not want to spend a fortune yet have quality and dependability

the reefflow hammerhead gold 5555 gph 297 watts


the dolphin Aqua sea 6000 gph 10.7 amps probly the most costly as far as amp consumption but still a great pump...

the wave series 1 1/4 hp 6228 gph 3.0 amps 330 watts
the wave seies II 1/4 hp 7002 gph 3.5 amps 399 watts


all of these pumps are the quality you need you just have to choose what you feel is best .....

My personal thing with the wave is that the factory is right here in Mira loma so if i need parts or a pump readily available ...thats all and they are high quality


And i think your calculations for consumption are off a bit but i could be wrong :D:D
 
Oh and the reason for these choices all use either Baldor or emerson moters can't go wrong....
 
HULON;4657133; said:
And i think your calculations for consumption are off a bit but i could be wrong :D:D
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even if they aren't right, i did them all the same way so they are at least relative.
 
Morledzep;4657165; said:
even if they aren't right, i did them all the same way so they are at least relative.
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Of coarse sure ..If you are running several smaller tanks and you are going to take them down to put up your one big tank ? i cant see how it would not be at least a little less expensive just over all with not haveing three of everything ..And No this hobby is NOT CHEAP at all LOL!!!!! I find that it is about as much as my dirtbike habit was now i'm just getting to old to go down and have to work on monday LOL!!!
 
HuH that's pretty cool ....
 
I just came across Aquariumpros.com which has phenomenol. I tried to call them and got a canned response of leave your email address and we'll get back to you in a few days. I'd rather do business with a vendor that I can talk to and ask questions.
 
pacu mom;4657385; said:
I just came across Aquariumpros.com which has phenomenol. I tried to call them and got a canned response of leave your email address and we'll get back to you in a few days. I'd rather do business with a vendor that I can talk to and ask questions.
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Thats why i like the wave products the Man William Lim who designed everything is the owner of the company and continues development on all their products ...He not only does the pumps but complete filtration start to finish from pumps to filters to uv's ETC.... They have a complete catalog ..I was just really impresed thats all.....
 
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