Tank cost per month

[Mythic Figment]

My tanks:

125 gallon with 2 200 watt heaters, an AC110 hob filter (will be adding a Rena XP3 in a few weeks) and currently unlit (getting LEDs in a couple weeks so no huge power usage increase)

55 with a 300 watt heater, an AC70 hob filter and two 15 watt fluorescent lights

55 with a 300 watt heater, an AquaTech 30-60 hob filter and two 15 watt fluorescent lights

20 high with a 200 watt heater, a Penguin 150 bio wheel filter and LED lighting

The total increase in electric costs for me over normal house usage was about $15-20 a month. My heaters run for maybe 4-5 hours total a day and I may be overestimating there a bit (entire house is set to keep the house at 78 degrees and all my tanks are set for 81 degrees). Heaters definitely are the #1 electrical expense in the fish keeping hobby because of their large watt usage.


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[aldiaz33]

how much wattage does a marineland penguin 400, ac 110, fluval 406 and rena xp3 use? I heater should actually be on only 3 hours at most. The house's cost per kilowatt is $0.21. Thanks for all of the replies everyone

Marineland Penguin 400 = 12 watts ($1.81 per month)
AC 110 = 14 watts ($2.12 per month)
Fluval 406 = 23 watts ($3.48 per month)
Rena XP3 = 19 watts ($2.87 per month)

Total cost to run filters per month = $10.28 per month.

Lights and heaters will obviously add to that total.