TheClark 3,259 Posted December 2, 2019 Looks like I am pushing $60 a month in electricity. Honestly that feels pretty good for 450 gallons. So that comes out to what? 720 per year? I should probably sell a few frags now and then to at least break even! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badxgillen 3,506 Posted December 2, 2019 I got about $320 or more under my belt each month on electricity!... Way too much I would say, but I dont feel like I am your average reefer. My water bill is also very high, about another $200 a month.... And then there is the gas heating, as I hear the house not the aquariums. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuncrestReef 2,947 Posted December 2, 2019 I just logged into my PortlandGeneral.com account and was able to see my payment history dating back to December 2016. Since I only started reefing in April 2018, I was able to see pre- and post-reefing utility bills. It looks like I'm spending about $60 per month more since I started my tank. I only have a single 110g system, plus I heat my 75g saltwater mixing tank. I keep my house temperature at about 70 and my tank at 78. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pdxmonkeyboy 2,376 Posted December 3, 2019 I was around $200/ month keeping 550 gallons heated and moving. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaywood 285 Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Wow. Much smaller setup, but guess I'd better not upgrade. I'm averaging $37/month. I have a Red Sea Reefer 450, with 3 AI Hydra HD 26's. Normal stuff - skimmer, reactor, 2x gyre's. Keep the house temp at 68/day, 65/night. Edited December 3, 2019 by shaywood 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheClark 3,259 Posted December 4, 2019 Sense.com says my 'always on' electricity costs are higher than 98% of other WA sense customers. So I added some Kasa smart plugs to all 4 EB8s, to see how bad the reef tanks were. For what I am tracking, looks like about 60 per month. The biggest bill contributors are the heat pump compressor. Hot water heater used to be number 2, but we changed that over to a hybrid hot water heater. Man was that thing heavy to lug in. Now it is heat pump compressor, servers, reef, hot water heater. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NateDawg 140 Posted December 4, 2019 On 12/2/2019 at 1:00 PM, TheClark said: Looks like I am pushing $60 a month in electricity. Honestly that feels pretty good for 450 gallons. So that comes out to what? 720 per year? I should probably sell a few frags now and then to at least break even! That seems really good for the water volume! I'm about $30 per month down here in Albany, OR with only about 90 gallons. How much is electricity up there? It's about $0.11 per kilowatt here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuncrestReef 2,947 Posted December 4, 2019 23 minutes ago, NateDawg said: That seems really good for the water volume! I'm about $30 per month down here in Albany, OR with only about 90 gallons. How much is electricity up there? It's about $0.11 per kilowatt here. I'm paying $0.129 per kWH in Beaverton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NateDawg 140 Posted December 4, 2019 Maybe I need to switch to more efficient equipment 😂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheClark 3,259 Posted December 4, 2019 38 minutes ago, NateDawg said: That seems really good for the water volume! I'm about $30 per month down here in Albany, OR with only about 90 gallons. How much is electricity up there? It's about $0.11 per kilowatt here. 7.2 here, quite good rates! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce00 91 Posted December 4, 2019 Between my 2 tanks a Redsea Max 260 and a 10g my electric bill maybe changed 15$ a month. I really didn’t notice. I’m about 150ish all year long for power/electric. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Higher Thinking 1,917 Posted December 6, 2019 7.2 here, quite good rates!Same with us in Scappoose. We're at about $0.075. Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
