Building a 1500 Gallon plywood & glass tank

[new2natives]

just finished EVERY PAGE ...
very nice looking tank !!!!


for anyone who is just catching this, here are the pages for most of the pictures, price lists, and stock lists:
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[ClevelandJones]

Superb job documenting everything on a beautiful tank! Bravo! Love that shoal of Clown Loaches.

 

[bomber]

Amazed.

 

[twistedsnap]

i havent looked at this thread in a while, but i saw it again and wantedt o let you know yours was one of the first threads i looked and it got me hooked on mfk thanks again and tank and room looks beautiful

 

[turtlesrock]

dude!!! ive seen your video on youtube

 

[cvermeulen]

VLD - how is the power consumption on this beast? have you noticed a significant bump in your electric bill?

 

[VLDesign]

Interesting that you ask about power..

I recently put one of those kill-a-watt things inline to gage this and average cost per day is as follows:

With the heaters keeping the temp @ 82F is about $2.25 (15 KWH of energy at a cost of .15 per KWH)

Without heaters and the tank @ a natural temp of 77.5F the cost is about $1.42
(9.5 KWH of energy at a cost of .15 per KWH)

This is with the main pump, lights and air pump on the same circuit.

I am currently running without the heaters since i moved my FRT upstairs to the 300 for a while as the rays were kind of picking on him.

 

[nolapete]

That's not bad at all. I know people who spend more than what it's costing you a month in one night drinking.

 

[kallmond]

It would be interesting to get the same figures for several size tanks, I bet the cost-per-day doesn't increase proportionally with the gallons.

 

[Griller]

Beautiful tank mate. I love your choice of fish especially - and you have the size to get away with it! Do you have any recent pics? Your fish must be whoppers by now!!!