Rookie Mistake - Help?
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We get equipment donations regularly and sometimes the sumps have utility pumps in them that push water back to a tank. IDK why they are called utility. They are magnetically driven, very similarly built to other tank and pond pumps but these do tend to produce higher head pressure and lower flows at the same wattage. Here are 1200 GPH and 1800 GPH examples of ours:
I think we must get well and truly ripped off for electricity cost here in the uk. If I were considering running any pump at 110 watts for any length of time it would have to be moving at least 6 -10 thousand gallons to be even considered as an option. And then just that one pump is gonna cost me around 70p per day to run or £21 per month, £252 a year!
Are you sure about that? Are we talking about a 110-watt pump? In constant use, that would consume less than 3 kilowatt-hours per day. In these parts, that would cost about 30 cents per day, or about $100 per year of continuous use.
I haven't had my coffee yet...but I think one of has a decimal floating around somewhere...
Yup, 25p per kWh plus a daily standing charge now that the price has come back down again.Are you sure about that? Are we talking about a 110-watt pump? In constant use, that would consume less than 3 kilowatt-hours per day. In these parts, that would cost about 30 cents per day, or about $100 per year of continuous use.
I haven't had my coffee yet...but I think one of has a decimal floating around somewhere...
Hence my aversion to seemingly cheap “utility” pumps. The word to me says expensive to run rather than poor at doing the job.
Wow...you are paying roughly 4.5x as much for electricity as I am...and I am always complaining how expensive it is!
I am strictly comparing the cost of the power itself; we have a handful of additional charges, surcharges, fees, taxes and sundry add-ons, but those charges are mostly poorly explained and cunningly presented things that serve to complicate the interpretation of the monthly bill, so I didn't think to include them. As a Canadian, I am fully accustomed to being reamed/robbed/ripped-off by any Crown corporation, so I have become jaded...
I am strictly comparing the cost of the power itself; we have a handful of additional charges, surcharges, fees, taxes and sundry add-ons, but those charges are mostly poorly explained and cunningly presented things that serve to complicate the interpretation of the monthly bill, so I didn't think to include them. As a Canadian, I am fully accustomed to being reamed/robbed/ripped-off by any Crown corporation, so I have become jaded...
Well, hell. The Other One, one of the bigger Mystus Leucophasis (and by far the shyest) has one eye bulging. I have not been able to get a photo. The other eye is fine and I can't see anything else wrong.
Everyone else looks fine, and I haven't observed any real aggression - the Crime Fish mostly completely ignore each other and stay in their claimed spots, with the occasional power struggle over food in which whoever is lower in the pecking order will simply retreat to their spot - with the exception of Stegosaurus the Eupterus, who completely ignores the social hierarchy, engages in zero conflict, and is himself (or herself) ignored by the others.
This happened once before to Megalodon, Epalzeorhynchos bicolor, and it went away quickly with no intervention months ago.
Should I assume the eye issue is from trauma or disease? What action should I take?
I really don't want to separate them if it's a one off from a scuffle, but if it's a sign of escalating aggression as they age, I know I'll have to if I don't want a murder. If I do end up needing to separate I'll need to rehome some of them, which is fine if I can find good homes. The MLs are +/- 8" and their growth has slowed, so I could probably keep them in fairly small tanks for a little while, but 4 of them? Mayhem!
Everyone else looks fine, and I haven't observed any real aggression - the Crime Fish mostly completely ignore each other and stay in their claimed spots, with the occasional power struggle over food in which whoever is lower in the pecking order will simply retreat to their spot - with the exception of Stegosaurus the Eupterus, who completely ignores the social hierarchy, engages in zero conflict, and is himself (or herself) ignored by the others.
This happened once before to Megalodon, Epalzeorhynchos bicolor, and it went away quickly with no intervention months ago.
Should I assume the eye issue is from trauma or disease? What action should I take?
I really don't want to separate them if it's a one off from a scuffle, but if it's a sign of escalating aggression as they age, I know I'll have to if I don't want a murder. If I do end up needing to separate I'll need to rehome some of them, which is fine if I can find good homes. The MLs are +/- 8" and their growth has slowed, so I could probably keep them in fairly small tanks for a little while, but 4 of them? Mayhem!
