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Fish House Electricity Cost!!!

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

At the end of October, I posted an entry Do you suffer from high electricity bills?. I’ve been looking for a power meter to measure kWh for many months to establish Fish House Electricity costs, and I eventually managed to purchase one from JLB Electronics.

The results are now in for half of my fish house, the fish house is split between into two ring mains, so this is ring main one. (It also allows me to draw up to a maximum of 20A per ring main!). Ring main one supplies electricity for 9 aquariums.

Ring Main One Summary

  • 120W of fluorescent lighting.
  • 2.7kWh of aquarium heating.

Items connected to Ring Main One:-

  • 3 x 40W Aquaglow fluorescent lights.
  • 1 x 50W heater.
  • 3 x 150W heaters.
  • 2 x 300W heaters.
  • 2 x 500W heaters.
  • 1 x Hydor 300W external heater.
  • 1 x Hydor internal combined Filter/300W heater.
  • 1 x Eheim 2260 External Canister filter.
  • 1 x Hagen Biolife 55 Internal Filter.
  • 1 x Project PH600 Powerhead.
  • 1 x Hagen 201 Powerhead.
  • 1 x Personal Computer with 150W power supply.

The maximum wattage drawn by the electrical applications was 2.1kW on Friday 25 November at 4.03am.

In the last 32 days, the electricity consumed by ring main one is 605 kWh. A cost recorded by the power meter of 49 pounds. I’m charged 8.1p per kWh by nPower.

I’ll measure ring main two, and post the results on the blog, in a few weeks.

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Third batch of Sturisoma Aureum Fry start to hatch

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Male Sturisoma Aureum on eggs third hatch-1
Male Sturisoma Aureum fanning eggs as they hatch.

Male Sturisoma Aureum on eggs third hatch-2
Male Sturisoma Aureum fanning eggs as they hatch.

Male Sturisoma Aureum on eggs third hatch-3
Close-up of Sturisoma Aureum eggs, newly hatched fry also visible on right hand side of image.

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Aquarium No.9 Relocation

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I’ve finally made an effort to re-locate Aquarium No.9, which has been used as a Daphina rearing tank since I setup the fish house, due to the space and 15 inch height of this aquarium I’ve not been able to add fish to it, because of the 16″ height of the metal stand. I don’t know why they make double stands, where the bottom space is two small, maybe it was designed for a 12″ height tank. I had hoped to purchase a 48x18x18 inch aquarium to fill the void under the 6x2x2ft tank, but it’s a waste of money having an empty tank and needs must. It gives me 48x12x12 of space for a few small fish tanks.

Fish Tank 9 Pic 1
This is the bottom shelf below my 6x2x2ft aquarium, currently being used as a shelf for tropical fish odds and ends.

It would have been easier to purchase a new tank, than move and existing tank, with little space, I was unable to use an Eheim pond pump to remove the water, so it was slowly syphoned. It’s taken me a few hours this evening, to remove the water, and move the tank. I need to clean tomorrow evening, and I’ve also found, so missing silicon inside the tank, so whilst it’s empty, I’ll quickly re-seal with silicon sealer.

Fish Tank 9 Pic 2
Aquarium No.9’s new home.

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Chipboard

Monday, December 5th, 2005

I now moved all the chipboard, and made a space for the 48x12x15 growing on tank for the young Sturisoma Aureum catfish.

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Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus L001 or L022

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

The unidentified catfish posted on Friday night has been identified as Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus commonly known as L001 or L022.

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What catfish is this?

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

I purchased two of these catfish over 2 years ago very cheaply from UK Marines Ltd, Batley. I purchased them to reduce the algae in the fish house, but they don’t seem to like too much algae, they were quite small and thin, when purchased, but have grown to about six inches, they are housed in a 6x2x2ft aquarium, and have now started to fight.

Lxxx

I’ve not been able to find these listed in the Datz or Aqualog L numbers books, so I’m curiours to know what they are called, and what L number they are, so If you know, please contact me.

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Mystery snails…

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

I have noticed some snails in one of the latest breeding tanks, I’ve setup in the fish house for the Dwarf Hoplo catfish Hoplosternum pectorale. This is the only tank with snails, so I am a little surprised as to where this single snail has come from.

Now there are two more, the fish tank, associated equipment and furnishings have not been used for over 18 years. It seems I’ve just added water, and a snail has appeared!

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Sturisoma Aureum Third Spawning Attempt

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

I’m glad it’s a warmer night at 4 degrees C outside, I was concerned at the temperature drop last night in the fish house, but the fish must have enjoyed the drop in temperature in the fish tanks, because the Sturisoma Aureum spawned again for the third time, Endler’s dropped another four live fry, and a pair of Kribensis cichlids spawned.

The Sturisoma Aureum fry, are growing very quickly on huge quantities of greens, it’s time to move them out of the breeding tank, and into a large grow-out tank, which I’ll be installing over the weekend.

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