Fish tank to water bill ratio

silentskream said:
when i lived in a house with 3 55 gallons, our water bill was never more than $20 a month.

however, different parts of the country have different water prices, and during a drought (which we never have here) the prices could easily skyrocket. i know theres a city just a 2 hour drive from here who's water bill is ridiculous and would probably make anyone think twice about adding a fishtank.
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You can always take navy showers if you need to make up for the water you use on your fish tank.
 
I have about about 200g worth of tanks that get at least a 50% water change once (or more) a week. Since we are on water restrictions in TX now, I think our usage stays pretty consistent. (since we can't water the lawn) I've noticed a rise in my water bill of about 1 dollar.
 
Depends on how much you use.

I visited A guy in my city who has some of the worlds greatest Discus. He breeds and does 100% water changes a day and uses around 1500 - 2000 gallons a day.

But, dam you should see his fish. Made all my Discus look like crap and they are real healthy.
 
I do 75-100% water changes on my discus tank 2x a week. I currently have 5 tanks but none of which are large, the largest being 45g.
Sounds like I don't have much to worry about.
I do on the other hand have a crap load of lights which I'm sure will effect the electricity. I have a total of 829 watts of light between all my tanks. I'm not going to keep that many tanks running in my new house but I will be running my 442w light over my 120g and once all the grass and foreground plants are grown in I will turn the co2 down cut off the ferts and run only 1 of the 2 96w lights just to keep the plants alive. As far as my other tanks go I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
 
pcnicholson said:
I have about about 200g worth of tanks that get at least a 50% water change once (or more) a week. Since we are on water restrictions in TX now, I think our usage stays pretty consistent. (since we can't water the lawn) I've noticed a rise in my water bill of about 1 dollar.
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Water restriction? It has rained for the last 3 monthes in central, and east Texas. Where are you?
 
I do a 800 gallon w/c on my pond every week and a half to 2 weeks.My bill is about 5 bucks more a month than when I didn't have my pond.
 
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Our water meter is hooked up backwards. Seriously.... It doesn't spin. Meter reads 000000. We've been in the house 3 years, and only pay roughly $5.75 for the access fees on the water bill.

Here's the kicker..... They know about it. There was a guy out here six months ago from the water board, and told me it was installed wrong (by them) and that a crew woould be out to swap.... never happened.

That said, it is just my wife and I here , and we don't use water for the sake of it just because the meter is not counting anything.
 
wackydan said:
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Our water meter is hooked up backwards. Seriously.... It doesn't spin. Meter reads 000000. We've been in the house 3 years, and only pay roughly $5.75 for the access fees on the water bill.

Here's the kicker..... They know about it. There was a guy out here six months ago from the water board, and told me it was installed wrong (by them) and that a crew woould be out to swap.... never happened.

That said, it is just my wife and I here , and we don't use water for the sake of it just because the meter is not counting anything.
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I would get 4 75 gallon tanks if I were you.
 
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