OK, so my question is, how often do you run your skimmer..... yes, yes, yes i know it depends on your bio load but lets get past that for a min and lets just go on a general bases. My two requirments are you must have more than 4 fish per 100gal of DT and have a established reef... so lets hear it.
Reason i ask......
Got the new APEX running like a dream after three days of total frustration and found that my skimmer which is supplied by my reactor pump is consuming a whooping 1.6amps which is crazy i know but its a big pump that bubbles that fella. So if i come to the conclusion that maybe 12 hrs a day is sufficent it would save me roughly 2.0836 KwPd... which equates for roughly 5.8% of my total household ussage per day.... thats pretty steep my friends. That means on a full days use the Skimmer (not including supply) is equal to 11.6% of my whole house ussage OUCHHHH... With my entire system on the Apex i am registering 7.2amps, that is ALOT given i was trying to get in uner 3amps per hour on an average. My average currently is 6.3 when you take total ussage per day devided by the hours in the day. This said if i could get a general consensus that my skimmer is A'ok at 6, 8, or 12 hours per day that would get me one step closer to what i need. i have a few other things that i will turning onto a cycle in hopes they also cut down on power. using well over 40% of my total household ussage in the tank is BAD.
So yeah... what do you do and what do you think????
Reason i ask......
Got the new APEX running like a dream after three days of total frustration and found that my skimmer which is supplied by my reactor pump is consuming a whooping 1.6amps which is crazy i know but its a big pump that bubbles that fella. So if i come to the conclusion that maybe 12 hrs a day is sufficent it would save me roughly 2.0836 KwPd... which equates for roughly 5.8% of my total household ussage per day.... thats pretty steep my friends. That means on a full days use the Skimmer (not including supply) is equal to 11.6% of my whole house ussage OUCHHHH... With my entire system on the Apex i am registering 7.2amps, that is ALOT given i was trying to get in uner 3amps per hour on an average. My average currently is 6.3 when you take total ussage per day devided by the hours in the day. This said if i could get a general consensus that my skimmer is A'ok at 6, 8, or 12 hours per day that would get me one step closer to what i need. i have a few other things that i will turning onto a cycle in hopes they also cut down on power. using well over 40% of my total household ussage in the tank is BAD.
So yeah... what do you do and what do you think????
