Expensive Devices

I hear ya, man. Our new lights just cost like $200, which is alot for
us, and I'm sure that's on the cheaper end. It's just a specialty
niche, where they know people understand they're going to have to pay
up the wazoo. And I don't know you'd need a chiller for (I'm curious)!

KurtG wrote:
Why are some things so expensive?

A 1/2 hp chiller runs over a $1000. The BTU's don't even rival a window
AC unit which runs under $100. Or, an office water cooler that runs $150.

Ballasts over $800.
Protein Skimmer for $250. Seems like a simple plastic device.

Sure they need to be rugidized for a salt environment, but Jeez! There
doesn't seem to be enough competition in these products. Or, am I
missing something?

--Kurt

Joe wrote:

And I don't know you'd need a chiller for (I'm curious)!

Put metal halides on your tank, and the light would come on. :-)

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Ahhhhhh... That makes sense!

George Patterson wrote:
Joe wrote:

And I don't know you'd need a chiller for (I'm curious)!

Put metal halides on your tank, and the light would come on. :-)

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Joe wrote:
Ahhhhhh... That makes sense!

George Patterson wrote:

Joe wrote:


And I don't know you'd need a chiller for (I'm curious)!

Put metal halides on your tank, and the light would come on. :-)

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.



Makes sense? No one I know puts metal halides ON their tank. They
usually put them OVER their tank.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

George Patterson wrote:
Joe wrote:

And I don't know you'd need a chiller for (I'm curious)!


Put metal halides on your tank, and the light would come on. :-)

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Depends, but usually, yes.

However, I had 130 watts of CF lighting over my 20gal nano. Could not
get the temp below 82 during the day. Just replaced the CF's with a
single 150watt MH, and the temp is staying EXACTLY the same. (82 degrees)

From everything I have heard or read, this is too high. But Everything
seems healthy enough even at that temp. Algea is a bit of a problem,
but no real biggie - ceriths and a conch take care of that well enough -
it doesn't get TOO out of hand.

At this temp, my derasa has been growing at a rate that seems VERY fast
to me - it added like and inch or so to it's shell in 3 months time.
Ditto for my zooanthids - number of polyps has doubled in the last three
months.

Joe wrote:
And I don't know you'd need a chiller for (I'm curious)!

Just looking ahead. I live in florida, so I set the house temp at 83
for the summer. If my tank climbs to 80 degrees with lights on, then
I'm going to have some issues in 6 months.

--Kurt