Missing aquarium shop in bishan and cost of electricity

**genes** · 21st Jan 2005, 11:26

Hi All

Anyone here knows what happened to the aquarium shop in bishan? his shop used to be in the area where there are shops selling computer games and trading card games. Is no longer there anymore since i visited it last year.

And, how much does it cost to run a 72watts lamp for 10hours a day?

**budak** · 21st Jan 2005, 11:44

no idea where the shop is now.

the light shouldn't cost more than a cent a day to operate. there was an old thread where mrs budak did a calculation, but I couldn't find it in the search.

it's stuff like aircons/refrigerators/ovens/water heaters than account for most of household power usage.... filters and lights (even running 24/7) don't make much difference.

and do read the stickies, aquatic FAQs and old threads to learn more about aquaria....

**hmph** · 21st Jan 2005, 13:14

Norman and Alex have gone to Indonesia to open up an aquatic plant farm. I think.

**budak** · 21st Jan 2005, 13:45

consumption per month (30 days)

72W X 10hrs X 30 days=21,600Wh=21.6 kWh

1 kWh=$0.19 (forgot exact charges)

21.6 kWh = $4 per month[/url]

**rijac** · 21st Jan 2005, 14:07

think now is 16.5 cents

**|squee|** · 21st Jan 2005, 15:06

You guys mean Echostreams? That was where I got started... and that was where I found out things were a little overpriced too :P

**hwchoy** · 21st Jan 2005, 15:52

is that the shop that replaced Plantas?

**genes** · 21st Jan 2005, 17:43

The last time i went, they had very nice fishes. many i have not seen before like the choc gourami, reddish and elongated tiger barbs and some other tetras i never seened before. all seems exotic to me

**|squee|** · 21st Jan 2005, 20:38

Was it beside a bubbletea shop? It was a good store... but the prices were a bit hefty. Norman and Alex were very friendly and gave good advice though.

**juggler** · 21st Jan 2005, 21:35

[quote:7e4063f9ac="genes"]And, how much does it cost to run a 72watts lamp for 10hours a day?[/quote:7e4063f9ac]

For info, there's a "Tank Calculators" function at the top for Electrical Usage as well as CO2 and the usual volume and metric conversions.

**genes** · 21st Jan 2005, 22:21

Thanks Juggler!

Yeah the one beside the bubbletea! I spoke to one of them the last time i visited the shop and indeed he (dunnoe which one of the 2) was very very friendly. And i liked the fishes he had in store. Pity

**bullosa** · 24th Jan 2005, 08:47

Alex and Norman is in Kuching. We started Borneo Echo Streams last year.

**vinz** · 24th Jan 2005, 10:45

All forumers are reminded to post different topics in seperate threads. This will allow for better organisation of the threads and easier browsing.

Thank you.

**vinz** · 24th Jan 2005, 23:19

To clarify my post above. It is for thread starters. Please start new threads for different topics. In this case, the question about a missing shop and the question about calculating electricity usage are completely not related.

I decide against splitting this thread as the questions were quickly answered and I would like more forumers to see this thread as an example of why seperate threads should be started for unrelated topics.

kc · 25th Jan 2005, 08:40

[quote:2c1355f186="genes"]Hi All

Anyone here knows what happened to the aquarium shop in bishan? his shop used to be in the area where there are shops selling computer games and trading card games. Is no longer there anymore since i visited it last year.

[/quote:2c1355f186]

Hwchoy is right. I think the former owner sold the Bishan shop and moved to Plantas, next to Jalan Besar Stadium.

**vinz** · 25th Jan 2005, 10:27

kc,

One of the owners has already replied just 3 posts above you. I think he's got the last word on the subject.

You are correct that Plantas was formerly at Bishan under a different shop name. Are they the same shop and the owners split? Or different shop all together?

Bullosa, can shed light on this?