paul b

Here are the New Jersey incentives. http://www.npcpsolar.com/NJ-Solar-Installa...Incentives.html

Dave I live in New York. I got back $14,000.00 from the power company and $6,000.00 from the state and federal Govt. Each panel is rated for 179 watts and they are in series. The system is warranted for 25 years. When the sun is out on a great day the system has a readout and it is generating 4,000 watts at that time. If a cloud passes the output drops. On a rainy day it still makes about 200 watts. It usually generates about 3,200 watts which is almost the amount of power my house is using if I don't have any air conditioners on. So on a really sunny day my electricity is free while the sun is out. Of course at night it doesen't work. It also doesen't work during a blackout. It senses the power from the power grid and turns itself off during those times so I don't shock the guy working on the lines. I installed the entire system myself in 4 days. Before you buy a system, the Solar company gets you a letter from the power company stating exactly how much rebate they will give you with in 90 days of system completion. They also tell you how much the Govt. will give you back. It is determined by how many watts your system is rated for. The power company then changed my meter (for free) for one that turns backwards when I am generating more than I am using there by reducing my bill. I will never get totally free power because my roof is not large enough but if you have spare land, you could generate power to supply the grid and the power company has to pay you for it.

Here's where I got mine http://www.npcpsolar.com/

I installed 22 of these panels on my roof last October. I am an electricial so I did it myself. I got back $20,000.00 in rebates and taxes so the system only cost me $3,000.00. It generates 4,000 watts on a sunny day and generates about $100.00 a month which comes off my electric bill. Now I started a consulting company and am doing a few jobs.

Yes I know that well most of them do that (the tank is 39 years old) I have had my share of those. These just seem to be much larger and stay put. They are easy to eliminate if they get out of hand

You are correct, usually they spread all over the place but for some reason, these split to re produce and seem to be staying put for a very long time. I don't even have one any place else. They don't bother me and if I get too many I just stick a small wire brush from a Dremmel on them and twist. They hate that, and no, they don't spread like that.

I still like them. I got rid of about a dozen mojanos last year and then one popped up. They are anemones and years ago we couldn't even keep them alive so I let this little guy live. He split and became two. Then he grew about 2" tall and now became three. They are all still on the same rock and not spreading all over the place so I let them live there. We have an understanding and it suits both of us. This is the largest mojanos I have ever seen and they look like some other type of anemone. They have been in that same place for maybe 2 years. I kind of go for wierd anyway.

My algae trough is made from a 4X4" PVC fence post from Home depot. I sliced it so that it is about 2" deep. It is installed on a slight angle so the water which enters from the skimmer runs down a slight incline to where the trough just touches the water about 5' to the right. The plastic window screen in the trough is infused with cement. Algae grows much faster on cement than anything else. It has kept my tank almost algae free and 100% hair algae free so far. Mine is free to operate being it uses water from the skimmer and light from the main lighting.

The trough uses spill light from the main MH lights. It is to the rear of the tank and it shields the back of the tank from light. The trough gets few from the return of the skimmer which is a 5' homemade venturi model on the back of the tank. I don't use a sump.

ZYQOTE, I have a lot of pictures of it but I don't want to hijack the thread. This picture and a few others appeared in an aquarium magazine.

I have been using an algae trough for about five years now in my 39 year old tank. After the first 10 years or so the tank started experiencing hair algae blooms. These HA cycles would come every year or two and last a couple of months. After I built this algae trough which is 6' long and sits at the surface of the tank, to the rear and slightly under the lights, I have not had a HA problem. Algae grows on the plastic screen in the trough and if it becomes a problem I roll up the screen to be removed and cleaned. I want algae in my tank as it is the best water purifier there is. The tank is and has always been healthy. Corals grow well and the fish live disease free forever, some longer than 18 years. Algae is present on every healthy reef in the sea and if it is not growing in your tank, it may not be as healthy as you believe it to be.

Sugar, it was your Idea so I figured I would stop by, How you doing?

They have been in my reef for three decades so I would say to leave them alone, they arwe great scavengers and will not hurt anything. I got a million of them