How to reduce power used by a reef tank?

My electric bills are killing me, I’m at ~300% of baseline. My power company jacks the rates up x2.5 for use over 200% of baseline and x3 for use over 300%. So I need to get my use down to under 200%. I recently got a watt meter and I’ve been measuring everything in my house to figure out where...

T5 Light advice

Hello, I would like to upgrade my lights to keep both SPS and clams. I’m looking at a T5 4-lamp 24" wide unit for my 36g reef from Aqualife. I also looked at a few Metal H. my concerned about the heat output and electricity costs. Does anyone have any experience in this area to help me...