Cable management please

[Heres_doe_]

Can I please see some cable management because this is slowly growing into a mess️

 

[reefz]

You can make or buy a controller board. A buddy of mine build this custom board for me. Everything stays nice

 

[REEFTIDE]

We had to get an additional cabinet built for all the stuff(I can post later) but def clean it up now before it becomes a monster sized ball of cables lol

 

[Heres_doe_]

We had to get an additional cabinet built for all the stuff(I can post later) but def clean it up now before it becomes a monster sized ball of cables lol

Exactlyi know

 

[Mical]

It takes planning - plan what gear you intend to have, make sure cables are accessible (for changes & maintenance) and make sure it's all away from water.

This is a $100 Ikea box plus a shelve board from Home Depot. The power bars are behind the the mounting board which I can access by pulling on top mounted velcro tab (hanging down in pic)

 

[BBN Reefer]

It takes planning - plan what gear you intend to have, make sure cables are accessible (for changes & maintenance) and make sure it's all away from water.

This is a $100 Ikea box plus a shelve board from Home Depot. The power bars are behind the the mounting board which I can access by pulling on top mounted velcro tab (hanging down in pic)

What do you use to mount the power bars to the back?

 

[Mical]

They're actually bolted to the rear panel of the box. The panel that holds the Apex and other controls is basically a false panel roughly 6" forward of rear wall of the box.

 

[fcmatt]

Everytime I tried to do my cables up all neat and awesome.. a year later or whatever I had to fix or rip something out.

Just hide it, keep it out of harms way from water and humidity, and don't go much further then that.

A small matching box next to the aquarium would work. Cheap. Anything.

People love to show off cable management but never tell you the disasters of removing/adding/changing things when required. It never lasts long when many of us have tanks running for several years or longer.

 

[Heres_doe_]

Everytime I tried to do my cables up all neat and awesome.. a year later or whatever I had to fix or rip something out.

Just hide it, keep it out of harms way from water and humidity, and don't go much further then that.

A small matching box next to the aquarium would work. Cheap. Anything.

People love to show off cable management but never tell you the disasters of removing/adding/changing things when required. It never lasts long when many of us have tanks running for several years or longer.

This is exactly how it's staying for now lol