OMG- how many items do you have plugged in....

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I have a 240 gallon cubed reef tank and just got a new cerebra vertex controller to run things and it only has 6 power ports to plug things in... I have a 16 port power bar as well but did not realize I have 21 things plugged in :
1. Heater 1

2. Heater 2

3. Heater 3

4. Radion 1

5. Radion 2

6. Orphek 1

7. Orphek 2

8. T5 unit 1

9. T5 unit 2

10. LED blue strip 1

11. Protein Skimmer

12. Return Pump

13. Carbon reactor

14. GFO reactor

15. MP 40

16. Gyre 150 -1

17. Gyre 150- 2

18. Controller

19. Power bar

20. Led light strip around tank
21. top off

whew!! i think everything will stay plugged into the power bar except for the protein skimmer and the gyres, mp 40 and return pump and possibly 1 heater which will all be plugged into the controller
 
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I've got a 30g cube and I've got:
1. Halide
2. Return pump
3. Skimmer
4. Heater
5. Fuge led
6. Ato
7. Water change cord
8. Actinic led
9. Rw-4
10. Rw-4
I just bought an apex jr so I've got to figure out 4 in going to program on that. Probably halide, heater, return pump, and skimmer to use the feed mode.
 
Funny you started this post, I was just thinking about this.....thinking my plug use is like that one scene in Christmas Vacation:

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I have two EB8's and six powerstrips accepting 27 plugs. I have a powerstrip plugged into a powerstrip!


Lights - 10 plugs
Blues - 3
Whites - 3
Moonlights - 3
Refugium - 1

Powerheads - 6 Plugs
5 Vortechs
1 Tunze

Pumps - 5 Plugs
Return Pump - 1
Biopellet Pump - 1
Skimmer Pump - 1
Dosing Pumps - 2

Heaters - 2 Plugs

Miscellaneous - 4 Plugs
ATO - 2
Reservoir Low Level Sensor - 1
Skimmate Container Float Switch - 1
 
Perhaps add a splitter for the heaters and radions? Will save you some outlets.
 
I get a panic Attack every time I look behind the stand. It's all hidden out of site but there are miles of cables back there.

I've got two fully loaded eb8's with a couple split for heaters mp40's etc. but I only have four wall outlets and one is connected to my battery backups. So I'm basically out of space.
 
Ok so...
The 90g reef:
1) hydra26 HD
2) hydra26 HD
3) heater 400w
4) ATO
5) Reef Octo Skimmer
6) fuge light
7) return pump
8) ground plug
9) apex 2016
10) dell venue pro

And for the 55g cichlid tank:
1) LED
2) LED
3) aqueon filter
4) 200w heater
5) power head

Aaaand the 10g SW QT tank
1) AquaClear 30
2) 100w heater
3) LED light
4) air pump
5) pH and temp monitor
 
Could you not run two larger heaters? Maybe plug the radions into their own plugs. I have a cerebra as well but don't use it to control my radions since they run through ecosmart. Might gain some plugs that way
 
  • (4) Radions
  • (4) Heaters
  • (1) Halide
  • (3) MP-40's
  • (1) HOB filter
  • (1) random powerhead
  • (1) Tunze 6105
  • (1) Jebao DC1200
  • (1) RD3-230
  • (1) Mag 18
  • (1) CO2 solenoid
  • (1) Eheim circulation pump
  • (1) Watson Marlow peristaltic pump
  • (3) DOS pumps
  • Air pump
  • (1) Multiout for random items such as Christmas tree lights or my cheap powerhead that I use to blow off rocks.
  • looks like 26 items altogether
 
Red Sea Reefer 350 - about 75 gallon display and I have

1. Radion
2. Radion
3. Tunze 6095
4. Tunze 6095
5. Sump Pump - to help disperse chemicals that are dosed.
6. Fuge light
7. Sump Light
8. Return Pump.
9. MJ pump for carbon reactor
10. ATO
11. Grounding Plug
12. Heater
13. Skimmer
14. Chiller
15. Apex Feeder - doesn't use an outlet
16. Neptune DOS Unit - Just upgraded to the new apex so doesn't use an outlet anymore
17. Neptune DOS Unit - see above
 
1.) heater
2.) heater
3.) T5
4.) reefbrite
5.) return pump
6.) sump light
7.) skimmer
8.) power head
9.) power head
10.) power head
11.) ato
 
I installed my new apex this weekend and found out my four six bulb T-5 fixtures with the LED bulbs was over 800 watts !!! Yes that much that would cost over $100 a month just in T'S !!!! So I'm going led only eight hydra 52-S !!!
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I'll have to get a count and get back to you! HA!
 
I installed my new apex this weekend and found out my four six bulb T-5 fixtures with the LED bulbs was over 800 watts !!! Yes that much that would cost over $100 a month just in T'S !!!! So I'm going led only eight hydra 52-S !!!
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I need sunglass just looking at the picture. Wow.
 
I cheat and have some items powered off the Apex 1Link.

EB8 -1
1.) ReefBrite LED strip
2.) ATI ballast #1
3.) ATI ballast #2
4.) ATI Fan
5.) Sump light

EB8 -2
1.) 1Link
2.) 250w Heater
3.) Return Pump
4.) ZeoVit Reactor
5.) Deltec Skimmer
6.) Tunze 6040s (x2)
7.) 500w Heater

1Link
1.) Wav 1 & 2
2.) DOS pump and DDR
3.) PMUP for ATO
 

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