First ever reef tank

[mohammed_b]

Hello guys

Hope you all are doing great!

My home is still under construction, to prepare for a Red Sea S model, how many electric outlets should I provide for the tank ?

Considering:
3 LED lights
2 Return pumps
Neptune Apex pro
Neptune Trident
RS roller mat
UV
Skimmer

 

[Peace River]

#WelcometoR2R! I'm sure others will chime in soon, but if you are building a new house and you know where the tank will be placed then you may want to consider adding a separate electrical circuit for the tank equipment. Good luck with whatever you choose!

 

[fishguy242]

Hi, welcome to the reef...
Agree plan tank as you build new home.

 

[Doctorgori]

#WelcometoR2R! I'm sure others will chime in soon, but if you are building a new house and you know where the tank will be placed then you may want to consider adding a separate electrical circuit for the tank equipment. Good luck with whatever you choose!

Im only quoting cuz I was beat to the punch lol …anyways, a 15 amp circuit is fine so long as the tank is the predominate draw…not so much if shared with space heaters and portable ?Ac’s et…
Edit add: this is my 3rd spec home and if caught early upgrade that box to 20 amp GFCI if possible

 

[mohammed_b]

#WelcometoR2R! I'm sure others will chime in soon, but if you are building a new house and you know where the tank will be placed then you may want to consider adding a separate electrical circuit for the tank equipment. Good luck with whatever you choose!

Yeah,
The tank outlets are going to be on a separate electrical circuit, do I need to provide more than 4 outlets?

 

[Reefer Matt]

Welcome! What I would do is try to add up your planned power usage, and install an appropriately dedicated circuit just for the tank. The reason is so you can always add on more tanks, etc. later. I like two outlets if possible per tank, but I have a few tanks just run off of one.

 

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[Peace River]

There are times when you don't want to plug everything individually into the wall and instead plug many pieces of equipment into such as the Apex power bar, the Hydros XP8, or the (soon to be released) Hydros Kraken power center which provide smart outlets that tie into your aquarium's automation system.

 

[fishguy242]

i'll add , a surge protector strip at the very least into gfci protected circuit .

 

[00W]

Hi and welcome welcome to R2R!
That really is such a cool option not many of us get to have.
Great advice already given above.
If it were my choice I'd have at least 4 on one wall behind the tank 2 to 3 feet apart (I can't build even Legos so what do I know about this part) since I always seem to need one where there isn't one!
GFCI on a couple for sure.
I also like 2 per tank.