Please show me your hidden wires!!!

[reefer4816]

Ok guys so I would like to see your guys' tank brains.

I want to see how you hide your wires mostly.
I want to put all my wires behind a "control station" basically. And have all my return pump, wavemaker, temperature and controllable things on the front side so I can see and turn them on very easily.

Please inspire me!!!

 

[Orm Embar]

I don't have a pic worth showing (wires thrown behind the tank), but there are various cord keepers like flexible 1" plastic tubing thatyou can cut to the length of your power cords to keep everything organized

 

[JoshH]

I can't show you my hidden wires... they are hidden! A good place to start would be Broadfields set up, he has the exact set up you're looking to do. Or have a look here...

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/show-me-your-equipment-cabinets.194534/

 

[Broadfield]

These are my cables behind the panels:

IMG_5282 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

This was my temporary panel setup:

IMG_4008 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

And this is my final panel setup:

IMG_6030 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

 

[DeepBlueSomething]

These are my cables behind the panels:

IMG_5282 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

This was my temporary panel setup:

IMG_4008 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

And this is my final panel setup:

IMG_6030 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

Yowza! Nice job -- I can't even begin...thanks for sharing!

 

[Orm Embar]

These are my cables behind the panels:

IMG_5282 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

This was my temporary panel setup:

IMG_4008 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

And this is my final panel setup:

IMG_6030 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

Your sump officially looks nicer than my display. Very nice!

 

[Water Dog]

For everyone with the nice hidden wires... what happens when you need to do maintenance on equipment? Say a return pump needs to be scrubbed and impeller inspected or powerheads need to be soaked in vinegar, how difficult is it to untangle the bundles of wire to unplug and free specific pieces of equipment? I intend to build a separate controller / power bar cabinet to sit next to my stand and am trying to get my head around the simplicity of removing equipment for maintenance while at the same time making it look nice.

 

[75galOCD]

Here is my work in the ole Oceanic. The wire channel is not very accessible but when I have to get back in I’m going to cut the cover in half. You can imagine that there is about 100’ of wire in there