Stand equipment/power supply clean up

jlfullmer · Mar 12, 2014

I have a 6-foot stand supporting a 220-gallon reef aquarium. It's embarrassing to look under it and see the mess. 1/2 is taken up by the sump and the other half has return pump, skimmer pump, bio-media reactor and other crap. Does anyone have recommendations for a clean/orderly way to mount my PC4 power strips and Kessil 360 power supply modules? I would like the area to look as professional as possible.

Any thoughts or comments? Thanks.

zebe00 · Mar 12, 2014

I just bought a nightstand at IKEA for $49 and spent 3 hours last night prepping it with my new APEX. (I'm switching from the RKE) Putting my vortech controllers and ATO controller in there as well. I am tired of worrying about saltwater + electric outlets + me at work. Not a good combo. I have a 135 cube so space is limited as well...

redfishbluefish · Mar 12, 2014

All my electronic stuff is mounted....but one thing I did in and about the sump to help organize (neaten up) all the wires that were laying around was to use large conduit clamps.....large enough to fit the plug end through them. Here is a picture of my sump where there are three or these conduit clamps for the wires. The one in the upper left corner of the photo is easily seen.

vlangel · Mar 12, 2014

Very good idea. I have mine twist-tied but what you did is much better!.

bknapp · Mar 12, 2014

I used zip ties, square tie downs and Velcro and ran the PC4's from my RKL on the back side of the stand. I used a Belkin surge protector that hides the wires. I'm going to change out the light inside of the stand so that wire won't be hanging there.