Cord management - are yours organized or spaghetti ?

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What do you mean "spaghetti"? I think you'll find my cord organization looks more like ramen :grimacing-face:

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Why yes, all my controllers and power supplies are in a big pile inside of a plastic bin at the base of the stand. At least if there's a flood they won't get wet.

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What do you mean "spaghetti"? I think you'll find my cord organization looks more like ramen :grimacing-face:

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Why yes, all my controllers and power supplies are in a big pile inside of a plastic bin at the base of the stand. At least if there's a flood they won't get wet.

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the latter is also my style. Take the whole bundle and shove it in a box or somewhere elevated then it wont get wet
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When I setup my tank I had everything all tied neat and tidy. Then I had to do something in there and ended-up having to undo a bunch of it. It never went back together the same way.

It's all safe (drip loops, etc), but it doesn't look anything like it used to. It's a bit of an organized mess at this point.

New build, new stand, new tank... This one I'm planning it out a bit better. I'm setting everything up knowing that I will have to get to it and/or pull it out at some point. So there will at least be some method to the madness.
 
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Maannnn...I've tried my best to organize and have it look amazing, but best I can do is make it look decent. It was looking really good till 2 weeks ago, lighting struck, took out power in our neighborhood, I wasn't home, but wife was, battery back up kicked in and worked fine, but wife got paranoid and started unplugging stuff to make sure it was all on generator....now it's a mess again...

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There's nothing wrong with spaghetti wiring as long as any plugs or power strips are elevated so they cant get wet. I came home from work one day to my reef tank with no power and my GFCI tripped. I reset the GFCI and pretty much had a 4th of July fireworks show go off behind my sump. Turns out the small extension cord plug i had for my MP40 had fallen on the ground and I didn't notice. That day protein skimmer went crazy and saltwater started running out of the collection cup down the back of my sump onto the floor where the plug was. I was really lucky I didn't have a massive fire.
 

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Made plenty of mistake on previous setup. Spend little time just to makesure everything is label, zipped, and covered correctly.
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I'd be curious to see a photo of this same angle 4+ years from now when the tank has large colonies of corals and you've had to replace broken equipment that is labeled and zipped.

I think we all start off this way (some better than others,@Short Reefer, yours is amazing btw), but as our focus moves to biology of a healthy tank, that beautiful set up takes a back seat and we realize having equipment set up as a show piece isn't necessarily practical when you have a late night emergency and the tanks health is on the line.

Not to say that some people won't keep up with maintaining a show piece. For the majority, they quickly realize that it doesn't make the tank health any better and that time can be better spent on something else.
 

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