300 gallons of blog!

I am a guy who thinks he has plenty of power as long as there is a open spot in a power strip... so my opinion is worthless, but OMG, this looks great!

Crvz.......omg.......well I would have to see it in person to actually figure out what is really going on there. your pictures could be either not big enough or not narrow enough field of view I hate squinting. but it sounds and looks like you have thought of most things. I do low voltage electronics as well so 110/220 is more like fourth nature to me.

I love the detail you went to. The upper panel with the lighting stuff seems to be offset from the wall 4" to 5" away. What is behind the board besides wires? Your rocker switches on the lower panel are nice, giving you easy access to flip things on and off at will. Very similar to the DJ switches many use, but more DIY of course.

It might be nice to have a full sheet of acrylic in front of that main panel, hinged off once side with a cut out where the Aqua Controller is. That way nothing can spray the power center with water accidentally, but if you have to get in there, you open it up. The AC3 Pro (right?) is the one thing you might need to handle often. A sliding panel or small door over the series of switches would be another handy option.

Good thoughts, Mark. There is nothing behind either of the panels besides wiring. I just offset them in order to tuck wires back there and make it look a little cleaner (though, let's be honest, it's a right mess behind the panel... even though they open so I can get behind them, there are a lot of wires). I've used those DJ power switches in the past, but since I want to stick switches between the controller and the piece of hardware, those rockers were the way to go (example; my skimmer is controlled by the DC8, but I can kill power to the skimmer with a switch without killing power to the DC8).

The controller there is just the AC3 (a bit of a relic now in that blue cover), but I do have an Apex on hand that I will be installing in short order. I like the idea of the acrylic, I'll have to think about that. It'll probably go into the long list of "future work" (which currently includes, in priority order, moving the frag tank, auto water change, new shelf for AC system (if I don't upgrade to a mini-split AC), and a species tank). Once I move the frag tank, there won't be any highly credible failures that would allow for splashing on the panel, but the protection would be nice all the same.

And thanks for the other comments as well, Midnight and Red.