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Aquarium Setups and Livestock - Power Requirements

Fish Room Circuit (15 amp - breaker #12) watts amps
     
15 gallon grow-out tank (fed from refugium)
     
- Mag 2 (refugium to grow-out tank flow) 24 0.30
- 15W fluorescent strip 15 0.12
- AquaClear 110 Power Filter (500 gph) 14 0.12
     
100 gallon refugium (Rubbermaid stock tank)
     
- Coralife 24" Aqualight 130 1.13
- 8 inch Vornado fan (cooling mode) 75 0.70
- 2 x 200W titanium heaters 400 3.48
- Iwaki MD-70 (feeds Bullet XL-1 skimmer) 130 2.80
- Vortex VTX400 inline exhaust fan (172 cfm) 80 0.70
- Mag 18 (feeds sulphur denitrator) 120 1.36
- Mag 2 (recirculates aragonite for denitrator) 24 0.30
     
Replacement Salt Water (50 gallon tub)    
     
- Mag 2 (mixing and pumping into refugium) 24 0.30
- Ebo-Jager heater 50 0.44
     
Circuit Total (heating mode) 1010 11.05
Circuit Total (cooling mode) 685 8.27
     
     
Primary Aquarium Circuit (15 amp - breaker #24)    
     
Lighting Equipment    
     
- Coralife 48" Aqualight (two 10,000k tubes) 130 1.13
- Coralife 30" Aqualight (10,000k tube) 65 0.56
- 250W 20,000k HQI MH (Ice Cap ballast) 250 2.18
- 3/4W Coralife Lunar Aqualight Blue negligible negligible
- under sink fluorescent stick tube 33 0.29
     
System Pumping    
     
- Mag 18 (overflow return) 120 1.36
- Mag 3 (feed for automatic top-off water) 35 0.70
- Mag 2 (sump overflow circulation and refugium supply) 24 0.30
- Amp Master 3000 (closed loop) 126 1.10
- Tunze Turbelle Stream 6100 (3170 gph) 45 0.39
     
Circuit Total 820 8.10
     
Secondary Aquarium Circuit (15 amp - breaker #3)    
     
Lighting Equipment    
     
- Coralife 48" Aqualight (two actinic tubes) 130 1.13
- Coralife 30" Aqualight (actinic tube) 65 0.56
     
System Pumping    
     
- Tunze Turbelle Stream 6060 (1600 gph) 11 0.10
- Mag 9.5 (redundant overflow return) 93 1.33
- Mag 2 (redundant sump and refugium circulation) 24 0.30
- Maxi-Jet 400 (feeds Phosban with carbon) 5 0.04
     
Circuit Total 330 3.50
     

Note 1: Figures based on nameplate data where available, or manufacturer's literature (standard formula of amps = watts/115 volts used to calculate missing fields)

Note 2: Maximum loading for a circuit should be 80% of its rating (or 12 amps for the 15 amp circuit)

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