Sliting equipment/ 2 breakers??

[ludiNano]

Hello, i am nearly complete w/ my 29g w/ 20g sump and 5.5 refugium. I need the help of some of you electrical guys out there. Sorry ahead of time, im long winded.

All i have left is adding maybe 2- 20A breakers to my box. ( 6 open) Im talking with an electrician and he'll do it for $20 bucks (friend, and the tanks 5' from electrical box.)

He doesn't know anything about reefs tanks though. My total watts now shouldn't ever trip the breaker but i know it could happen so having my tank on 2 and spliting the equipment so say... w/ flow, Return pump goes out but PH in tank still on.

Here is my equipment as flollws:
(S=sump)(M-main) (R=refugium) ( w=watts)

1- MH (M) (150w)

12- moon lights (M) (12w)

1- Heater (S) ? (150w)

1- Heater (M) ? (100w)

1- Heater (R) ? (50w)

1- Skimmer Octo PS-120 (S) (40w est.)

1- Rio 2500 return Pump (S) (55w)

1 - Rio 2100 pump to Refugium (S) (36w est.)

2- Korals 2's (M) 6x2 (12w)

1- Refugium light (R) (30w est.)
[Unsure how much i should use for this (its a 5.5 hex)]
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I also want to leave room for posible add on: Calcium reactor, PC/VHO addintions, sump lighting for frags, Korals 3 for display,Canister filter....

Im sorry for how long this is but all im asking is maybe a (1 or 2)
off to the side of each piece of equipment, for which breaker to put it on. And if you have any suggestions i am open for anything.

Thankyou so much if you finished this.

 

[Agu]

I'm no electrician but two 15 amp circuits were adequate for my old 180 tank. It's more important in your case to have the redundancy so if one circuit trips there's still flow in the tank.

Make sure he installs GFCI outlets.

 

[iansfishy]

12 moonlights is alot. theres only one moon! a 1 watt led is still alot of light.

 

[silverwolf72]

so far your total is only 635W, 15A breaker should be able to safely handle 1500W(1800W x 20% head room). Run your return on 1 and the rest of your circulation pumps on the other breaker.

 

[ludiNano]

I would like to use 20A, because i dont expect this to be the system down here. I have plans to for changing my 55 fresh to FOWLR, and will at some time hopfully have 125++++.

And Ian i just have the sunpod 30'' 150w with 6 white LEDs + 6 Blue. It looks great and some of there longer fixtures come w/ 18+ LEDs.