Is this safe to all be plugged in?

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Hi all,

I have a fish tank that currently has an extension lead and in it I have plugged my LED lights (30 watts), Filter (45 Watts) a thermomostat and a 600 watt heater.
The thermostat turns the heater on and off and is Wifi enabled too.

I've attached a diagram. I'd like to put a timer plug on the LED lights. Will this be OK plugged into the extension lead as shown?

Does this all look ok to you?


Many thanks for your help.
 

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600 Watts?

Just how big is your tank?

I used to use the rule of thumb of 5W per gallon for a typical domestic living room, 120 gallon is ~20 cubic feet or 500 Litres. If your tank is that big I'd always suggest using several smaller heaters to keep it fairly even.

Edit: Back in the day heaters were usually only 100W maximum. To be honest I'd be scared of what would happen if the thermostat failed on.
 
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Thanks for your replies.
Tank is 465 litres.

I use a titanium heater. They are solid and are only a heater. The Thermostat is separate (Inkbird) where you set high and low max temperatures. It’s connected to Wi-Fi and will alert me if heater was to fail directly to my phone.
 

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