Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

[dallasg]

dai che sono curioso...... good!!!!!

muchos gracias

Looks awesome! Wish we could get those DC controlable pumps here without trading our children for them!$!$!$

got them online, they should be way cheaper in UK/Europe

build looks good fellas! staying tuned in

thanks, now its rolling

 

[Adamc1303]

Great looking build so far!

 

[deepblue68]

yes this build looks like its going to be awesome!!good luck.

 

[fixmgood]

Looks like a lekker (great) build.
It looks like not much has changed there,one guy doing the work with ten supervisors:beer:
Good luck

 

[dallasg]

Great looking build so far!

thanks

yes this build looks like its going to be awesome!!good luck.

thanks, its going to rock

Looks like a lekker (great) build.
It looks like not much has changed there,one guy doing the work with ten supervisors:beer:
Good luck

haha, ex-SA?
we all had fun

 

[dallasg]

okie, well we got about 70% done on the tank yesterday
all thats left is:
front pane
final silicone seal and tidying
bracing
adding overflows
adding partitions
bracing

here are some pics...

 

[dallasg]

 

[dallasg]

 

[dallasg]

after a few hours of fun and almost tragedy in us almost dropping a side pane we have this

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Love the tree stencils/painting on the wall. But definitely nice progress.

 

[dallasg]

Thanks, did them all over my house

 

[devmasa]

hi dallasg,
what is the reason for having double panes of glass on the bottom ?

 

[dallasg]

well i need i 24mm base, so by using 1 large sheep and 3 smaller sheets i add a safety factor so that if the base cracks it doesnt go straight through

 

[dallasg]

Well work has had me busy, but a lot has changed for the good, instead of sump etc under the tank, I have decided to use my garage as a fish and sump room. I will now have a 1000L sump with 2 300L LR tanks and coral frag tanks, also a 6ft DIY fluidised sand bed filter. For nitrate and phosphate control will be using orca Nitra guard bio cubes.
So this should bump my system up to 3000L

Also looking at geo thermal heating and cooling as we have warm winters and warmer

 

[dallasg]

well what a long few weeks, works been chaos, but have 4 days off so hope to have everything done by monday....
cant wait, been without a tank since november

 

[Flame_Angel]

cant wait, been without a tank since november

Really starts to give you a mental rash after a while, huh?