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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    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
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    cool, i thought why not, so this weekend will start, its a 30m round trip but will be worth it.. we have a very temperate climate so i wont get to many temp swings
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    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...
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    thanks i used corner clamps no prob i am one too very slowly, 100L at a time
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    after a few hours of fun and almost tragedy in us almost dropping a side pane we have this
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    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...
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    i be the tank owner and brain, very right in blue the 2 on the left moral and tech support, my mate steven muscle and build man, his wife is the camera lady :)
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    ok thanks to some great friends for the help and getting the show on the road! today we did the hardest part, getting the stand joined and level. we added 30mm polystyrene and placed the first base panel on to get things level before we start with the build. the floor was a little skew, so i...
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    Thanks, got the stand in final position and level next is the sump and tank
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    Thanks, great lights Easy to move etc, I have bolted them into one and got them level
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    well i got my stand :) now i can move ahead and build
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    well some good news, i receive my stand this evening, so now i can start with the build and pic posting :) also been looking at supplementing my Orpheks with sunlight, getting the guys to come around and quote on solar tubes
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    i used a par meter on the back of a seneye unit, i will have an apogee one when my tank is running to test accurately
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    they are great, tested them on my floor and holding tank, at 600mm high on my tank i get 1000x1000 cover with good PAR, but time will tell
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    well what do we have here? unpacked and ready to power on, next to a 2L coke bottle i turned off all the lights to get the room pitchblack all i can say is wow, serious light, great 90mcx90cm foot print, these 2 are going to have my coral growing like mad all for 200w
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    Dallas' Orca Orphek Ocean - 480g

    thanks all! today we have a cooler day at 30deg C, been have up to 40deg C this week :) i love summer, winter is a cool 20deg C :)
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