320g build/journey/experiment :-)

[Jimbo7]

They have not been wired yet... and did you see my large water cooled heat sink?

Yea I saw it, I was more worried about your hands, drivers, and tools.

 

[Greenmaster]

Looking great so far. How are you going to attach the leds to the heatsink(thermal wise), thermal paste or tape?

I will be using thermal paste.

Yea I saw it, I was more worried about your hands, drivers, and tools.

Ahh okay... Well my lights will not even be tested till I have the water flowing... I'm not sure if I'm putting the drivers on a shelf behind the tank or on top of the heat sink... and once it is set up nothing will be touching the heat sink.

 

[Greenmaster]

Some photos of my rock while I wait for things to arrive in the mail...
I got board so I did a pre aquascape. The wood represents the dimensions of the tank.

Looking from the front of the tank

Looking from the back of the tank

 

[Aquarium1]

Wow that looks pretty flippin sweet! I'm sure the fish will love their hidey holes lol.

 

[Greenmaster]

Wow that looks pretty flippin sweet! I'm sure the fish will love their hidey holes lol.

The best part of the "hidey holes" is I can look into almost all of them and see what is inside... Less places for unwanted critters to hide

 

[Mitchell0605]

Awesome! How are they staying up?

 

[Greenmaster]

I'll do a top down shot tomorrow... they are just positioned so they are solid... well there are a couple that I wouldn't leave without some kind of reinforcement but mostly they are okay.

 

[thincat]

Nice look at what's to come. I can't wait to see it in the tank>

 

[Greenmaster]

Nice look at what's to come. I can't wait to see it in the tank>

Still wanting to see a FTS of yours

 

[Apollo1K9]

Wow, for being a pre-scape, that's awesome! Now you have me considering DIY rock for my 75... lol.

 

[Greenmaster]

Wow, for being a pre-scape, that's awesome! Now you have me considering DIY rock for my 75... lol.

I love the DIY rock... that way you have exactly what shapes you want

 

[Apollo1K9]

I love the DIY rock... that way you have exactly what shapes you want

This is very true. The only issue with that is that I don't have enough experience yet to know what shapes I would want/need!

 

[Greenmaster]

This is very true. The only issue with that is that I don't have enough experience yet to know what shapes I would want/need!

Then you just make a bunch of extra pieces and only use what you need.

 

[WhiteDevil]

one word

WOW.

 

[harmy4993]

I love my diy rock. But mine arent as creative. Diy rock is the way to go if your willing to wait for it to clean up.

 

[capj64]

Groovy I want to see a FTS of TC's tank too

 

[Greenmaster]

Here is the top down pic that I missed yesterday.

 

[Mitchell0605]

How big are those holes? Can't really tell.

 

[Greenmaster]

These are the biggest holes there are some that only smaller fish would want to swim through but you cant see them at this angle they are about 4"x3" and 3"x3" hope that helps with the understandings of space.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Thanks Green.