Hon! How is your reef project coming along?

[Achilles Tang]

Hey Hon,

What's up with your new reef tank project?

You got the keys to your new place already right?

Are you gonna do a fish room also?

Tell tell tell!

[spiff]

LOL!

ya hon when when????i cant wait to go swimming!

[Hon]

No keys yet lah...thats why so quiet now...ha.h.a.

I wait until neck long long liao, can't wait to start my reef project manz...

Anyone can help me push HDB a little???

[Achilles Tang]

Just tell them your wife is pregnant and you need to move in RIGHTAWAY!!!

Hey Hon... how many 1" true union ball valves do you have?

[Hon]

Getting keys soon lah..31st Oct 2002. But still have 1.5 mths of hse reno first leh.

I got 4 x 32mm true union valve now..why leh ??? wanna stung from me ar?? <_<

[Achilles Tang]

Aiyah... you hit the nail on the head... actually.. the shop I went to has ran out of 1" true union ball valves... stock coming at of the month.. sianz... have to wait another 5 days... this project kenna delay damn jialat!

Hey Hon, you still my lobang for the starphire and tank maker or not? Can recommend you to get good price lah!

Wah! I let go so much Singlish here!

[Hon]

What a painful 5 days wait...

Keep the contract of yours okie. I might wanna get them to build mine in future. But do they have stainless steel stand fabrication as well? Don't like to go all spore to get individual item.

[Achilles Tang]

I believe so...

They even helped me get marine-grade plywood... should be no prob as they are in the construction biz.

My consultancy fees quite reasonable for you.. heh heh!.... just bring the beer and chicks... oops... make sure the wife is not reading this!

[spiff]

hi achilles,

does ur contractor make cabinets too? i was thinking of white cabinet, but i dun c them ard

will do my tank, but mid of next year.......

[Phang]

Hi Achilles,

You have pricing for Starpire glass of 5 by 2.5 ft....????

[Phang]

  Achilles Tang said:

Hey Hon,

What's up with your new reef tank project?

You got the keys to your new place already right?

Are you gonna do a fish room also?

Tell tell tell!

Hon, been very quiet....... any updates for us???

[Hon]

Nothin much to update since my house renovation have not complete.

Wall painting and wood vanishing give off some very choking flame, I guess they are real poisonous. It's putting me off from starting the tank until those work have finish, which will probably after Feb liao lor.

I attach a few pic of my raw tank anyway...hope to satify you for now...h.a.h.ah.

[Hon]

I simple and wrong design sump tank

[Hon]

And the wrongly built metal stand..... The stand is so weak, even a gust of wind will send the tank swaying left and right on the stand ...

[Dinosaur]

  Hon said:

And the wrongly built metal stand..... The stand is so weak, even a gust of wind will send the tank swaying left and right on the stand ...

Sorry, but I feel very insecure looking at this stands

[Achilles Tang]

I thought you got the stand replaced with a stronger one??

And who designed the sump? Yourself right?

[dodo]

me too...my wife will faint if she sees tis type of stand

[Hon]

Got the new stand after 2 weeks of waiting and still, the outside dimension is different from the previous weak stand.

As my contractor have start building the cabinet for it, they have to discard them and rebuild it again. And I have to pay for it again <_<

[robe]

Hi Hon

Better upgrade to a bigger frame stand as that can collapse if sideward force is applied like bumping into it accidentally. That one can be modified by putting welded web struts in between the horizontal frame and vertical support colums to reinforce it.

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[Hon]

Its been replaced.....

Phang wanna know the step-by-step stuff mah...so i post all the pic I have lor...ha.h.a.h

[Hon]

A pic of the bulkhead for the overflow chamber with silicon applied.

[Hon]

A pic of my iwaki at the sump area.

[Hon]

And the last pic for now. The full tank shot with cabinet built around the tank.

Also managed to make a rock rack. Filled the overflow chamber with water to test for leakage, if any, on the bulkhead joint. Lucky no leak ar!!!

[Achilles Tang]

Hi Hon,

The replacement SS stand looks strong! The previous one definitely wrongly built! What a stupid contractor.

Anyway, your completed stand, tank, sump & wooden frames look great!

Now open up the top and show us how your lights are done!

AT

ps - your white door looks so much like mine!

[Hon]

The lightings have not been fixed yet. The light in the tank now is a FL tube use for viewing my house before the lighting is fixed.

Attach a pic to show what light it was...h.ah..ah