Would make a sweet refuge for a 500-1000g tank... :wink:

Welcome aboard hope you learn something... but most of all full of knowledge I can steal muahahaha! :D

Great how to DIY rock. I think I might have to try this.:wink:

:welcome:

Little late but

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Not that late I just signed up yesterday at 12:00am you posted within 44 hours of me joining. I just can't do much atm so I have been online a bit... over 50 posts :D

I ordered my LED's and my Aluminum slab today.. expect to get the LED's by mid August and have my heat-sink ready by then.

Intense build here dude! Tagging along for sure!

Welcome aboard :-)



So this is the start of the heatsink... I still need to buy the thermal paste so I can attach the copper but this is what it looks like ATM.

Aluminum slab is 5'x2'x3/8"
Groves cut with a router 5/8" rounded bit... (went through 3 of them) cut about 3/16" deep
1/2" copper pipe
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Heatsink1.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Heatsink2.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Heatsink3.jpg
http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x.../Heatsink4.jpg

Dude! Holly crap! Like wow! Thats gonna be a big lighting system! Yah and you say im ahead you in my build??? I beg to deffer! Watching eagerly.

You have your lights and most of your equipment (my LED's are at least 3-4 weeks away plus I have to wire them... I expect that to take 2 weeks)... your tank is on the stand (I still need to put some of my rock in first... finish my stand... Drill 2 more holes in my tank... convince 4 people that they want to help me slide my tank onto the stand and hope the jacks don't kick out)... I will have fish in September when are you planning on having your first fish?
My "lighting system" is only 5'x2' there are lots of pendents that are 6' or 8'.

Ok that is one hardcore heatsink! Are you plumbing water into the copper piping to draw heat out?

Tagging along. Your daughter is hilarious btw. They don't speed the process up but it's a lot of fun to see them get into it.