*The sixfifty* 🌊

[MalteserReefer]

Well hello there beautiful

 

[Daniel Doherty]

Any updates?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I am curious about updates as well!

 

[MalteserReefer]

Things slowed down
I had teaching, a stag do, and a full blown gastro

The penductors arrived and jesus christ they’re bigger than I thought! Good thing they’ll be hidden in the rubble.

Don’t expect huge updates this is a slooooow project

 

[MalteserReefer]

final look with upper cabinets.
And now…
it’s plumbin’ time

In the meantime, this is another time consuming issue I’ve had. The millwork was manufactured by a company in Gozo, faultless. The installation however… yikes. The clips (4 per door) were not well aligned, and I wasn’t happy with them, so i proceeded to remove and reattach all the clips on 12 cabinet doors. This took a hot minute.

The clips are good in theory, strong, stainless steel, adjustable and they allow you to remove the doors completely for easy maintenance, but they’re a ***** and a half to align properly. I wouldn’t choose them if I had to start again.

 

[MalteserReefer]

The dry fitting starts

 

[Ernie Mccracken]

Nice, I like the long PVC sweeps instead of elbows. I think that helps a lot.

 

[MalteserReefer]

Return 1
Return 2
Siphon overflow
Surface overflow
Emergency overflow

 

[MalteserReefer]

The first of two sumps is 20 feet away in the garage and will serve as a remote sump. It can take about 50 gallons and it made of PVC. It will house all the noisy equipment such as the protein skimmer and dosing pumps. Pipes will run through the wall , across the courtyard and into the K/L/D where the second sump sits beneath the main display.

 

[MalteserReefer]

Ye we def need more rocks lol

 

[MalteserReefer]

Summer power cuts haveen horrible. Sometimes daily cuts for an hour each time. Some cities in Malta had power cuts four days on it.
Never again.
13 panels and 15kwh battery should be ample peace of mind.

 

[MalteserReefer]

have been*
for days on end*

moral: speech to text sucks if you have a maltese accent

 

[MalteserReefer]

Planning water storage…