Mystix212: I'm in Victoria mate, way down south in the cold at the moment.
An aro would be nice, but as you said he'd get a little uncomfortable once he got a bit bigger. That and the mrs.
midnight: I was going to build it in originally, but it would have made the room look to small. I also really prefer my tanks as feature furniture.
maxumis: unfortunately the cupboards are still a good 6 weeks away, it's all time and $$$, both of which are hard to come by at the best of times. Especially with a little one due to arrive in 7 weeks or so.
rkc772: Yeah, it was a good thing that our electrician was a good friend of ours, he was the one that suggested it, and i'm sure glad I went ahead with it, peace of mind knowing that it'll take a fair load to trip the circuit breaker.
It will be planted, but not to heavily, trying to keep the maintance down on this one. Had a heavly planted 6x2x2 a couple of years ago, way to time consuming.
I'm doing the lights today, so once they are up and running i'll throw a couple more pictures up.
Thanks to all for the kind words.
Cheers
Dan