Drilling and Sump

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  1. earlthebeaver

    earlthebeaver Plankton

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    Here goes,

    I have a 55gal I plan on drilling and connecting to a 30gal sump below it. My question is can I partition the back corners off and drill the a hole on each side on the bottom?

    This would remove the need for an over flow as long as the glass doesn't shatter etc.
     
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  2. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    my recomendation is go to gl*******s . com and look there.. you will not regret it..
     
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    iLLwiLL Sailfin Tang

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    Great typo, that about made my day. But seriously in a 55 you're probably only going to need to drill 1 corner instead of both. I second the above recommendation for the glass cages kit. Their setups dont take up any valuable floorspace and look great when installed.

    ~Will.
     
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  4. earlthebeaver

    earlthebeaver Plankton

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    sorry i can't see the link it's all ***ed out. sorry about the typo, I'm thinking about 400 things at once and my thoughts get scrambled.
     
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  5. star_wolf_us

    star_wolf_us Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I didn't think you could drill the bottom of a tank with it being tempered glass...?:confused:
     
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    bama Humpback Whale

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    i meant to say glas sholes.com the space is there because the filter makes it a bad word..
     
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  7. earlthebeaver

    earlthebeaver Plankton

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    I think you can if you're SUPER careful. I guess i could just do it on the sides, but I had an overflow box once and it was nothing more than a pain. The sump's sole purpose will be to house a skimmer because i have hang on right now and I can't stand looking at it.
     
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  8. earlthebeaver

    earlthebeaver Plankton

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    any other ideas? I've read a ton of info and I'm still pretty confused because there's so many ways to do it
     
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  9. Reefjack

    Reefjack Astrea Snail

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    The site is actually called glass-holes.com :p

    The bottom of most tanks are tempered glass, and if you try to drill it very bad things will happen.

    You could get a couple of overflow boxes from that same site, and instead of blocking off the back corners, just drill the back of the tank and set the overflows as far to each side as is safe.

    There are some calculations I saw ReefGuru post in another thread that will tell you the minimum safe distance from any edge that you can drill the holes.

    Hope that helps!
     
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  10. hydrojeff

    hydrojeff Montipora Capricornis

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    no you can not drill tempered glass
     
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