Overflow help

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  1. skip

    skip Astrea Snail

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    Someone gave me a used 75 gallon tank.
    Want to drill back of tank on both ends for overflows.
    Bottom is tempered glass.
    Can you buy the overflow panels for inside of tank?
     
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  3. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    Just buy some acrylic and do it yourself. It's easy and you can do anything you want that way.
     
  4. Otty

    Otty Giant Squid

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    If the bottom is tempered then just drill the back panel towards the bottom. That is what I done on my Perfecto tank. Check out my build thread if you want to see where I drilled. I put 8 holes in one end of the tank with a tempered bottom.
     
  5. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    What In wall and Otty said is dead on , Curt looking at your avatar I watched that movie last night :) Funny flick.. Your weapons/Bullets will not effect me LOL
     
  6. tigermike74

    tigermike74 Panda Puffer

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    Glass-holes.com sells overflows for back-drilled tanks. You can also use those JBJ surface skimmers as an overflow, though it may not provide enough flow for a 75G tank. If you are tool-handy, you can do what inwall suggested. Get a sheet of 1/8" acrylic, route some teeth into it, heat it up and bend it into the shape you want, then silicon/glue that puppy into place. :)
     
  7. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    LOL

    Ya gotta admit...it is one of the best ones.