Should I Drill The Take Or Use An Overflow?

[DanMan092]

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[Paul_MTS]

persoanlly i drilled my tank myself with a drill bit i bought off ebay.

very easy to do.

 

[bunjiweb]

Rather than trying to do it yourself I would get an overflow box, Although I don't know what makes are available I have seen ones from Tunze and Shuran working well.

Ben

 

[andywg]

I would drill myself. Or elese there are plenty of people about who will do it for around a tenner.

There are too many problems with an overflow that I wouldn't want. Loss of suction being the main one. With the sump I tried to plan for the most ridiculous and worst thing possible happening. All it takes is one snail or fish blocking the syphon tube and you have a flooded display and an empty sump.

 

[DanMan092]

I got the tank drilled today. 3 holes. The middle is the outflow and the sides are intake. I can always change it around, and even add a refugium (which i want to, somehow)

 

[bunjiweb]

All it takes is one snail or fish blocking the syphon tube and you have a flooded display and an empty sump.

This is what still puts me off the idea of sumps. I would probably end up wanting to do it a completly different way... Having said that I know that I will end up going into sumps in detail one way, as i am always on the look out for "bigger and better"

Ben

 

[andywg]

I've sumped three tanks so far, and the marine will be the fourth. So long as it's set up pretty well, you are laughing. You get the added security of a larger system and more area for gas exchange, so oxygen deficiency is lessened.

And in FW especially, you can throw a ton of media. I must have about 25 to 30 kg of Alfagrog working away on my 150 gallon.

For marines, it provides a great place to hide heaters, skimmers etc so that you have no wires going into the tank (except for any PH if you don't run closed loop)

Andy

 

[bunjiweb]

I have an Eheim 2213 and 2217 on my 150Gallon. I could probably have more, but its doing an ok job. I was actually thinking of getting a 2215 just to finish off the set and filling it with lots of sponge (the other 2 have LOTS of biological media in them).

But anyway, getting too off-topic now..

Ben

 

[sonnyg]

HI,

I HAVE A TIDEPOOL S.O.S SILENT OVERFLOW SKIMMER ON MY 125 REEF TANK,USED IT FOR 7 YEARS,AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. THE FLOW RATE IS UP TO 600 GPH. I DON'T THINK THAT ANY THING CAN PLUG IT UP. JUST THE OVER FLOW COST ABOUT $65.00 IN STORE, CHEAPER IN CATALOG.