I just purchased an aquarium to use as a frag tank. I am a little confused because the tank has a hole drilled in the corner but with no overflow box and no bulkhead fitting, it is just a tank only. I am confused as to one is a overflow and what about a return???? So how would I plumb this to my display tank? Do I even need a overflow box or do I need to drill another hole? If anyone can help me, it would be greatly apprciated. Thanks in advance
How to plumb this tank
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Uncle Salty 05
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Got a picture?
ChuckLawson
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Sounds like it was drilled to use a standpipe (just a piece of pipe with the water flowing in at the top). Simple and effective, but a bit noisy and doesn't offer a lot of assurances against clogs (errant snails, etc.). You might want to build a bulkhead around it and construct a durso-style or other low-noise standpipe.
As far as the return line, they probably just plumbed it "up and over" -- there's usually no problem with the return coming over the lip of the tank and then back down to the water surface.
As far as the return line, they probably just plumbed it "up and over" -- there's usually no problem with the return coming over the lip of the tank and then back down to the water surface.
