My first tank drilling expierence.20L

[BLKTANG]

All the way to the top.& the 10g sump stays full to the top of the baffel.I may have to add another inch or so to the top of the baffel.The tank will b on the stand,& have LR,& SW this weekend.

I guess i got lucky.

@ first my concern was that the drains wouldnt keep up.

 

[wea747]

Is the sump below the tank? If your flow rate out is close to your flow rate in but slightly less your tank will slowly fill up. It might only be like a 1/2 mm per hour but over night your tank could over flow.

 

[BLKTANG]

Yeah its below,& i was already thinking about that.I will have to keep an eye on it.

Hey if u have any suggestions please feel free.Im open to anything,espically since i never drilled a tank B-4.

 

[wea747]

From what I understood if you want a sump you need an over flow. Maybe you'll just get lucky and the out flow will be ever so slightly more then the in flow so your level will slowly go down to the drains, in which case you can just top off from you sump every now and then, but it'll be harder to tell what needs topped of from evap which is a big deal on small systems for stability. Keep us posted on how it goes.

 

[nanoreefboy]

Ideally you would want to have an overflow box for each one of those drains. The thing is as of now your input and output sound to be about the same. But you did only test for about an hour. The other thing you need to consider is what happens if the power to the pump fails? It looks to me like the water out of the main tank will drain down to the strainers you have ther which might overflow your sump. Also when you add rock and actually have the tank set up your strainers will get some stuff on them and will slow down the amount that they drain because of the strainers being blocked a little. Also if you have any snails, if they decide to mozy on on top of the srainer they will block some flow. All of these might sound like minor problems but they will end up causing some serious problems, if something does go wrong. Personally I would have drilled the holes lower and set up a corner overflow box for each one of those drains.

 

[wea747]

At this point I'd prob turn your two drains into the inputs, just put a tee somewhere after the pump and go to both. Put a plug in the centre bulk head, put in an internal over flow and drill a hole near the bottom in the back, or in the bottow for your stand pipe exit, but it's your tank. Better now then later though.

 

[BLKTANG]

Well good news,& bad news.

Bad news is that my nephew broke my tank.( My dad always told me about playin ball in the house)

Good news i finally got my stand.

So here are pics of my new stand,& my new broken tank.

 

[wea747]

Oh suck! Considering doing anything different on the next go?

 

[norcal99]

ouch! The only thing I can recommend on the next setup is to consider what happens in a worst case scenario... for me that's a power failure and everything shuts off. With your setup, it looks like the drains will continue to drain to a level where you sump will overflow. I would highly recommend an overflow box (either internal or external) running durso standpipes in both which will allow you to keep your sump from overflowing in case of a power failure. Other than that, the setup looked great until your nephew put a nice sized hole in the back of the tank!

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8813018#post8813018 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wea747
Oh suck! Considering doing anything different on the next go?

Yes im gonna drill the bottom,& use overflow boxes.

 

[BLKTANG]

Update I will b doing a 29g tank.

 

[InvaderJim]

Bummer. Can't wait to see what you do with the 29g though.

 

[BLKTANG]

Custom 29g comming tomorrow.

Then back to drilling only 1 hole this time for return.Pics tomorrow.

 

[BLKTANG]

its here.

Drilling tomorrow for return.

 

[rickh]

I don't think you should have cut the black rim off. Did that tank have a center brace?? Good luck and remember--No Ball Playing in the House

 

[bkiba]

Expedition

Good luck with the new tank, hope it works out! Post pics when it gets stable.

Rickh
You have to cut the black rim so you can remove the glass for the overflow. It will be fine.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8852637#post8852637 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bkiba
Expedition

Good luck with the new tank, hope it works out! Post pics when it gets stable.

Rickh
You have to cut the black rim so you can remove the glass for the overflow. It will be fine.

thankx man,for the deal.Im gettin LR,& WATER IN THAT BABY THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bkztrini465]

Looks nice after that ball incident. I broke a tank that way too, was my fault lol. Anyhow got any pictures of the actual drilling, I'm thinking of doing my overflow that way. Just a little scared it'll be my first time drilling glass with a dremel none the less.

Looking forward to seeing your progress.

-Kris

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8853447#post8853447 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bkztrini465
Looks nice after that ball incident. I broke a tank that way too, was my fault lol. Anyhow got any pictures of the actual drilling, I'm thinking of doing my overflow that way. Just a little scared it'll be my first time drilling glass with a dremel none the less.

Looking forward to seeing your progress.

-Kris

I had some i will post some new ones tomorrow for this tank.


Its very simple withthe right bit.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8853447#post8853447 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bkztrini465
Looks nice after that ball incident. I broke a tank that way too, was my fault lol. Anyhow got any pictures of the actual drilling, I'm thinking of doing my overflow that way. Just a little scared it'll be my first time drilling glass with a dremel none the less.

Looking forward to seeing your progress.

-Kris

I had some i will post some new ones tomorrow for this tank.


Its very simple with the right bit.