New Overflows

[dzones]

I recently had 630mason aka Shane craft me a set of overflows for my 75 and he did an awesome job. Essentially these are just pvc reducer pipes that are available at lowes for about $5.25 each. the top is 5" and reduces down to a 1.5". I had Shane take about 2" off the top and then make the grooves into the remaining to fit to the level of my tank.

I have my tanks in my office (Den) so the noise of the old open pipe drains were never a bother as it was always drowned out by other noises. I gotta say though these overflows are silent.

Nice job Shane!
and THANKS!!

 

[630mason]

Your more than welcome Dave, I'm glad they worked the way you wanted. You had a really good idea and put it to work so congrats.

 

[just dave]

You should get some Gutter Guard or something around those to keep fish and snails out or the word "overflowed" may be the title of your next post.

 

[Zann]

lol dave yeah i can see that happening

 

[spshead01]

That looks like you could use those to DIY a skimmer. I wonder if you can get them in larger sizes 8" reduced to 3" would be sweet for a skimmer.

 

[dzones]

lol yeah for sure on the "overflowed" Dave. I actually do have the gutter guard cut already for it but just didn't have it on for the pics.

I had a snail get in the piping a while back and had to learn that lesson the hard way...

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

They look good, why do snails/fish always want to go down the water slide. haha

 

[cateyes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13022199#post13022199 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SNAKEMANVET
They look good, why do snails/fish always want to go down the water slide. haha

because it's fun....