reefboy87
New member
Hey guys...So i might take some heat/have people voice their opinions on this, but I thought I would ask.
First some background...
I've been in the reef keeping hobby for 3 years now and have kept anything and everything with success in regards to corals (knock on wood!)...Acans, blastos, echinos/challices, montis, LPS, etc. Parameters are always where they are meant to be and the water has always been clear. Had an algae problem when I first got into the hobby from using tap water but soon learned the RO-DI lesson in reef keeping and nuisance algae has been a plague of the past ever since (knock on wood!).
Anyways...to the point of the thread. Currently I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank. When I first entered into the hobby, I purchased a hang-on-the-back filter (350 GPH) for my tank. As the years went on and i caught reef-fever, I started learning that overflows/sumps are the best filter options for reef aquariums. I looked into them and learned that I had 2 options; drill my tank for an overflow or get a hang on the back overflow. As I read horror stories about hang on the back overflows becoming clogged and the siphon breaking, causing an overflow, I became weary of that option. The best hang on the back option I found was one from LifeReef.com who claims theirs will never break, but my display is in my bedroom and if 46 gallons of water were to flood onto the 2nd floors floor, all i can say is "Houston, we have a problem!" Drilling is ideal, but not having the necessary equipment to drill with and the tank already being established, I figured that option was not doable as well.
Now onto where I am now...I recently met a fellow reefer who was very impressed with my setup and amazed that I wasn't running a sump on it. I told him I had been wanting one and explained my situation to him and why I never bit the bullet on switching over. He referred me to this site for overflows and says he is an owner of 2 of their products for both of his tanks and loves them.
I was wondering if any of you guys out there are familiar with this company/their product(s) and your thoughts on them. Supposedly they come with everything you need to install one; glass cutting bit, piping, overflow, etc. Everything except the labor haha!
I trust the reefer who referred me to this site, but like anything, the more opinions and information I can get, the better.
Here's the link:
http://glass-holes.com/main.sc
Thanks in advanced!
First some background...
I've been in the reef keeping hobby for 3 years now and have kept anything and everything with success in regards to corals (knock on wood!)...Acans, blastos, echinos/challices, montis, LPS, etc. Parameters are always where they are meant to be and the water has always been clear. Had an algae problem when I first got into the hobby from using tap water but soon learned the RO-DI lesson in reef keeping and nuisance algae has been a plague of the past ever since (knock on wood!).
Anyways...to the point of the thread. Currently I have a 46 gallon bowfront tank. When I first entered into the hobby, I purchased a hang-on-the-back filter (350 GPH) for my tank. As the years went on and i caught reef-fever, I started learning that overflows/sumps are the best filter options for reef aquariums. I looked into them and learned that I had 2 options; drill my tank for an overflow or get a hang on the back overflow. As I read horror stories about hang on the back overflows becoming clogged and the siphon breaking, causing an overflow, I became weary of that option. The best hang on the back option I found was one from LifeReef.com who claims theirs will never break, but my display is in my bedroom and if 46 gallons of water were to flood onto the 2nd floors floor, all i can say is "Houston, we have a problem!" Drilling is ideal, but not having the necessary equipment to drill with and the tank already being established, I figured that option was not doable as well.
Now onto where I am now...I recently met a fellow reefer who was very impressed with my setup and amazed that I wasn't running a sump on it. I told him I had been wanting one and explained my situation to him and why I never bit the bullet on switching over. He referred me to this site for overflows and says he is an owner of 2 of their products for both of his tanks and loves them.
I was wondering if any of you guys out there are familiar with this company/their product(s) and your thoughts on them. Supposedly they come with everything you need to install one; glass cutting bit, piping, overflow, etc. Everything except the labor haha!
I trust the reefer who referred me to this site, but like anything, the more opinions and information I can get, the better.
Here's the link:
http://glass-holes.com/main.sc
Thanks in advanced!
