Project External Glass Overflow
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Cannonball888
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This design IMO is the best of all drains. It's extremely efficient and low profile. Howevver, I can't devote that much time to glass cutting. Please tell us how many hours it took for you to dremel all that glass.
Tunjee
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Took me 5 hours to cut the slots. Half hour to an hour to cut the two holes I think. I forgot it took that long, I had to go back to the first post to get the info LOL. Anyways it was time well spent. Sorry you dont have the time. Maybe you could cut one big slot out and put in a piece of acrylic with the teeth cut out in it. This would cut down on the glass cutting time tremendously. HTH
TonyTurboII
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Looks great, but Im most likely going to have a canopy, and the structural integrity of the glass worries me.
SOMEthinsFISHY
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i do not have the patience !!
ninjafish
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Just an update,
I took the top frame off of my 20H and cut a single wier-type slot along the back. I figured that I can always add acrylic teeth or even eggcrate later if I need. It actually went a lot faster than I expected, the whole process took only half an hour. I did it outside with a garden hose running over the surface. After getting a feel for the dremmel I had no concerns about cracking the glass but I think I may have shortened the life of the bit by going that fast. I've just attached the overflow box to the back and am ready to order my lights from DIYreef. Thanks for the excellent advice in this thread. In my opinion this is the best way to put an overflow in a nano!
- Chad
I took the top frame off of my 20H and cut a single wier-type slot along the back. I figured that I can always add acrylic teeth or even eggcrate later if I need. It actually went a lot faster than I expected, the whole process took only half an hour. I did it outside with a garden hose running over the surface. After getting a feel for the dremmel I had no concerns about cracking the glass but I think I may have shortened the life of the bit by going that fast. I've just attached the overflow box to the back and am ready to order my lights from DIYreef. Thanks for the excellent advice in this thread. In my opinion this is the best way to put an overflow in a nano!
- Chad
ninjafish
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Just went with the wier type overflow becuase Im not a very patient guy. I put the router attachment on the dremmel and clamped a board on the back of the tank. I was able to just slide the dremmel along the board and get a pretty straight cut. Like Tunjee said, I will probably need to make some teeth out of acrylic to keep critters from going over the side.
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on stand
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Im putting a 20L underneath as a sump/fuge. Im a little bummed because I just realized that my AC remora pro is too tall to fit inside. I wouldn't have enough room to remove the collection cup. Any ideas? I'd hate to give up that skimmer put it's either that or have my father-in-law build me a whole new stand 2 inches taller.
on stand
Im putting a 20L underneath as a sump/fuge. Im a little bummed because I just realized that my AC remora pro is too tall to fit inside. I wouldn't have enough room to remove the collection cup. Any ideas? I'd hate to give up that skimmer put it's either that or have my father-in-law build me a whole new stand 2 inches taller.
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Tunjee
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I have an issue with my set up. It has to do with open top. This morning I found a snail on the OUTSIDE of the tank wall half way down. This is'nt the first time eithier hehe, snails dont seem to mind though. I just slide them up the glass and back into the water. I might have to do a 1" wide strip of glass all the way around the inside of the tank instead of just the back wall. They dont climb over the back wall so this is why I think it would solve the problem.
