Project External Glass Overflow
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cecilturtle
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How well would two holes drilled into back of tank and acrylic hangon placed normally inside tank work in comparison? Just wondering, cause it seems there is much more room for error drilling slots in glass. Does anyone have any experience with such a mod? Like flow or noise levels.......
Tunjee
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hojo: Black spray paint. Too bad I didnt use black silicone. I guess the overflow box will be visible.
qwuintus: Thanks. The 9 bucks is right, who said 30-100? I've seen them for 4 bucks at Lowes as well but they were not made by Dremel. I bought the dremel brand instead of the knock off.
gumbybc: No new action pics. Its sitting dry right now. I've got to build an acrylic sump and wood stand and finish my aluminum low profile suspended 175w MH 20k/double 55w PC light fixture.
qwuintus: Thanks. The 9 bucks is right, who said 30-100? I've seen them for 4 bucks at Lowes as well but they were not made by Dremel. I bought the dremel brand instead of the knock off.
gumbybc: No new action pics. Its sitting dry right now. I've got to build an acrylic sump and wood stand and finish my aluminum low profile suspended 175w MH 20k/double 55w PC light fixture.
Lunchbucket
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there is no issue w/ this causing small cracks or antying in the glass by the teeth? i would be worried about it causing a failure in the back glass...i skimmed the thread and didn't see anything about anyone bringing this up.
Lunchbucket
Lunchbucket
just finished grinding out the teeth on a 10g i had laying around and I cannot BELIEVE we haven't implemented this before!
The diamond bits go through the glass like butter! (For reference sake i used the aforementioned dremel diamond bits that i purchased at wally-world for $7.62 in a two bit set.)
I anticipated that there might be problems with the thin glass of the 10g, but there weren't any! Cut straight (well, sortof) through, cut away the slot, and on to the next one. No chipping, and using a spray bottle to provide the appropriate amount water is not difficult. cut a tooth every 1/2" for 6" giving a theoretical max rate of approx 400 gph. waaaay more than enough for any self-respecting nano. The whole deal took me about 2hrs, start to finish.
Am going to replace the 10g i coincidentally just started as a nano with this 10g as soon as i can get a box for the overflow together. Use the 5.5 in the garage as a sump....hmmm...
The diamond bits go through the glass like butter! (For reference sake i used the aforementioned dremel diamond bits that i purchased at wally-world for $7.62 in a two bit set.)
I anticipated that there might be problems with the thin glass of the 10g, but there weren't any! Cut straight (well, sortof) through, cut away the slot, and on to the next one. No chipping, and using a spray bottle to provide the appropriate amount water is not difficult. cut a tooth every 1/2" for 6" giving a theoretical max rate of approx 400 gph. waaaay more than enough for any self-respecting nano. The whole deal took me about 2hrs, start to finish.
Am going to replace the 10g i coincidentally just started as a nano with this 10g as soon as i can get a box for the overflow together. Use the 5.5 in the garage as a sump....hmmm...
