Project External Glass Overflow

[bin04]

heheh, yeah i woulda guessed it would might longer to cut the thicker glass, but i was more worried about the glass on the 10g being TOO thin and fracturing. Am going to do the same thing to my 75g as soon as i develop the intestinal fortitude to do so.

 

[steve68]

cool keep us posted

 

[Tunjee]

Lunchbucket: Well, nobody's ever done this before. I had mine running for a few weeks during testing and it didnt crack. Will it crack after a year or two? I think I'm going to build a stand that will collect all the water incase it does break. Just had my hardwood floors redone and dont want to damage them.

P.S. People drill holes in the bottom of their tanks all the time and there's alot more pressure down there than there is up top.

 

[Tunjee]

bin04: :thumbsup: Excellent job looks great!

 

[bin04]

I had some pretty good documentation to work from! thanks again, TUNJEE.
Like i said, i am going to try it on the new 75g when the tank shows up. Will replace my current battered and undrilled 75g....

 

[Lunchbucket]

Tunjee - yeah i hear you about drilling holes in the bottom of thier tanks but some how i see the drill bit making smooth and unfractured holes while the dremel could "skip" or nick stuff...maybe not but i just am looking at the worst case situation.

Lunchbucket

 

[bin04]

here's the three sided overflow box. now to just let it dry...

 

[bin04]

outside..

 

[bin04]

inside...

 

[bin04]

glued..

 

[bin04]

'nother....

 

[mattydub]

Tunjee, many thanks for the thread again....question...

why did you eventually take the whole plastic rim off and add a glass reinforcement to the back? And how did you add that reinforcement?


Thanks...

 

[Tunjee]

Mattydub: The back glass cant be as strong as it was by cutting the notches in it like I did. I cant prove that the reinforcement is mandatory but I think if something were to strike the top of the back glass where the notches are it would break. By adding the reinforcement I believe the glass can handle a much harder strike than before therefore decreasing the chances of breakage. It was however mandatory to remove the top trim in order to install the reinforcement with silicone. HTH

 

[sdmike]

gumbybc: it's a Velocity T1, it's so quiet you cant hear it running, so far I like it.

Imnaha: the drains in the sump are the only noise, this plumbing setup is just temporary, I ran outta pipe and 90's tonight, I might be able to get away without a stockman/durso. I plan on a baffle in the sump and two 90's at water heigth facing the opposite side of the pump.

My overflow was noisier'n h3ll till a friend told me to run a length of airline tubing down the drain till it quieted down.

No noise at all from it.

Less spendy than re-plumbing...

Mike

 

[Tunjee]

My overflow was noisier'n h3ll till a friend told me to run a length of airline tubing down the drain till it quieted down.

No noise at all from it.

Less spendy than re-plumbing...

Mike

Sounds like a good idea, the air tubing acts like a vent I assume? One end of it should be slightly above the surface of the sump water and the other should stick out and above the drain hole.

 

[Tunjee]

Updates.......making progress slowly sorry for the wait. Completed swing arm assembly for my light it also adjusts easily up and down. Sump is built and ready for additions. Stand is sealed added extra support and painted 5 coats inside waterproofing it. I have some pics here they are.
:bum:

 

[Tunjee]

Back of tank shot.

 

[Tunjee]

here it is

 

[Tunjee]

My first acrylic project.

 

[Tunjee]

Good sideshot view you can see the swing arm I built using EMT conduit and a 3/4" pipe bender. I made a 90 degree bend with about a 4" kick. Stuck it into a 1" piece of EMT and supported to the stand. Threw a wingnut on a coupling and I was good to go.