to drill or not to drill

tystick

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wow, a new addiction!! love this site. i got a 135g tank recently and when i ordered it i told them i didnt want a reef ready tank. now i think im regretting it. should i start all over and drill it or keep with what i have. im going reef so i have a lot of live rock and a cheap protein skimmer ( will upgrade shortly) and to emporer filters all of my levels are fine just scared to start dumping a lot of money in this current set up any help thanks for you help Ty
 
tystick
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Always get it drilled if you IMO. Having a sump especially on such a large tank is vital. That can I would never trust a syphon overflow to do that job.
 
errrrr thanks for the reply. i new i should of gotta reef ready good thing it was free! any more suggestions on maybe lighting
 
its always nice to have a drilled tank;however, saying that I have never had one. I have had a overflow for many years and never had a problem. Lifereef has one of the best overflows on the market. The key is to ensure you have a large enough pump to produce enough flow to prevent air bubles from building up in the U tube while at the same not over whelming the actual flow rate of the overflow.

just a thought
 
"errrrr thanks for the reply. i new i should of gotta reef ready good thing it was free! "

Actually you are lucky you did not get a "reef ready" or pre-drilled tank. They are rarely drilled with the right number, size and location of holes. Check out the "Horizontal Overflow" thread here on all things salty and use that to help you design you own horizontal overflow and drill the tank to your own specifications.
 
One disadvantage of a corner drilled tank is the fact you cannot see see behind the rock-work because the overflow chamber is in the way.

I spent many hours looking behind the rock-work in my undrilled 94 gallon tank... no long possible with my reef-ready 180...

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