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As in 2" long, 6" wide, and 12.25" tall? Originally Posted by Bountyhunter23 Its more the size of pipe, and how many pipes. So for like 700gph a 1.5 size pipe sounds good, with a box size of 2 X6 X12.25. As long as you have room for your bulk head and gasket you should be fine.

So in this case more than 1.5" of surface area? Seems small to me. I'm thinking of 8" long, 3-4" wide, 6" tall.

I thought there was a minimum size if you wanted to achieve a certain flow rate - in my case, around 800?

So I've decided to make my own in-tank overflow box. This will be oldschool style, not teeth. I'll be using a 1.5" bulkhead w/ 1.5" plumbing. What should the dimensions (lxwxh) be for the box?

Sent you a PM. Still open for suggestions. Originally Posted by Bountyhunter23 Man I can tell you the BEST way to go. I recommend it to everyone who asks this question. 9 times out of 10 people end up using it. If you PM me I will tell you. You will not regret it!!

I have a 5ft 75 gallon acrylic that I just picked up. I am at a crossroads as to use an overflow on the tank or to drill. I hear that drilling acrylic isn't that bad, but how would I create the overflow? I've seen some in tank box overflows - does anybody have any experience with these? Does...

It's definitely a busted joint. I checked it out more today (too P'd to really investigate last night) and its the back panel coming off of the side or vise versa. What I think I'm going to do it use weldon #4 on the broken seam itself first, let that dry, and then do a brace over that for an...

I was worried about other leaks too, but if I do one new "brace", I might as well rebrace the whole thing. I'm not worried about the way it looks, my live rock will cover the majority of it.

Awesome guys. Here was what I was thinking in terms of the repair. #1. Cleaning everything with alcohol. #2. Clamping everything together super tight. #3. Apply the Weld on (or w/e I go with) to the corner area on the inside AND outside of the tank. #4. MAYBE put a couple braces in the corner...

So today I picked up a 75 gallon acrylic for a steal of a price. The tank hasn't been setup in 7 years and before that it had been up for about 6. The guy didn't guarantee that the tank didn't have any leaks, though he said there were none when he tore it down. Tonight I did a practice fill and...

Thanks for the tips guys. What if there are hard places or places that chunks are missing though? Can it?

So I picked up a 75 gallon Reef Ready off of a guy who had it set up for the past 11 or so years. The sticker on the tank reads 98'. Anyways, he said that he never had any problems with the tank leaking, but I know that a tank this old should probably be resealed. My question is, since I don't...

What kind of vitamins should I put in with it? I only have a garlic additive here, so I'll have to pick some up tomorrow. Originally Posted by SWFein I would do what your doing with the melafix and def quarantin it. If its eating make sure you put some good vitamins in with its food. Other...

I went into a LFS today that I stop in every once in a while. I couldn't believe my eyes when I glanced into one of their displays and saw this fish. As you can see from the pics, the fins are shredded, it has ICH, its top fin bones are sticking out from its flesh. Apparently somebody had the...

What do you mean by pinched, and where would I get a new seal?

I'll get a pic tomorrow. The best way I can describe it is that my pipe fits down into the hole. I then screw a big "nut" up against the bottom of the glass in order to tighten the seal to the inside of the glass. The water is dripping off of the piece that my return hose would fit into - but...

So I had a fast overflow leak when I originally set my tank up. I tore everything down today to fix it and it seemed ok until I hooked my pipe up that has the outlet heads that let the water flow into the tank. When I did that, I guess I jiggled something a tiny bit loose again, and now there is...

Sounds good guys. I changed my complete order to a 35+ polyp fire and ice frag, 15+ polyp blue zoos frag, and 15+polyp pink w/ purple rings frag for $52 overnighted. I'll let you guys know how they work. Is there anywhere that I should put them in the tank (I know theres not much room for...

I am in the process of cycling my 56RR, but I found a pretty good deal on zoas, or what I think is a good deal (50+ eagle eyes and 35+ fire and ice for $50 - if I'm wrong let me know pls ). So....what I will have to do until my 56 is ready would be to put them in my G/F's 14 gallon biocube with...

So here is a quick update. I filled the tank up and found out that I have an overflow problem that I will have to tear the tank down and work on in the coming weeks. Until then, I have relocated the fish. I have included a few pics - which are extremely bad IMO. You can't really get a good idea...