DIY over flow idea

[aj565]

LFS had a tank sale and i picked up a non drilled 210g glass tank for $500. now when i built my 75g i drilled holes and put in bulk heads. another LFS near me built a 450g acrylic with a 3" x 5" square cut out of the top back with a overflow box glued to it.
what i am wondering is if i can do the same thing but with glass and silicone? they glued a mesh screen over the hole to keep the fish from getting sucked in and i could do that as well. i like it alot since its a cleaner look in the tank.
now i know that the glass would need to be cut straight so the surface would bond strong and not leak. i'm pretty handy with a glass cutter and would make it out of 3/8" glass. insted of running pipes from the box to the sump down below i was going to make a glass waterfall type of thing down the back of the tank. would this be a problem as well?
not worried about the noise since the tank will be built into the wall and the back of the tank will be in its own room.

 

[veni vidi vici]

Originally Posted by AJ565
http:///forum/post/2989809
LFS had a tank sale and i picked up a non drilled 210g glass tank for $500. now when i built my 75g i drilled holes and put in bulk heads. another LFS near me built a 450g acrylic with a 3" x 5" square cut out of the top back with a overflow box glued to it.
what i am wondering is if i can do the same thing but with glass and silicone? they glued a mesh screen over the hole to keep the fish from getting sucked in and i could do that as well. i like it alot since its a cleaner look in the tank.
now i know that the glass would need to be cut straight so the surface would bond strong and not leak. i'm pretty handy with a glass cutter and would make it out of 3/8" glass. insted of running pipes from the box to the sump down below i was going to make a glass waterfall type of thing down the back of the tank. would this be a problem as well?
not worried about the noise since the tank will be built into the wall and the back of the tank will be in its own room.
Ive seen it done on another site.Apparently the addition of a glass overflow box on the outside back does add strength to the tank after the glass section of the back is removed.

 

[aj565]

awesome, i was kinda wondering about making the glass stronger or weaker. good to know its not going to hurt anything.

 

[posiden]

Of course you can I did this,

 

[aj565]

Posiden, thats along the lines of what i want to do. i have an idea to make a glass waterfall into the filter socks under the tank so i don't have to get as many bulk heads and less pipes to run.

 

[eric b 125]

that looks cool, for sure. you should keep in mind the placement of the cross-braces on the trim. on my 125 i have a center cross-brace, which is odd since most of the 125's i've seen have 2 cross-braces at 2 foot increments.

 

[posiden]

Yea, I know just what you want. I know a thread on another site. To bad I can't link it to you. They say that the only issue is the noise from the water rushing down to the sump.
Good luck on your build.

 

[aj565]

Originally Posted by Posiden
http:///forum/post/2992750
Yea, I know just what you want. I know a thread on another site. To bad I can't link it to you. They say that the only issue is the noise from the water rushing down to the sump.
Good luck on your build.

you could PM it to me?
i'm not worried about the noise since it will be in its own room and built into a wall so that will kill the noise. i'm glad it works though, now time to get to work on the wall and stand.

eric, my tank has 2 braces so i'll be good to go and i'm not filling it all the way to the top since i want to put in a wave box.

 

[posiden]

I guess it is a good thing you want to build a water fall style. Then no worries, it will always start and can handle the surging flow.