mikediii
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Hey all,
I have a 75g setup with a 29g sump in a very nice custom stand. I am currently using a siphon tube overflow box and it works pretty well. I am going to build another 55 or 75g setup and would be using a standard All-Glass Aquarium. I would like to do things a bit different on the new setup. I want to drill into the sides of the tank (I know I cant drill the bottom) and build a built in skimmer box around the drain line bulkhead. So here are my questions. The way I see it so far, I need to drill one hole for a 1 inch Bulkhead for the drain and 3 more for a closed loop circulation system with a wavemaking device on it.
My questions are: .... Where in the tank (what hight from the top should I drill the whole for the bulkhead? Will a 1 inch bulkhead give me the desired flow through my refugium? I think I read that 1inch = 600 gph. Can I build an overflow box that surrounds the bulkhead and extends to the disired water level in the tank with teeth on the top? Will this prevent overflow past the desired level if the return pump fails (I know about drilling and anti-siphon hole in the return)? Will I need anything other than a bulkhead with a slip screen, a standpipe for instance? Finally, can anyone post a link to some good tank drilling information?
Does this sound like it would work? I want to make the new setup more visually pleasing and user friendly. I know its a lot of questions, Any help at all would be much appreciated. Thanks my fellow aquarists.
-Mike D
I have a 75g setup with a 29g sump in a very nice custom stand. I am currently using a siphon tube overflow box and it works pretty well. I am going to build another 55 or 75g setup and would be using a standard All-Glass Aquarium. I would like to do things a bit different on the new setup. I want to drill into the sides of the tank (I know I cant drill the bottom) and build a built in skimmer box around the drain line bulkhead. So here are my questions. The way I see it so far, I need to drill one hole for a 1 inch Bulkhead for the drain and 3 more for a closed loop circulation system with a wavemaking device on it.
My questions are: .... Where in the tank (what hight from the top should I drill the whole for the bulkhead? Will a 1 inch bulkhead give me the desired flow through my refugium? I think I read that 1inch = 600 gph. Can I build an overflow box that surrounds the bulkhead and extends to the disired water level in the tank with teeth on the top? Will this prevent overflow past the desired level if the return pump fails (I know about drilling and anti-siphon hole in the return)? Will I need anything other than a bulkhead with a slip screen, a standpipe for instance? Finally, can anyone post a link to some good tank drilling information?
Does this sound like it would work? I want to make the new setup more visually pleasing and user friendly. I know its a lot of questions, Any help at all would be much appreciated. Thanks my fellow aquarists.
-Mike D
