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Hello, I recently got a deal on a aquatlantis aquaview 130. This is going to be an upgrade from my 72 gallon bowlfront in my basement, it’s going into the living room so it needs to be silent. Here are some of my concerns with the tank: The return pump plumbing looks to be 1/4 inch, kinda...

Hi All, New to saltwater but have several fresh tanks at the moment. I have a 250 Litre tank and will run this with a sump (socks, pro skimmer, media, return (size TBC)) and have a question regarding whether to have OR not have an overflow box. The tank would need to be drilled either way, and...

Hi all, I recently bought a 2nd hand Aqua One 120Liter tank with a sump. It's my first sumped tank. It came with a Durso standpipe. Having done some reading, I've decided I want it quiet and drilled a 3rd hole in the weir. Everything seems to function well, however I am not getting air expelled...

I think I may have devised a clever overflow solution for predrilled tanks. I’d like to know if other people believe it to be capable of working. I’ve been tossing around the idea of getting a larger tank. I’m new to the hobby, I’ve currently got a 20G nano, and I’m working with a fairly...

I've gotten my tank drilled and overflow installed and I just finished up plumbing the overflow to the sump and I'm looking for some advice or comments on my plumbing (everything is dry fit and has not been glued yet) This is the side profile. Tape is there just to hold it in place. I've got a...

I purchased this Synergy 16" Shadow overflow for my new build and have ended up not needing it. It has not been removed from the box from Synergy. Asking $175 including shipping. I can take PayPal or Venmo.

Hello reefers, Today I’m setting up to place some Xenia on the back wall and I wanted to show my way of doing it. 1.) cut a small piece of plexiglass. Can be transparent or the color of your background. Then drill the hole in the middle . ( I didn’t have drill bit large enough so I made a...

Hi! I’m just going to be straight forward. My son is 15 and has a 90 gallon tank. He is only running a canister filter for now but has been waiting for some stuff that came from his uncle to set up a sump. He is building his own sump right now and doesn’t even know where to start since his uncle...

So this is my first aquarium utilizing a sump. Past 8 years I’ve only had HOB aquariums. My tank is a Planet Aquarium Mega Matrix 310 gallon with center overflow with (2) 1-1/2” drains and (2) 3/4” returns. My sump is an IceCap 48XL. I’m running a pair of Maxspect MJ-DC12K return pumps which...

I have 2 holes coming from the weir to the outside overflow box. There are also 2 holes on the bottom of the outside box to drain water to the sump. One of these holes will be for the backup, emergency standpipe. The other hole will be the primary drain. For the primary drain I was thinking of...

Has anyone managed to find the overflow / forward length sweet spot with a Red Sea ReefMat 1200? Been running for approx. four weeks on my Red Sea Peninsula 650 and finding it impossible to tune my overflow so that it isn't either using the emergency drain or the dreaded constant overflow...

I see a lot of waste on the bottom of my overflow. It is 29 inch down. How often and how do you clean it? Should there are a lot of copopods in there

So I just set up a 25 gallon AIO tank. This is my first salt water and AIO system. The section where water flows into the filter system in the back seems to not be very powerful. Maybe I just don’t understand. I’ll include some photos to help explain. It almost seems like it’s not sucking water...

Hi, I just purchased a used 180 gallon bowfront aquarium that is going to need to work before I can get it up and running. It currently is drilled for a single overflow in the right corner but I am considering adding an additional overflow in the left corner for better water filtration down to...

So I have a 90 gallon saltwater tank. I’m using a external overflow. It’s getting old and there is two cracks forming on each side of it and I’m afraid one day it’s just going to give out. My 90 gallon tank has a hole drilled on it. It has a bulkhead installed it’s about 6 inches from the top on...

This will be approximately 1200 gph internal overflow box. The measurements will be 8w x 5.5 h x 2.5 d I bought the black acrylic sheets off amazon. It was a 2 pack 12 x 12 1/8 inch. After getting into cutting it I'm thinking I should have done 1/4 inch. This is a bit choppy. But it's working.

Hello everyone, I'm planning on making a small nano tank with a sump and wanted to see if I could save a few dollars and buy someone's eshopps overflow box. I'm looking for either one (see photos attached). Thank you,

I have an 8 foot long 310 gallon aquarium with an IceCap 48XL sump. I bought two eheim jager heaters for it (300w & 250w). I’m placing the 250w either in the skimmer or the refugium section of the sump and was thinking to put the 300w inside the overflow box to keep a clean look inside of the...

Hi, I have a drilled 40 gallon with a bulkhead like this one: I wanted to do put a pvc T in the back of the bulkhead but I couldn’t find one that fit so I’ll just use the fitting that came with it. Would it help the flow if I drilled a hole and added an airline tubing in the top like this? I...

I know the general consensus is that we run dual return pumps for redundancy. Then again, the general consensus is that fish should be quarantined yet, most don't. So I'm curious, how many of you are actually running dual return pumps? Either on a single overflow or dual overflow setup. **Meant...

Hi everyone, I’m planning a bean animal backpack overflow on my new build, and also want to include an automatic fleece roller (the only style available here is pictured). Any suggestions on how to plumb the two return lines from the bean animal into the fleece roller? I’m sure someone must...

I recently set up a 90 gallon sump tank with 30 gallon sump underneath and there seems to be a loud overflow sound. The overflow pipe is submerged in the sump, I could use suggestions on what I could do to make it quieter. If I need to make adjustments to the overflow head or the overflow piping...

So I have my Planet Aquariums Mega Matrix 310 with internal center overflow. It did not come with any of the overflow plumbing which has (2) 1-1/2” drains and (2) 3/4” returns. The tank is 25” tall. Are they supposed to come with the internal overflow plumbing or was that an add-on for an extra...

Hello I have a waterbox cube 20 right now everything is running great. In the future I wanted to double my water capacity with a sump (equipped w/ protein skimmer, refugium) and add a pair of dragonets. I know the options for overflow are drilling or hob. I wanted to ask here if anyone has tried...

Hey everyone I need some help setting up a HOB overflow. I have a few pictures showing what I have. Drilling is out of the picture btw. I can't get the current overflow working. If anyone knows how to get what I currently have to start a suction process that would be awesome. Otherwise, I am...