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[Üter]

Is drilling easy enough for me and my dad to do on our own? I have hea d of carbon dosing. How does it work?

I don't think I would ever drill a tank myself. I know you will want to tape it and use a diamond bit designed for glass. I would not do it at all if it was tempered.

 

[Üter]

I noticed all these bubbles in my tank on the film algea and GHA. Good sign?

what's the water temp? I think your nutrients are way too high and it will keep it growing. are you using chemipure blue ? turn the blue lights off so everyone can get a better image of the algae (and clean the glass prior to the picture).

 

[Calmwaters]

I don't think I would ever drill a tank myself. I know you will want to tape it and use a diamond bit designed for glass. I would not do it at all if it was tempered.

And you want to keep it wet use putty around where you are drilling to keep water on it. I have never done it but have watched lots of YouTube videos about it. I just could never work up my nerve to actually drill one. Lol

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Is drilling easy enough for me and my dad to do on our own? I have hea d of carbon dosing. How does it work?

If you go to my thread you can see how I did it. I'll see if I can find it and link here

 

[Imrahilwjz]

I don't think I would ever drill a tank myself. I know you will want to tape it and use a diamond bit designed for glass. I would not do it at all if it was tempered.

You're right. If it's tempered it will shatter.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Is drilling easy enough for me and my dad to do on our own? I have hea d of carbon dosing. How does it work?

Post in thread 'My 320 Gallon Build - Father of 11' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-320-gallon-build-father-of-11.942433/post-13309340

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Post in thread 'My 320 Gallon Build - Father of 11' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-320-gallon-build-father-of-11.942433/post-13310965

 

[luis angel]

wait! i mustve missed something! joel, your aiptasias are gone?

 

[Üter]

 

[cdemoss01]

I noticed all these bubbles in my tank on the film algea and GHA. Good sign?

what's the water temp? I think your nutrients are way too high and it will keep it growing. are you using chemipure blue ? turn the blue lights off so everyone can get a better image of the algae (and clean the glass prior to the picture).

Water temp is normal. What makes you think that?

 

[Imrahilwjz]

I admit I was a little worried when we did it. Some folks bore a hole in a piece of plywood with a normal hole saw and clamp the plywood to the glass as a guide. And, as mentioned earlier, use water to keep cool

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Is drilling easy enough for me and my dad to do on our own? I have hea d of carbon dosing. How does it work?

There are videos online saying how to tell if the glass is tempered using polarized glasses and a cell phone. We forgot the polarized sunglasses. Whether bravely or foolishly we guessed it wasn't tempered and Providence favored us.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Infusion finished. Little achy and tired, but otherwise ok.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Not to be discouraging, it was kinda cool. Do consider though how badly it would affect you. When I drilled my refugium failure would just have meant a delay setting up my refugium. There is a risk. Not saying don't do it. Just consider

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Pressed the wrong button - this is funny!

 

[Calmwaters]

Infusion finished. Little achy and tired, but otherwise ok.

Hope you continue to do well my friend. Go home and get you some rest!

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Is drilling easy enough for me and my dad to do on our own? I have hea d of carbon dosing. How does it work?

This was more of a setback than a failure

I cut a hole for the black pipe using the diamond holesaw. Unfortunately I didn't support the glass well enough and it cracked. I epoxied the glass circle across the crack to support the smaller piece.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Hope you continue to do well my friend. Go home and get you some rest!

Food first

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Hope you continue to do well my friend. Go home and get you some rest!

Thank you!

 

[Imrahilwjz]

I admit I was a little worried when we did it. Some folks bore a hole in a piece of plywood with a normal hole saw and clamp the plywood to the glass as a guide. And, as mentioned earlier, use water to keep cool

That's instead of using a drill guide like we did