Hi everyone, I'm taking the big step and converting my current freshwater corner tank to saltwater and have bit of a dilemma with drilling locations. The tank is a juwel trigon 190 (pictured). Its 190 litres or about 50 US gallons and i have a couple of thoughts of where to drill for sump lines and would really like some opinions or advice regarding these.
The tank is made from 8mm float glass and I have been told by juwel its safe to drill.
My two options im thinking are losing floor space and drilling in dark square in picture and having a bean animal style set up, however I don't know how close to the corner I can safely drill and it may take up a lot of space in tank.
The other option is to have 2 in tank overflows, 1 on each side and have both siphons for the bean animal on 1 side and the emergency drain on the other, which would allow maximum floor space for aquascape. For the emergency drain side I will drill holes through weir so it would not impede flow and any stagnant water when not in use (hopefully never needed). Do any of these ideas seem feasible and is there one that would be preferable over the other.
My drain pipes are 3/4" by the way. Thank you all in advance for your advice as it will be greatly received. #reefsquad
Stuart
The tank is made from 8mm float glass and I have been told by juwel its safe to drill.
My two options im thinking are losing floor space and drilling in dark square in picture and having a bean animal style set up, however I don't know how close to the corner I can safely drill and it may take up a lot of space in tank.
The other option is to have 2 in tank overflows, 1 on each side and have both siphons for the bean animal on 1 side and the emergency drain on the other, which would allow maximum floor space for aquascape. For the emergency drain side I will drill holes through weir so it would not impede flow and any stagnant water when not in use (hopefully never needed). Do any of these ideas seem feasible and is there one that would be preferable over the other.
My drain pipes are 3/4" by the way. Thank you all in advance for your advice as it will be greatly received. #reefsquad
Stuart
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