Drilling holes in tanks

racin2438 · Feb 4, 2015

I am in process of upgrading our 2 frag tanks that we out grew.....

And I p/u a good used 60g frag tank, but it was not drilled. I have a overflow box that hangs on the rim, but hate the ugly looks of those.

My lfs told about a place to get hole saws at a good price.

It was GLASS-HOLES.COM

Couple emails later I found he was only a 15 minute drive from me.

P/u 2 saws.....came back and within 5 min I had my 2 holes done and bulkheads in place.. first ever drilling holes was really nervous cuz I didn't want to Crack it.

If you guys need holesaws, black pvc fittings , (not the standard home depot/lowes) overflow box kits, pumps, odds and ends. he's got it all, flex hose...check out the site....

Great prices.

Just thought I'd pass it along..

redfishbluefish · Feb 4, 2015

You forgot to mention the great overflow kits that they have as well......and it comes with the bit to drill the hole. I have the 1500 gph Glass-Holes overflow on my tank....did this in 2008. What I like is that it's a fraction of the size of a conventional overflow.

racin2438 · Feb 4, 2015

redfishbluefish said:
You forgot to mention the great overflow kits that they have as well......and it comes with the bit to drill the hole. I have the 1500 gph Glass-Holes overflow on my tank....did this in 2008. What I like is that it's a fraction of the size of a conventional overflow.

I added that in my post, Thnx for pointing that out....

SteveO83 · Feb 8, 2015

about to be doing this myself, but am taking my time getting to this part as I too am nervous about the drilling/sanding of the glass

racin2438 · Feb 9, 2015

SteveO83 said:
about to be doing this myself, but am taking my time getting to this part as I too am nervous about the drilling/sanding of the glass

I was too for the first hole...but it was so easy and fast that I was surprised it was that quick.

But don't worry about it it was really cool to do......it actually wanted to drill more holes cuz it to was fun...lol