Drilling my First Tank

ReeferRob · Mar 24, 2010

Okay you DIYers, Ill be drilling my very first glass tank soon. I need to know what to get and where to get it.

The tank is a 48x18x12 frag tank and will have a 36x18x18 sump. It in the basement so aesthetics are not as important. What I mean by that is I probably won't do a built in overflow just to keep cost down. Probably just do a simple stand pipe and a return line. But open to any suggestions or advice you may have.
Please let me know if there is any other info neccessary.

Thanks

pugbreath · Mar 24, 2010

Since aesthetics are not involved I would just drill the back near the top and put an elbow with suction screen on the bulkhead. You can get the bulkheads and glass bits from ebay or BRS.