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Hello!!! This is my first time plumbing an overflow/sump. It is a predrilled tank with 2 holes at the bottom of the overflow. I’m attempting to run it as safe as possible (preventing overflows), but there is no room to drill a 3rd hole. Previous owner ran the tank with one drain and one return. Is there any other way to run the tank safer in the event of a drain clog or lose of power.
 

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It sounds like the tank was originally set up as an overflow containing a durso drain and a return line. There's nothing wrong with this setup and I've never heard of the durso clogging or causing flooding.

As @fishyjoes said, you could set up a dual durso, but I'll warn you that you'll have to play with the two dursos to balance them and also still might have a "flushing" sound with that much flow to the sump. You don't mention tank size, but typically the drain was 1 inch while the return was 3/4. And again, used in many tanks and nothing wrong with this setup.
 
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It sounds like the tank was originally set up as an overflow containing a durso drain and a return line. There's nothing wrong with this setup and I've never heard of the durso clogging or causing flooding.

As @fishyjoes said, you could set up a dual durso, but I'll warn you that you'll have to play with the two dursos to balance them and also still might have a "flushing" sound with that much flow to the sump. You don't mention tank size, but typically the drain was 1 inch while the return was 3/4. And again, used in many tanks and nothing wrong with this setup.
It’s a 65 gallon tank and yes those were the drain and return size
 
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Hello!!! This is my first time plumbing an overflow/sump. It is a predrilled tank with 2 holes at the bottom of the overflow. I’m attempting to run it as safe as possible (preventing overflows), but there is no room to drill a 3rd hole. Previous owner ran the tank with one drain and one return. Is there any other way to run the tank safer in the event of a drain clog or lose of power.
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