How to make an overflow that looks good.

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Are you opposed to drilling glass? A external ghost overflow is small and visually unobtrusive

Is your tank 5 foot tall?
A ghost overflow looks good, although I would need about 8 of them to do the job. The tank is going to be 5 ft tall. Im ok with drilling glass, although each piece of 2k so I want to do it right. I'll look into ghost overflows. Thanks
 

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A ghost overflow looks good, although I would need about 8 of them to do the job. The tank is going to be 5 ft tall. Im ok with drilling glass, although each piece of 2k so I want to do it right. I'll look into ghost overflows. Thanks
If your back glass is black and you get black overflow it’s nearly invisible
 

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Here you can barely see the outline of it and this photo was with flash on
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Farther back
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Rear view - can be plumbed for herbie or bean animal setups.
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Great, I'll paint the back black, but how do I do that? I'm assuming the outside side of the glass so there's no chemicals leaking.
I use black krylon on the outside rear panel and it’s held up 10+ years n my main reef

For this new build - I don’t know what was used, it was made/built this way.

Maybe you could order black glass for that rear panel? Or a dark smoke color tint
 

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Is this the same 7'x6'x5' tank you were talking about building in your other thread? Did you find someone to build a glass tank of this size? The panels would have to be over 1" thick for a tank of that size. That's some serious weight!
 
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Is this the same 7'x6'x5' tank you were talking about building in your other thread? Did you find someone to build a glass tank of this size? The panels would have to be over 1" thick for a tank of that size. That's some serious weight!
Im building it. With help of 2 construction workers. @glasscages is supplying glass.
 
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Is this the same 7'x6'x5' tank you were talking about building in your other thread? Did you find someone to build a glass tank of this size? The panels would have to be over 1" thick for a tank of that size. That's some serious weight!
It's on the basement. I talked to my dad, he said the Fondation is right underneath the floor. He told me it would be best if I just put plywood and some mat to distribute the weight rather than a stand.
 

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put plywood and some mat to distribute the weight rather than a stand.
Interesting, so the tank is going to sit directly on the floor? Is @Joe Glass Cages
supplying you the silicon and guiding you on how to bond the panels? There is going to be some serious pressure on the joints.
 

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I just had an expensive meal. I am glad that I won’t have to eat here anymore. I really hope that this tank works out. The op is braver than I am!
Much braver to take on this kind of construction!
 

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Eh. Internal overflow for the win sry. My pinion. I'm currently going from a reef synergy to a custom internal overflow box so the plumbing can hook up directly to the display and not the little box. Why it's better or why I prefer it idk. I've also had a wier. Both glass on the display and acrylic box style with no teeth.
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I think for this sized tank you need to go diy, i called several companies and they qouted me 70-100k. Filtration,pumps,lights, glass and sand is going to cost 25k, significantly less.
 

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I think for this sized tank you need to go diy
Have you researched the complexity of properly bonding glass panels of this size and weight? It's not really a DIY kind of project. One mistake could cause catastrophic failure and cause 10's of thousands in damage to your parents' house or worse a fire.

I'm not trying to talk you out of doing it, I'm just saying there's a reason your quotes are so high.
 

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