Need help!!! My tank is leaking water

[Luisra]

My tank just started leaking water, so I just bought one from Petsmart, is a 75g Top Fin. Question is.. can I drill this tank to use a glass hole overflow? Thanks

 

[soccerbag]

Does it say "Tempered" anywhere on the tank?

 

[Luisra]

Thanks Craig,
It doesn't say its tempered but here is the sticker form the tank.

I have to do this asap since I have all of my fish and corals in buckets. In a few minutes I will let you know if it can be drilled or not.

 

[RadReef]

I'm almost 100% certain that the bottom of that tank is tempered. But, the sides might not be and you could drill those, like a california setup on the back. Or you could use an overflow box. Hope everything works out for you, keep us posted.

 

[soccerbag]

I would guess the sides are not tempered as Rad said above but hard to tell. According to the sticker, you may be out of luck. I can certainly understand your rush to get it done though. As posted above, I certainly wish you the best. Do you have any reefing friends that may have a spare tank in the garage that you could use? Nothing worse than a leaking tank!

 

[JR's Reef]

The sides should be fine to drill to would almost bet the bottom is tempered if not the bottom glass would be 1/2 thick.

 

[Luisra]

I'm almost 100% certain that the bottom of that tank is tempered. But, the sides might not be and you could drill those, like a california setup on the back. Or you could use an overflow box. Hope everything works out for you, keep us posted.

This is/was a nightmare! Everything worked out pretty good!!! I don't have a spare overflow box, so we had to destroy the old tank (less than a year old) to take the overflow and the white acrylic sheet (bare bottom tank).

I would guess the sides are not tempered as Rad said above but hard to tell. According to the sticker, you may be out of luck. I can certainly understand your rush to get it done though. As posted above, I certainly wish you the best. Do you have any reefing friends that may have a spare tank in the garage that you could use? Nothing worse than a leaking tank!

I was scared because of the sticker warnings, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I hate to see my anthias in 5g buckets.
The new tank is ready, just have to wait for the silicone to dry, so tomorrow everything is going back to normal. Thanks to a reefing friend (alberto acropora). Thanks everyone for your support!

75g Top Fin tanks (aqueon) can be drilled.

New tank with old overflow