Overflow box question

Braves Fan

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Mar 24, 2009
Messages
2,033
Reaction score
1,351
Location
D'Iberville Mississippi
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I want a 200g tank with in internal overflow box, all of the pics I have seen with this size tank have had two overflow boxes in the tank, can you buy them with just one overflow box, that is what I want?
 

Paul_N

MOD
View Badges
Joined
Jun 16, 2008
Messages
3,964
Reaction score
65
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
You can have one. It depends on where your bulkheads are,bulkhead size and the size of the return pump. I have a 220 I am setting up and it has (2) 2" bulkheads on the end and I am going to use a custom internal box (18"X5"X8") that covers both holes. They also have them here already made: Dart Overflow Box - Glass-Holes.com dope aquarium stuff
 

Incoralable

Community Member
View Badges
Joined
Nov 29, 2009
Messages
55
Reaction score
5
Location
Lake Charles, LA
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
FWIW, just another suggestion. Homemade horizontal overflow on my 75 gallon, aka "coast to coast overflow." ...

Horizontal_Overflow1.jpg


If built out of tinted glass or acrylic, with a black background, can be almost invisible in the tank. Also does not take up space at the bottom of the tank. Only sticks out about 1 inch at the top.

horizontal_Overflow4.jpg


Horizontal_Overflow3-1.jpg


This is a different tank, but this is the way I did the plumbing at the back. Two 1" drains tied into one 1.5" main drain back to the sump.

45Overflow1.jpg


I loved this overflow and really wish I had incorporated it in my 140 upgrade.
 

Tentacled trailblazer in your tank: Have you ever kept a large starfish?

  • I currently have a starfish in my tank.

    Votes: 34 30.1%
  • Not currently, but I have kept a starfish in the past.

    Votes: 29 25.7%
  • I have never kept a starfish, but I hope to in the future.

    Votes: 25 22.1%
  • I have no plans to keep a starfish.

    Votes: 24 21.2%
  • Other.

    Votes: 1 0.9%
Back
Top