Hello reef2reef addicts, i'm starting my new project but I have some questions for all of you guys especially the experts Drilling the tanks and doing the new low-profile overflows, my question it's really simple, here we go:
I will attach the picture of my actual tank that has a regular overflow drilled in the bottom from the tank and the acrylic black cover it's in the middle of the rear wall:
This is after I bought it when I was cleaning it in vertical position but you can see the overflow box in black color on the rear wall
This picture is when I was doing my aqua scape but I think you can see that in the back, once again with the black cover in the middle of the rear wall.
Questions:
1) I want to remove the rear black cover and take out the two overflows because they're taking a lot of space in the middle of my tank, is just a 50 gallon tank and that's a lot of real estate used for the overflows.
Once I remove the whole cover take the two PVC lines and remove the two bulkheads, what I can do in order to cover those two holes in the bottom of my aquarium???, was thinking to go to Home Depot buy a piece of glass big enough to cover the two holes, use some glass silicone and cover them, let them dry and then put sand on top and nobody will notice anything!!!!
2) do you guys think that what I have in my mind it is the right way to do it? Another thing that I was considering as well is to use another piece of glass and do exactly the same but underneath, please guys give me your opinion because this is my weekend project.
3) once everything is done and the holes covered, what type of overflow low-profile do you guys suggest to use in my tank I was having in consideration:
-The shadow overflow
-The eclipse overflow from eshopps
-The glass holes kit
Appreciate everybody's help and I'll be pending on your suggestions to start doing this whole thing, thanks and happy reefing to everybody!!!
I will attach the picture of my actual tank that has a regular overflow drilled in the bottom from the tank and the acrylic black cover it's in the middle of the rear wall:
This is after I bought it when I was cleaning it in vertical position but you can see the overflow box in black color on the rear wall
This picture is when I was doing my aqua scape but I think you can see that in the back, once again with the black cover in the middle of the rear wall.
Questions:
1) I want to remove the rear black cover and take out the two overflows because they're taking a lot of space in the middle of my tank, is just a 50 gallon tank and that's a lot of real estate used for the overflows.
Once I remove the whole cover take the two PVC lines and remove the two bulkheads, what I can do in order to cover those two holes in the bottom of my aquarium???, was thinking to go to Home Depot buy a piece of glass big enough to cover the two holes, use some glass silicone and cover them, let them dry and then put sand on top and nobody will notice anything!!!!
2) do you guys think that what I have in my mind it is the right way to do it? Another thing that I was considering as well is to use another piece of glass and do exactly the same but underneath, please guys give me your opinion because this is my weekend project.
3) once everything is done and the holes covered, what type of overflow low-profile do you guys suggest to use in my tank I was having in consideration:
-The shadow overflow
-The eclipse overflow from eshopps
-The glass holes kit
Appreciate everybody's help and I'll be pending on your suggestions to start doing this whole thing, thanks and happy reefing to everybody!!!
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