Would you trust this 90 gallon?

[JCOLE]

I am interested in buying this 90 gallon. It's a decent price and local. However I just noticed that the returns are plumbed directly up the bottom the tank. This concerns me of leaks through the bulkheads.

What do you all think?

 

[ReefQueen]

Most standard reef ready tanks are drilled through the bottom. The thing that would bug me about this set up is how hard it would be to hide those returns. You could get creative with your scape though and who doesn’t like a challenge lol?

 

[JasonK84]

You could always plug those return bulkheads and seal it up tight. Then run them up and over the back glass if you wanted. Bulkheads leak sometimes regardless of placement.

My tank is drilled at the bottom also but inside of the overflow box so if I need to replace a bulkhead I only have to shut the pumps down and drain the overflow box leaving the rest of the water in The tank.

 

[JCOLE]

You could always plug those return bulkheads and seal it up tight. Then run them up and over the back glass if you wanted. Bulkheads leak sometimes regardless of placement.

My tank is drilled at the bottom also but inside of the overflow box so if I need to replace a bulkhead I only have to shut the pumps down and drain the overflow box leaving the rest of the water in The tank.

Exactly. This is what I am worried about. Is if the bulkhead was to leak behind an overflow box then it wouldn't be that bad and the pressure on the bulkhead isnt that much. However, the pressure from 90 gallons directly on a bulkhead worries me.