Bean animal overflow box11/17/2023 ![]() ![]() I just used my dewalt cordless drill, (I figured cordless cause it's working with water dripping over the job-and I don't have a corded drill ) Just a towel underneath to soak it up, (had to swap the towel a few times over the 4 holes) I put a small bucket on top of the tank and used airline tubing with a tap to drip water down the glass onto the drill bit, and an airline suction cap to hold it perfectly over the job. Thanks, but it's probably just the pic lol a lot of my holes ended up with small chips and they weren't fully straight so I had to go back over them to get the bulkheads to fit, but it's like my first time drilling glass so I'm just happy nothing cracked or exploded :) (It has hanging lights and other tanks built into the cabinet haha everything is a mess right now) Just finishing the plumbing now, But so far it's all working very nice, I'll post an update pic when it's done and back in place. And not sure if I'll need 3 holes in the tank or 5, there's only 1 so far, need to drill the rest before I can silicone the overflow box on, Heading to Bunnings soon to get the rest of the pipe and fittings and 1 more bulk head, hopefully it works out, I've only planned out one smaller sump before on a tiny 2ft beta tank divided into 5 :) its off tap, I'll post pics of it on another thread.Ĭheers mate, I ended up gluing it at level with the tank. Not sure whether to have the box at level with the tank rim or a bit lower. With no clunky overflow box in the tank, just 5 horizontal shrimp guards at water level, if all that makes sense? The overflow box has 3x 1" holes at the bottom with bulk heads,įrom there it's pretty much a bean animal drain that's shrimp safe. The plan is basically 5x 1" holes at water level in line horizontally, They have polly pipe fittings with shrimp guards, the water will drain through those into an overflow box at the back outside the tank,I cut out of glass and built it myself (first time cutting or joining any glass like that, it's sooo fun!) ![]()
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