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Old 11/20/2007, 01:27 PM
wolverinereefer wolverinereefer is offline
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where can i find a overflow box

I have a 2" hole drilled in the middle left side of my 75g reef...i am currantly running a 2'' piece of pvc out of a 90 (connected to the bulkhead) straight up to my desired water level....well it is not cutting it!!.i need to make some kind of overflow box over the bulk head.. Does anyone know where to find one..or an in exspensive way to make one.(rather not).... any other ideas or thoughts would help with this headach as well.....Thanks WR
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Old 11/20/2007, 02:24 PM
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I'm about to do the same thing when my diamond hole saws arrive.

I'm just siliconing a piece of glass in both back corners. There's your overflow box. Some prefer to literally create a box in each corner out of two pieces of glass, but mine will be like this:


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Old 11/20/2007, 02:33 PM
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the hole is on the back...
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Old 11/20/2007, 04:12 PM
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The diagnal glass will still work. If you want a box though, you can make one, just get 4 peices of glass and silicone them together onto the tank to form the box, or make one out of acrylic. Or there are quite a few places you can order them from.

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Old 11/20/2007, 04:17 PM
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http://www.wetdryfilter.com/internal_overflow_boxes.htm
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Old 11/20/2007, 04:21 PM
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crap that place is freakin expensive. why would you recommend them?
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Old 11/20/2007, 04:35 PM
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Yup that's expensive. Overflow teeth are over rated, that's why I'm just gonna use black glass.
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Old 11/20/2007, 08:10 PM
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here ya go

http://cgi.ebay.com/DO-IT-YOU-SELF-C...QQcmdZViewItem

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Old 11/21/2007, 01:28 AM
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Glass-holes.com, cheap and good quality overflows.
 

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