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Hello everyone.
7 years ago my old tank exploded and in the emergency I needed to get a new tank right away in order to save all my animals.
Because where I live finding already made large enough reef tanks to buy is pretty much impossible, I was forced to buy a regular tank without the overflow. Because animals couldn't wait anymore I put them inside of that tank and after that I needed to be creative and find a way to make it work.
I solved the problem by installing sump on the side of the tank (on the right side in the picture) and made sump drain into the tank instead of usual tank draining into the sump.
It worked just fine for the last almost 7 years.
....But, right now I need to move the tank to another location because of house reconstruction (you can notice messy construction work on the wall behind the tank)... and because new location doesn't allow the same setup, I need to drill the back glass for the overflow and make a regular sump bellow the tank.
I was thinking to drill 3 holes 2 inches in diameter, and because tank is pretty much narrow but long, in order to save as much space as possible I will make the overflow box behind the back glass.
Can you please advise if this location (top middle, as shown in the picture bellow) on the back glass is safe and won't affect tank's structural integrity.
(I am worried because middle area seems as the one that is under most of the pressure and where glass always bends slightly)
Also how far from the top of the tank should holes be drilled and how much space should be between the holes?
It's a glass tank (18 mm thick glass), 10 feet long, 2 feet wide and 31.5 inches high.
350 gallons.
Thanks.
Picture of my tank:
7 years ago my old tank exploded and in the emergency I needed to get a new tank right away in order to save all my animals.
Because where I live finding already made large enough reef tanks to buy is pretty much impossible, I was forced to buy a regular tank without the overflow. Because animals couldn't wait anymore I put them inside of that tank and after that I needed to be creative and find a way to make it work.
I solved the problem by installing sump on the side of the tank (on the right side in the picture) and made sump drain into the tank instead of usual tank draining into the sump.
It worked just fine for the last almost 7 years.
....But, right now I need to move the tank to another location because of house reconstruction (you can notice messy construction work on the wall behind the tank)... and because new location doesn't allow the same setup, I need to drill the back glass for the overflow and make a regular sump bellow the tank.
I was thinking to drill 3 holes 2 inches in diameter, and because tank is pretty much narrow but long, in order to save as much space as possible I will make the overflow box behind the back glass.
Can you please advise if this location (top middle, as shown in the picture bellow) on the back glass is safe and won't affect tank's structural integrity.
(I am worried because middle area seems as the one that is under most of the pressure and where glass always bends slightly)
Also how far from the top of the tank should holes be drilled and how much space should be between the holes?
It's a glass tank (18 mm thick glass), 10 feet long, 2 feet wide and 31.5 inches high.
350 gallons.
Thanks.
Picture of my tank: