here is the thing i think of too. If i drill the side is there anyway to keep my water level as full as i normally keep it.. 1/2"-3/4" from the top? if i come in with bulkhead then turn with a 90 toward the top will it gurgle?
drilling a tank that is set up and running
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Probably not quite as high. You can give an External Durso a try (only used internal Durso myself so dunno how good/bad an external will be.
http://www.the3wisemen.net/extdurso.jpg
http://www.the3wisemen.net/extdurso.jpg
PeteLockwood;3721877; said:
thanks! i had this in mind but need my water level as high as possible in the tank...any ideas?
Regardless of how you drill it, you can pretty much put the water level wherever you wish. The 90* elbow would typically be the way to accomplish this.
I've just never been a fan of drilling tanks on the side. I guess for resale value and being able to reuse them in a different situation, but it is all personal preference and choice.
I've just never been a fan of drilling tanks on the side. I guess for resale value and being able to reuse them in a different situation, but it is all personal preference and choice.
i honestly don't see me selling it any time soon. might as well customize it... A used tank sells for cheap most of the time anyway...
Do you think with an elbow turned up to keep the water level higher, is asking for noise???gurgling?? it is in my bedroom i am going to try to make it quite.
Do you think with an elbow turned up to keep the water level higher, is asking for noise???gurgling?? it is in my bedroom i am going to try to make it quite.
I did almost the exact same thing as what your planning. Tencor acrylic tank, drilling with water and fish still in the tank and it worked.
I lowered the water lever to below the level I was drilling (of course). Then I used a hole saw and had my wife spray water on the hole saw and the tank while I was drilling. It tool a while because I was going slow and it was 3/4 inch acrylic. Every minute or so I would stop and pull out the saw to clean the teeth they gummed up kind of fast. Then I put my bulkheads on, they came with a screen/strainer cone shaped attachment. These are easy to find on line just use a threaded bulkhead because the strainer was made to screw into the bulkhead.
I put my holes about 1/3 the way down the back of the tank then I put my elbow on the outside of the tank and ran the pipe up the outside of the tank to set the water level. Water would flow out the tank up the pipe to a T fitting. The horizontal part of the T was the water level, the upper part of the T continued up above the tank by about 3" for a siphon break. The horizontal part dropped back down straight into the sump. I ended up drilling two holes because the drain would not keep up with my pump LOL Dumb planning. If I ever do this again I would go with the largest hole possible. Remember a 2" hole drains more water than two 1" holes, go figure, live and learn huh? LOL
Good luck
I lowered the water lever to below the level I was drilling (of course). Then I used a hole saw and had my wife spray water on the hole saw and the tank while I was drilling. It tool a while because I was going slow and it was 3/4 inch acrylic. Every minute or so I would stop and pull out the saw to clean the teeth they gummed up kind of fast. Then I put my bulkheads on, they came with a screen/strainer cone shaped attachment. These are easy to find on line just use a threaded bulkhead because the strainer was made to screw into the bulkhead.
I put my holes about 1/3 the way down the back of the tank then I put my elbow on the outside of the tank and ran the pipe up the outside of the tank to set the water level. Water would flow out the tank up the pipe to a T fitting. The horizontal part of the T was the water level, the upper part of the T continued up above the tank by about 3" for a siphon break. The horizontal part dropped back down straight into the sump. I ended up drilling two holes because the drain would not keep up with my pump LOL Dumb planning. If I ever do this again I would go with the largest hole possible. Remember a 2" hole drains more water than two 1" holes, go figure, live and learn huh? LOL
Good luck
My 6 by 2.5 glass tank is drilled on both side with 1.5" holes these are then fitted with bulk heads and the 90 degree bends with strainers attached, it keeps my water 0.5" from the tank brace bars and doesnt gurgle at all.
