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[Plum]

Does anybody know the advantages/disadvantages of drilling the back of an aquarium as opposed to the bottom?

Having some 220g's made, and 120g's and unsure which method I should go with.

Thank you,

Plum

 

[CHOMPERS]

When you drill the back of the tank, the tank and stand must be away from the wall to make room for the plumbing. If you have them drilled on the bottom, then the plumbing will not be exposed. Have the manufacturer install an overflow in each corner or one large one in the center. This will hide all of your plumbing. The return pipes are plumbed up through the overflows for concealment.

 

[Plum]

therefore the only differnece will be the plumbing?

If I drill them in the back, I was planning on using small overflow boxes.

Space is not going to be an issue - I will be placing these tanks in the wall, and running multiple tanks to one sump.

 

[dmopar74]

if you drill the back, there is no need for overflow boxes, which means more space for the fish.

 

[chesterthehero]

^ all that

and the bottom is often tempered...

 

[Plum]

I was going to place overflows like the picture in "figure 7a/7b"
http://www.glasscages.com/?sAction=Overflows

Thought that it would look a bit cleaner, with the outside of the box being black.

The only thing that I could think uping the cost would be that now the bottom of the tank would be using Tempered Glass, and the back.

(I assume that the back would need tempered glass as it is being drilled)

 

[Plum]

P.S.
no - glasscages will certainly not be making the tanks.

 

[dmopar74]

no tempered glass for drilling, it will shatter. you want non-tempered.

 

[CHOMPERS]

(I assume that the back would need tempered glass as it is being drilled)

Tempered glass in aquariums is nothing more than marketing hype. There is no benefit to using it in a fish tank.

 

[Plum]

I did not realize Tempered glass was all hype/would crack.

Thank you very much then - this answers my questions.