I was gonna post this in the DIY section, but I figured that here would be better.
I recently had a bad batch of silicone virtually destroy everything in my old AGA 125. Today I pulled it out to strip and clean it, and as I was putting it away to wait to be re-sealed, I started thinking that I would most likely never use the tank again if it wasn't drilled.
Basically the question I have is the best way to have the overflows set up. I have narrowed it down to 2 options. I have an eshopps overflow box, but I would really prefer to drill the tank.
-The first would be to do something like this. That tank is my friend Mike's now, and after taking it apart to reseal it recently, I really like the way its done. I was going to use the same black acrylic for the overflow walls as well.
-The second option would be ditching the overflow box idea, and just having 2 holes near the top rim on each side of the back wall (or 3, maybe 4 holes). The holes would have 90 degree elbows on them and some pvc to keep the water level high, and then a strainer on top. This option is much less work, but I don't know if there would be any disadvantages to this way.
Both options would most likely use 1.25 inch bulkheads.
Any suggestions, comments, ideas would be appreciated. I want to do what will work best, but I would prefer option 2 if it is comparable in performance to option 1.
Thanks.
I recently had a bad batch of silicone virtually destroy everything in my old AGA 125. Today I pulled it out to strip and clean it, and as I was putting it away to wait to be re-sealed, I started thinking that I would most likely never use the tank again if it wasn't drilled.
Basically the question I have is the best way to have the overflows set up. I have narrowed it down to 2 options. I have an eshopps overflow box, but I would really prefer to drill the tank.
-The first would be to do something like this. That tank is my friend Mike's now, and after taking it apart to reseal it recently, I really like the way its done. I was going to use the same black acrylic for the overflow walls as well.
-The second option would be ditching the overflow box idea, and just having 2 holes near the top rim on each side of the back wall (or 3, maybe 4 holes). The holes would have 90 degree elbows on them and some pvc to keep the water level high, and then a strainer on top. This option is much less work, but I don't know if there would be any disadvantages to this way.
Both options would most likely use 1.25 inch bulkheads.
Any suggestions, comments, ideas would be appreciated. I want to do what will work best, but I would prefer option 2 if it is comparable in performance to option 1.
Thanks.
