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spit.fire
09-19-2011, 03:42 AM
so as some know, i recently drilled my tank, put a corner overflow in, plumbed it all in, painted the back of the tank black and then shattered it moving it into the house


so i started over with a tank i had laying around, a leaky tank, with ugly trim
i started out by pulling the trim off to realize that the tank was made out of 3/8 instead of 1/4 like the one i broke which worked out perfectly because it has no center brace like i wanted and it has all polished edges

after pulling the corner overflow out of my 55 i realized the tank i was dealing with was not a 55, it is a 50 so my corner overflow doesnt work on it (ps if anyone wants to by a plastic corner overflow let me know)

so ive decided to go with the same style overflow as i did on my 100g freshwater tank

heres a pic of the overflow on my freshwater, the box is 6'' x 6'' x i dunno tall

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/IMG00229-20110814-2059.jpg


old corner overflow (for sale, cheep cheep)
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00289-20110918-1721.jpg
pile of broken tempered glass after trying 5 different pieces trying to make my corner overflowhttp://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00288-20110918-1719.jpg
tank pulled apart after drilling to be resealed with black silicone
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00287-20110918-1719.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00285-20110918-1718.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00283-20110918-1717.jpg


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00282-20110918-1717.jpg

biocube i bought after breaking the tank last night... paid 150 and it came with 3 korilias, phosban reactor, and alot more goodies
unfortunately my biocube skimmer doesnt fit in it

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00280-20110917-2226.jpg
tank before i broke it after being emptied of livestock


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00267-20110916-1908.jpg


sand for new tankhttp://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00268-20110916-1909.jpg


balasts, dual 400w mh i plan to put one on the 55 and one on my 72http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a171/tyty_220/55g/IMG00237-20110824-2134.jpg

Dive_dry
09-21-2011, 12:40 AM
TRY NORMAL GLASS NEXT TIME AS YOU CANT CUT TEMPERED GLASS and it should all be good

spit.fire
09-21-2011, 12:49 AM
TRY NORMAL GLASS NEXT TIME AS YOU CANT CUT TEMPERED GLASS and it should all be good
i had a stack of glass.... i just kept trying till i found a non tempered piece, none of them were marked.

i grew up around a glass shop so i know a thing or 3 about glass :D