Salt water aquarium glass

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Originally Posted by corrosionjerry

the look of it and the chance that it will not siphon if there is a power outage.

+1 : If building a proper overflow is possible, that is what you should do. With the hang on overflows, I think there are ways to restart the siphon if the power fails, but I wouldn't gamble my tank on it working every time. If you take short cuts setting up the tank, you will be limited by them down the road. Be prepared for some hard work. Start with designing a proper overflow.