Notching glass for external overflow

[lockrookie]

Sent pm I have notched glass and made overflow teeth on both my tanks as long as glass is not tempers and you have patience and don't rush the cuts it's definitely able to be done

Personally I don't like egg-crate and find it breaks easily and rots away faster over time egg-crate is a brittle plastic and just not my fave thing to work with

[Spyd]

Personally, I would go this route:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjL9U6sXI7w

This is the ghost overflow. I think it is a fantastic idea on only requires holes to be drilled instead of cutting out a section of glass.

[mark]

^ any idea the price?

[Spyd]

It's not cheap. Somehwere around $200 US is what I have read. It is made by reefsavvy. You would have to email them and find out. I believe it comes with all bulkheads, etc as well though.

[Trevor W]

Originally Posted by mark

believe the plan is just one large single notch to get the water out, not making individual teeth

Yes thats the plan. Just your typical external overflow where you have the box mounted externally and a notch or slit cut into the tank to allow the water to flow into the overflow box.

Originally Posted by lockrookie

Sent pm I have notched glass and made overflow teeth on both my tanks as long as glass is not tempers and you have patience and don't rush the cuts it's definitely able to be done

Personally I don't like egg-crate and find it breaks easily and rots away faster over time egg-crate is a brittle plastic and just not my fave thing to work with

Thanks Lockrookie, PM sent!

Originally Posted by Spyd

Personally, I would go this route:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjL9U6sXI7w

This is the ghost overflow. I think it is a fantastic idea on only requires holes to be drilled instead of cutting out a section of glass.

Thats a really cool idea, too bad they don't make the external box itself taller. Also the cost itself is well above what it will cost for me to just notch or cut a slit in the glass. Thanks for the link