you couldnt even get a dime through the opening, so how could a small clown get through? there is a picture of it up above, i have eurobracing so they cant get over the top of the eggcrate.

Mine got thru, fishytimes got thru (multiple times).... Trust me, small fish get thru. :wink:

Just don't buy small fish to avoid the problem I guess. haha!

We should probably say that both Josh's and my clowns are less that an inch long. My clown made the trip into the overflow literally every night for about a month. It was part of my morning routine to get up, put the coffee on, then rescue his dumba$$ from the overflow. He finally did get the hang of it. Since then a small candy cane goby and a carpenters flasher wrasse have been rescued as well as a shrimp or two. Stuff can get through. Dont glue or tape any plumbing parts inside your overflow, chances are you will need to take them out at some point. If not to rescue livestock, then to clean strainers etc.

i had no idea about not gluing anything. i will have to glue one thing but its in the middle so i think it will be ok. but the rest i wont glue.

Let me be clear. The plumbing parts that go inside your overflow do not need to be glued or taped(depending what fittings you have). All plumbing outside the tank will of course need to be either glued or taped. I didnt want the way I phrased things to cause you any problems:redface:

for the guys who said that little fish will fit through eggcrate that is correct!! however if you want to prevent gobies,pipefish and all other small dummies do the following....

Home depot sells gutter guard basically plastic mesh, 1st cut 2 pieces of gutter guard a little larger than the piece of eggcrate, 2nd lay 1 piece of gutter guard down on the eggcrate, 3rd lay the other piece of GG over the 1st piece of GG only this time staggering it so that the hole is so small that only a small piece of mysis can fit through. Hold all 3 pieces together with black zap straps and voila you got the alcatraz of overflows.

well i have to glue the return because it comes through the overflow, how else am i going to do it, the middle hole is for the return manifold and i cant have the water leaking

GENIUS, except i dont want a huge roll of gutter guard for such a little piece of eggcrate. but i think i will put that on my list of things to do.

So is this right?? i doubled it up. just want to make sure before i silicone it into place.

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...wedding529.jpg

Looks ok.. but it will affect your GPH running thru the system... There is alot more surface area covering the eggcrate now.