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Old 06-05-2008, 08:35 PM
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Are you sure you want to drill in the bottom pane of the glass instead of the back?
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Old 06-05-2008, 08:54 PM
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Some ideas here for hole placement and a 44T
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Old 06-05-2008, 08:58 PM
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Some ideas here for hole placement and a 44T

Holy Mother of all that is right with this world, is that a nice tank!
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Old 06-05-2008, 09:14 PM
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Geez, that is an impressive tank. I love that orange plumbing! hee..hee...

Back to topic at hand...I don't think you need 2" drains for your primary Herbies in each box. If your emergency drains are 1.5", then that is all you need for the primary drains as well.

1.5" will save you money on the gate valves you'll need. Plus, you don't ever want the situation where the primary drains (2") are carrying MORE water than the emergencies (1.5") could handle.
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Old 06-06-2008, 12:52 AM
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Two 2" holes drilled for closed loop intakes
depending on your pumps you would have to reduce those a ton.

Instead of a really tall tank ever think of stacking two inwall? if you do the spacing carefully and run some thick braces under the top one for safety it would look sweet.
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Old 06-06-2008, 01:45 AM
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I'm running darts for the closed loop they have two inch intakes... IF I go with the tall tank I don't think one dart would be enough. I have more then one so I may put them to use. One return, and two closed loops.. one for the top of the tank one for the bottom

Stacking tanks wouldn't be an option in my situation.
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Old 06-06-2008, 02:21 AM
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Don't do it man!!! I once maintained a 42" tall tank and it was A NIGHTMARE!
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