Custom Tank

Eb0la11 · #1 06-22-2009, 04:41 AM

Hey guys. So I'm getting a tank built and Im submitting the order tomorrow. Its nothing crazy. Just the sizing and overflows/returns are all things I can customize and so I thought I'd quickly ask if anyone has anything I should know before I submit the order.

Basically Im getting a tank that will be 72Lx24Tx22W because that is how big my stand is. So essentially 165G. I'll be getting two overflows. The drains off these will be 1.5" and I know my returns will be 1" as well.

What linear distance should the overflows be? I'm thinking dual 10 inch ones. Also, where should I plumb the returns? I was thinking just into the back of the glass, as high up as possible, I'd get them to drill holes between the two overflows. Or should I do it through the overflows?

Thanks guys, any other suggestions are welcome.

banditpowdercoat · #2 06-22-2009, 04:48 AM

I say go coast to coast. I did and I LOVE it. Only been a month, But C2C with Herbie style drain. Awesome!!!

but, what are you planing for sump flow? that really determines the minimum overflow weir length

i have crabs · #3 06-22-2009, 12:56 PM

i say make the overflows big enough to have the returns inside them also

Eb0la11 · #4 06-22-2009, 05:20 PM

Hmmmm I dont think I can do coast to coast but i not really sure. We'll see what the extra cost is. How are the returns plumbed if they come back up through the overflow? Do they hang over the back after coming up? Or are they plumbed in through holes cut in the back glass? Im going to get this thing ordered in about an hour so lets hear some more ideas. Cheers!

banditpowdercoat · #5 06-22-2009, 06:18 PM

My C2C is plumbed through the back. And tghe overflow is just a piece of glass, 7" wide, siliconed at a V on the back. Heres a pic

Eb0la11 · #6 06-22-2009, 10:50 PM

Ahhhh I see. Pretty cool set up.

I talked to the guy and this is a wholesale shop that basically supplies all the aquarium stores in the city with their tanks and we had a 20 minute conversation about what I wanted to do and we ended up settling on an 18" overflow box centered on the back with two seperate 2" drains. I'll likely only be using one with my current setup but he said he'd drill the other for free and that the tank could essentially be setup and plumbed to turn over the tank 30x an hour through this drain and the return holes which will be 1/2" holes cut evenly along the back as high as he can drill them and evenly spaced.

It'd be cool to get a pump that did 30x165=4950gph and have absolutely zero hardware in the tank. It'd all be in the sump, I wouldnt even need powerheads in the tank. I could just get those bendable spray arms for the returns and direct them wherever Id like.