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09-30-2010, 05:45 PM
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I totally understand the desire to minimize the obtrusiveness of equipment in the main display.
However having said that.. with the exception of outputs/inlets in the bottom pane, which are easy enough to aquascape around and hide ... as far as the side walls go, don't you still have a bulkhead on the glass and a piece of pipe and/or nozzle? Or worse yet, in the case of using penductors - a bulkhead, pipe of pipe and a thing that looks reminiscent of an air raid siren of old? At that point you're still hiding "something" behind a pillar or something - in this case though it's permanently there and not something you can decide to move later on. I can see that the ones on a bottom pane would not be subject to the same criteria though. But man oh man, holes on a bottom pane scare me worse. Maybe it's less of a concern with an acrylic tank but even still what happens if 2 years from now it develops a small leak? (Or does that effectively never happen unless they were installed wrong to begin with?)
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09-30-2010, 05:59 PM
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I don't know how people with large glass tanks sleep at night regardless of how many holes the panels might have... I'm an acrylic guy, glass scares me! If drilling weakens glass, then I'm all in favour of NOT doing it!
I don't use penductors. I agree, they look silly. It is pretty easy to hide the intakes...but, yes, it is more difficult to hide the outputs because putting anything in front of them kind of defeats their purpose. The four outlets I have on the bottom of the tank are effectively invisible. They shoot up at a 45 degree angle, but there are rocks blocking direct view from the front and sides. There is another philosophy that this touches upon. I'm a big believer in leaving the system alone. There are places of low and higher flow in the system, but leaving the flow alone for a long time allows life to thrive in the flow/light conditions that it prefers. I've noticed this effect with sponges in particular that tend to find high flow, low light places only.
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09-30-2010, 06:38 PM
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I have 16 holes in my glass tank and I sleep well at night. I have insurance and the preimiums are up to date. 
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