Drilled tank

Anyone here have a drilled tank out the back. With the hole about 8 in from the top of the tank and a small skimmer box on the inside of the tank ?

I drilled my 75 and put overflows in it. Is that what you mean?

I to drilled my 40 gal and many others if this is what you mean.

Hey look Green grass.

icereefer wrote:I to drilled my 40 gal and many others if this is what you mean.


Hey look Green grass.

How did you do the pumbling from the box to the sump and pics. Im having troubles with mine i get alot of bubbles in my sump and its loud

I redid my plumbling lasnight and this is what i did

This was the old way

Will poop im still having troubles anyone have a 75G RR tank for sale lol

Well first I would get rid of the union and add a compression,if it's a 1" union the ID on it is 3/4" on a compression the ID would be 1".then depending on how much your return is if your only outlet flow is anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 flowing into your outlet pipe.I would get about a 5" to 6" piece of 1/4" to 5/16" Acrylic ridget tubing and drill a hole on the top back end of your Elbow insert the ridget tubing down the return pipe leaving about 2" above the elbow glue the ridget tubing in with a good epoxy.
the air will get forced down threw the tube and will quite it alot because air won't be trying to force it's way in thre the water out-let.

WIll i still get alot of air bubbles in to my sump ? and just what will the compression fitting do ?

the compression fitting will have the same ID as your pipe will. and as for bubbles can you get me a picture of how you have it dumping into your sump?

here you go I know bad place to use a ballvalve

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If you could Y off right under the Union or if you go Compression right on your main out-let then 45 to your drops adding your Valve in the drop you want to control this would help with Bubble.
a Y might be hard to find though, I'm a plumber so it's kind of easy for me to find off the wall fittings I guess.
Water and sharp corners and gravity forced water will create bubble if it don't have proper venting.

Ok im trying to follow put that Y here (see pic ) remove the union then add a compression fitting then Y ?

I wish I was good at google skitch I would draw you a diagram, or I wish you lived closer.

LoL next meeting at my house

Home_Depot wrote:I drilled my 75 and put overflows in it. Is that what you mean?

DO you have some pics ? im still having troubles with this :/

No I sold my 75 and now have a 125. I will be doing a drilling demo on a 90g at the meeting in a few weeks so if yo can make it that might be of some help.

danreefs wrote:

Home_Depot wrote:I drilled my 75 and put overflows in it. Is that what you mean?

DO you have some pics ? im still having troubles with this :/

I think I do if I cn find them but I used a straight in dump on this tank sound and bubbles were not an issue with this tank because I used an inch and a half bulkhead on this one.