mr_X
Aquarium Advice Addict
Ok, so here we have a DSA (Deep Sea Aquatics) 105 gallon rimless, which has the dimensions of 48 x 24 x 21tall. Pretty **** close to perfect for a medium sized reef tank IMO.
I couldn't buy the reef ready version because that has a standard overflow with drains and returns coming in and out of the tank through the bottom pane, and my sump in the room behind was too high off the ground, so I opted for the non-drilled tank and drilled it myself.
Ideally i would have the overflow in the middle, but i didn't want 2 returns so I put it on the opposite side of the 1" return.
Glass holes gives you a template to use so I put the overflow where I think I wanted it, and put the template on the outside of the glass matching it, then taped it in place.
I then surrounded that with a wall of plumbers putty and filled it with water.
I also put a bunch of junk towels under it to catch water and the ring of glass that will shortly fall..
I scored both holes theen removed the template, and drilled the first, and when that fell through, I reformed the wall and refilled the water for the second hole..
Both holes went quite well and I added the low profile, Glass holes overflow box and bulkheads.
...and the finished product-
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I couldn't buy the reef ready version because that has a standard overflow with drains and returns coming in and out of the tank through the bottom pane, and my sump in the room behind was too high off the ground, so I opted for the non-drilled tank and drilled it myself.
Ideally i would have the overflow in the middle, but i didn't want 2 returns so I put it on the opposite side of the 1" return.
Glass holes gives you a template to use so I put the overflow where I think I wanted it, and put the template on the outside of the glass matching it, then taped it in place.
I then surrounded that with a wall of plumbers putty and filled it with water.
I also put a bunch of junk towels under it to catch water and the ring of glass that will shortly fall..
I scored both holes theen removed the template, and drilled the first, and when that fell through, I reformed the wall and refilled the water for the second hole..
Both holes went quite well and I added the low profile, Glass holes overflow box and bulkheads.
...and the finished product-
.