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Thank goodness I just got a part time job, or I might be sleeping outside. My spending on SW stuff seems to never end. My dear wife doesn't share my reef keeping passion.
I would just leave the display water level an inch lower than the overflow. Then there is no chance of water leaking or getting in the way of gluing your plumbing.