jjwilley718
Aquarium Advice Regular
I'm getting a 75 gallon tank that is not predrilled and has tempered glass. So, I'm going to have to get a HOB overflow. What are your thoughts on these?
tdubrow said:The CPR overflow is not the best out there. If the aqualifter pump happens to fail you are looking at a huge mess. I would recommend the Lifereef hob overflow or even the eshopps one. If they are setup correctly they will never loose siphon and there is no pump necessary.
I've had both an eshopps overflow and the cpr one. I have to say I like the CPR one a million times more. I have yet to have any accidents with it, and I have a backup aqualifter pump and a rebuild kit just in case.
When my power goes out like it did twice yesterday, lol, it just stops the siphon. As soon as the power comes back on it kicks in and starts the siphon again.
I had zero luck with the eshopps keeping siphon on both tubes and got tired of sucking up salt water to start the siphon. :-(
If the eshopps loses siphon when the power goes out its usually because the u-tube is not long enough. I had this happen when I bought mine for the first time. I had to order a new u-tube that was longer. In my opinion you can beat the Lifereef overflow. Only problem is its the most expensive.