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[matt.radich]

Sorry I am flooding this area with new threads, I just think of these things after I submit a new thread.

Because of my ordeal with the AC50, I am making a sump. I know I am drilling my tank, and I want it to look nice. The pump I have landed on is a rio 1700 from rob, and the bulkheads will be 3/4" (let me know if this all adds up)

I am wanting to make an internal overflow box, and I head acrylic works well, but would the plexiglass they sell at lowes work as well? I am going to paint the overflow and the back of the tank with black krylon fusion, since I heard that plexiglass turns yellow. But will plexiglass work just as well as acrylic?

 

[Craigar]

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Look into glass holes kit they seem to work well and are relatively cheap since they give you the hole saw bulkhead and all

 

[Smiley]

Look into glass holes kit they seem to work well and are relatively cheap since they give you the hole saw bulkhead and all

+1

 

[matt.radich]

I am thinking I'm going to build one, I got all the acrylic that i would ever need at lowes for $1.50, and I picked up another 20L at petco for $20 too... So if I can get this whole sump setup done under $60, i'll be more than happy. A 20L with a 20L sump? Seems good to me!

 

[andyrm66]

+1 on the glass holes

As for your question, I had a tank with an overflow that was "supposedly" painted with the same paint. Nothing but problems with it. And the paint came off all the damn time. IME