Is this a good Overflow ?

spllouder · 11/22/2007, 11:59 AM

I heard that a u tube design is better than a boxed wall design . so i found these overflow pre skimmers on the internet . looks like custom made stuff . and one of there overflows is only $60 shipped . what do eveyone thing ?

Handmade Overlows

ArgonDreams · 11/22/2007, 01:22 PM

There are several views on this subject, but I will say I agree that a Utube is better then a continuous siphon overflow like CPR. I personally bought a hurricane overflow http://www.hurricanefilters.com/. I know people that have an Eshopps Overflow http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...t=eshopps&Np=1
and also Lifereef is commonly thought of as "the best" but all of this is debatable http://www.lifereef.com/frame.html.

Hope that helps.

spllouder · 11/22/2007, 02:29 PM

I liked the hurrican overflow too . and just purchase one aswell . Thanks for the advise

mg426 · 11/22/2007, 03:43 PM

www.lifereef.com

MalHavoc · 11/22/2007, 04:16 PM

I'll also recommend the tube style overflow. I had two Lifereef boxes on my last tank, and they worked great. I'll also recommend Amiracle overflow boxes, too.

11/22/2007, 11:59 AM	#1
spllouder Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Springfield , MO Posts: 55	Is this a good Overflow ? I heard that a u tube design is better than a boxed wall design . so i found these overflow pre skimmers on the internet . looks like custom made stuff . and one of there overflows is only $60 shipped . what do eveyone thing ? Handmade Overlows __________________ 29G Reef 10G Sump/Refugiuem Current Tank Info: 29G Reef First Tank

11/22/2007, 02:29 PM	#3
spllouder Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Springfield , MO Posts: 55	I liked the hurrican overflow too . and just purchase one aswell . Thanks for the advise __________________ 29G Reef 10G Sump/Refugiuem Current Tank Info: 29G Reef First Tank

11/22/2007, 03:43 PM	#4
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11/22/2007, 04:16 PM	#5
MalHavoc Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 10,850	I'll also recommend the tube style overflow. I had two Lifereef boxes on my last tank, and they worked great. I'll also recommend Amiracle overflow boxes, too. __________________ Jason "Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated." -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K Dick

11/22/2007, 01:22 PM	#2
ArgonDreams Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 384	There are several views on this subject, but I will say I agree that a Utube is better then a continuous siphon overflow like CPR. I personally bought a hurricane overflow http://www.hurricanefilters.com/. I know people that have an Eshopps Overflow http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...t=eshopps&Np=1 and also Lifereef is commonly thought of as "the best" but all of this is debatable http://www.lifereef.com/frame.html. Hope that helps.