Overflow critter guard?

Fredy · 12/25/2008, 06:35 PM

Does any one know where I can purchase overflow guards?
I can't use the "home depot" gutter guards due to limited space. Unfortunately I do not have the tools to cut my own acrylic.

If any one knows of any links where I can purchase by the foot it would really be appreciated.

TIA,
Fredy

DodgeDude99 · 12/25/2008, 09:28 PM

i need to do something as well.
i found my clown swimming up and down in it, couldnt net it, had to flush it down to the sump in the basement!!

today while doing a water change in the basement i found my diamond goby that i thought died.
he/she made it into the overflow, down the drain on its own, into the 110 gallon main sump, up into the overflow that goes into the saddle tank sump.

i put it back in the DT, him and the clown now stay on the opposite of the tank.

Blown 346 · 12/26/2008, 02:14 AM

You can get the plastic gutter guard at Home Depot, Lowes. Just cut to fit.

Fredy · 12/26/2008, 09:15 PM

Blown 346,

Unfortunately I do not have enough room to accomodate the gutter guards (tried some left over from my diy refuge) the sit too high and raise my water leve too much.

My overflows are made of solid glass w/o any slots up top to stop the wondering fish/shrimp. I was hoping some one knew of a source that would cut acrylic teeth/slots that I could just silicone on to the top edge of my overflows. The glass over flows are diy so I could surface skim.

Fredy

kdblove_99 · 12/27/2008, 10:19 AM

How about some sort of bird netting?

Fredy · 01/03/2009, 09:16 PM

www.Glass-holes.comm came through!
Mike is great guy to deal with.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...leon/Teeth.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...eon/Teeth2.jpg

Krazy302 · 01/03/2009, 09:18 PM

I just cut some egg crate to fit over mine works great. I no longer have my 6 line wrasse swimming in my overflow every other day.

Fredy · 01/04/2009, 03:57 PM

I tried eggcrate but my pepermints and lawnmowers keep getting through

12/25/2008, 06:35 PM	#1
Fredy Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 225	Overflow critter guard? Does any one know where I can purchase overflow guards? I can't use the "home depot" gutter guards due to limited space. Unfortunately I do not have the tools to cut my own acrylic. If any one knows of any links where I can purchase by the foot it would really be appreciated. TIA, Fredy __________________ SAY MY NAME!! Current Tank Info: 70g Corner Perfecto, DIY 29g sump/fuge, 2-250MH 20k w/ T12 actinics, IceCap Ballasts, Octo Extreme 200, ASD Kalk Reactor with Auto top off, Eheim 1262, RKLv3, 3 Koralia Evo 1400 on a Wavemaker, 25w Aqua UV, TLF Phosban Reactor, TLF Carbon Reactor

12/26/2008, 09:15 PM	#4
Fredy Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 225	Blown 346, Unfortunately I do not have enough room to accomodate the gutter guards (tried some left over from my diy refuge) the sit too high and raise my water leve too much. My overflows are made of solid glass w/o any slots up top to stop the wondering fish/shrimp. I was hoping some one knew of a source that would cut acrylic teeth/slots that I could just silicone on to the top edge of my overflows. The glass over flows are diy so I could surface skim. Fredy __________________ SAY MY NAME!! Current Tank Info: 70g Corner Perfecto, DIY 29g sump/fuge, 2-250MH 20k w/ T12 actinics, IceCap Ballasts, Octo Extreme 200, ASD Kalk Reactor with Auto top off, Eheim 1262, RKLv3, 3 Koralia Evo 1400 on a Wavemaker, 25w Aqua UV, TLF Phosban Reactor, TLF Carbon Reactor

01/03/2009, 09:16 PM	#6
Fredy Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 225	www.Glass-holes.comm came through! Mike is great guy to deal with. http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...leon/Teeth.jpg http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...eon/Teeth2.jpg __________________ SAY MY NAME!! Current Tank Info: 70g Corner Perfecto, DIY 29g sump/fuge, 2-250MH 20k w/ T12 actinics, IceCap Ballasts, Octo Extreme 200, ASD Kalk Reactor with Auto top off, Eheim 1262, RKLv3, 3 Koralia Evo 1400 on a Wavemaker, 25w Aqua UV, TLF Phosban Reactor, TLF Carbon Reactor

01/04/2009, 03:57 PM	#8
Fredy Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Posts: 225	I tried eggcrate but my pepermints and lawnmowers keep getting through __________________ SAY MY NAME!! Current Tank Info: 70g Corner Perfecto, DIY 29g sump/fuge, 2-250MH 20k w/ T12 actinics, IceCap Ballasts, Octo Extreme 200, ASD Kalk Reactor with Auto top off, Eheim 1262, RKLv3, 3 Koralia Evo 1400 on a Wavemaker, 25w Aqua UV, TLF Phosban Reactor, TLF Carbon Reactor

12/25/2008, 09:28 PM	#2
DodgeDude99 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oak Lawn, Il Posts: 490	i need to do something as well. i found my clown swimming up and down in it, couldnt net it, had to flush it down to the sump in the basement!! today while doing a water change in the basement i found my diamond goby that i thought died. he/she made it into the overflow, down the drain on its own, into the 110 gallon main sump, up into the overflow that goes into the saddle tank sump. i put it back in the DT, him and the clown now stay on the opposite of the tank.

12/26/2008, 02:14 AM	#3
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	You can get the plastic gutter guard at Home Depot, Lowes. Just cut to fit.

12/27/2008, 10:19 AM	#5
kdblove_99 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frederick,CO Posts: 8,683	How about some sort of bird netting?

01/03/2009, 09:18 PM	#7
Krazy302 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 37	I just cut some egg crate to fit over mine works great. I no longer have my 6 line wrasse swimming in my overflow every other day.