over flow

dermer · 05/07/2007, 10:54 PM

well it satred with people teling me it wont work
i took a hob and drilled it on one side ran the pipe to my 30 gal sump and them used a rio 1000 as the return so far it has been running for one week with no problems the hob was motified so that it can not over flow the sump with a few holes so it slops gettin suction if the water level is to low the return also in its own area of the sump has been boxed off so that it can not over flow the tank and in the event it stops there can be no over flow in the sump from suction
sorry to be long winded but yes this can be done and so far so good im not sure on the rate its going at but it allows me to hide all of my equipment like skimmer heater macro and others

Hop · 05/08/2007, 12:43 AM

I've seen people turn HOBs into overflows. There was a thread on here 2 or 3 years ago title getto tanks. there were several on there that were doing the exact same thing

Note: In no way am I declaring your tank is a getto tank... that was just the name of the thread

Jah2707 · 05/08/2007, 08:06 AM

I did the same thing once. It worked but I constantly had to adjust the water level. It did not make much noise.

05/07/2007, 10:54 PM	#1
dermer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 523	over flow well it satred with people teling me it wont work i took a hob and drilled it on one side ran the pipe to my 30 gal sump and them used a rio 1000 as the return so far it has been running for one week with no problems the hob was motified so that it can not over flow the sump with a few holes so it slops gettin suction if the water level is to low the return also in its own area of the sump has been boxed off so that it can not over flow the tank and in the event it stops there can be no over flow in the sump from suction sorry to be long winded but yes this can be done and so far so good im not sure on the rate its going at but it allows me to hide all of my equipment like skimmer heater macro and others

05/08/2007, 12:43 AM	#2
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	I've seen people turn HOBs into overflows. There was a thread on here 2 or 3 years ago title getto tanks. there were several on there that were doing the exact same thing Note: In no way am I declaring your tank is a getto tank... that was just the name of the thread __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

05/08/2007, 08:06 AM	#3
Jah2707 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: springfield Posts: 889	I did the same thing once. It worked but I constantly had to adjust the water level. It did not make much noise. __________________ 24x24x18 cube tank - set up 4/18/16 (from established tank) led, Jebao RW-4s, Eshopps 20 sump. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2575082 Current Tank Info: 24x24x18 cube