DIY internal overflow
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Yes, 1/4" acrylic. He figured out the size he wanted, cut the 3 pieces with skilsaw & the teeth. Glued it together w/ aquarium silicone. 1/4" spaces for the teeth and inch long. It is 3" deep, 6" wide & 19" tall.
Edit: He cut some acrylic braces for the bottom to help support it. It's much cheaper making it yourself.. doesn't necessarily have to be that tall just depends on where you want your overflow hole to be. This one will be will be touching the bottom of the tank.
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It will like others said most likely fail order some Weldon 16 from online its a little pricery but but worth it. The silicone is just not designed to adhere to it. Good job on the cutting but its only as strong as what holds it together
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Honestly Ive always liked a standpipe behind he overflow in the event a silicone seal breaks loose around the overflow the tank will still only drain out what it gets put in
So solvent glue vs weldon 16... which is preferred??
We do have an old aquarium that we can cut baffles out of & silicone to our sump and that'll be fine. We're going to remove the silicone from the overflow.. get another piece to form a back, use one of the 2 (weld. or solv.) to put them back together. Then, use the bulkhead for the overflow to hold them together.
Atleast now we know....thanks everyone
Edit: Edit: Weldon 16 is what we'll have to use because he used a skilsaw to cut the acrylic
We do have an old aquarium that we can cut baffles out of & silicone to our sump and that'll be fine. We're going to remove the silicone from the overflow.. get another piece to form a back, use one of the 2 (weld. or solv.) to put them back together. Then, use the bulkhead for the overflow to hold them together.
Atleast now we know....thanks everyoneEdit: Edit: Weldon 16 is what we'll have to use because he used a skilsaw to cut the acrylic
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