Drilling tanks???

[tunasam13]

Who can do this for me in my area? Or let me use the stuff to do it.

 

[the-bubonic-one]

what size tank?

 

[tunasam13]

65

 

[tgriffin]

grouper therapy

 

[jimknutson]

I drilled my own tank. It was so easy. If you look online you could find drill bit, bulkheads and all you plumbing for less than $30 shipped.

 

[tunasam13]

Links and info?

 

[the-bubonic-one]

Ebay. Just make sure you buy the correct size. Example a one inch bulkhead requires a bit larger then one inch.

 

[lovejc03]

Our LFS guy said he'd do them $20 per hole.. which is why he didn't drill them for us!

My bf drilled our tank & it took 5 min total for 2 holes. We bought off of ebay a 1 3/4" diamond coated drill bit hole saw for $10. Also, (2) 1" threaded bulkheads w/ gaskets and nuts for $9.

My bf marked where he wanted the holes, placed tape over the sections and drew the circle in the middle. I held the waterhose (constantly) over the parts he was drilling, he started at 45 degrees and then held it straight down then in just a couple minutes the holes were drilled. VERY EASY!

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[rdnelson]

Go to http://www.gl*******s.com">www.gl*******s.com</a> and watch the video.

Edit: Not sure what happened there but that should be glass holes with no space. I guess it looked to close to a bad word for a bunch of people you don't like. LOL

 

[lovejc03]

rdnelson99;732377 wrote: Go to http://www.gl*******s.com">www.gl*******s.com</a> and watch the video.

Edit: Not sure what happened there but that should be glass holes with no space. I guess it looked to close to a bad word for a bunch of people you don't like. LOL[/QUOTE]

I didn't see a video

 

[thanh386]

Glass hole. Profanity filter lol

 

[rdnelson]

http://reefercentral.com/drilling.html">http://reefercentral.com/drilling.html</a>

<div class="gc_ifarem_title">Glass-Holes Overflow Box Installation - YouTube</div>

 

[frantz]

If you live in an apartment and dont have a hose, I've used a clean (never used for chemicals) garden sprayer (about $12 walmart). It worked pretty well for me once I removed the spray nozzle

 

[lovejc03]

Just drilled 3 holes in our 55 . I think my bf should start selling tanks lol

 

[lovejc03]

BigJohn;735815 wrote: I want to drill one of the extra 55's I have laying around. But you can't drill tempered glass? How can I tell if it's tempered? I read one thing about using a lcd screen to test, but couldn't make sense of it.

I've heard that it's mostly the bottoms of tanks that are tempered, so drilling the sides should be fine. But, look for a sticker or etching somewhere on the bottom glass, if there's a manufacturer name you could look them up and maybe call them. On our first tank we just...went with it and luckily it wasn't tempered. On our 55 it had a tempered sticker on the bottom glass so we drilled 3 in the back

By all means I'm not saying drill away though!

 

[lovejc03]

BigJohn;736572 wrote: Only one of the 55's has the sticker. I figured the previous owners took them off, but I want to know so I can keep the tanks lol

Wing it? Lol:unsure: