Leaking Overflow

[UGAGuy10]

Good Morning Everyone,

I have a 110 gallon drilled tank with two 1" drain holes. The previous owner had it set up as a herbie drain and I will probably do the same. I filled the tank about halfway with water and the overfill very slowly filled with water (about 45 minutes) until it matched the level of water in the tank. Is this OK or do I need to have the overflow resealed? I know that it would most likely only become an issue if I had a power outage or my return pump stopped working.

 

[ActiveAngel]

Generally, that shouldn’t be an issue. But because the tank is empty, now would be an easy opportunity to re-seal it. Just IMO. I’m interested to see what other people comment on this issue.

 

[milliaddict]

The problem is if you ever need to rework some plumbing or replace a bulkhead. Under normal circumstances you would let the tank break syphon and then remove the water and sediment from the overflow chamber. However since yours has a leak you would then have to drain the tank all the way below where the lowest leak point is located. If it’s only a couple inches below this isn’t much of an issue, if it is lower, this could be a huge pain.

Also if you ever do have a leaky bulkhead you really only have the potential to leak up to where your syphon breaks and your return chamber in your sump. With a leaking overflow chamber you could have half your tank as well on the floor.

I would recommend fixing this. While it may be no issue now, it could make a small issue turn into a nightmare situation.


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[lmm1967]

If it were my tank in my house - I would consider 1 compromised seam to mean all seams are or will shortly be compromised and to treat the tank as such.

 

[UGAGuy10]

If it were my tank in my house - I would consider 1 compromised seam to mean all seams are or will shortly be compromised and to treat the tank as such.

Yes. I've decided I'm going to reseal the whole tank. I see why people come and leave this hobby very quickly. I don't even have the tank up and running and have encountered issue after issue.

 

[gill]

Hang in there, hopefully this is the last issue.