Eric.s Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Hi, I am currently looking for some help drilling my 40 gallon breeder, and making an overflow for it. I am thinking 3 holes drilled for a Beananimal, and a 12" long 5" deep and 4.75" wide overflow box. If anyone is willing to help drill and make my overflow I would really appreciate it. I can pay cash for this help or trade some items for it. If you are interested in helping me out, let me know what you are looking to get for the work and we can work something out. Thanks- Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.s Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Also, I would rather trade some stuff I have for this work. I have tons of non reef stuff like a never used subwoofer, a paintball gun, and a ps2 with a ton of games. Theres more stuff but at the moment I cannot remember everything. Thanks for looking- Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Glass or acrylic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.s Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Glass sorry I did not mention that. And none of it is tempered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Talk to wannareef about the overflow design, he does awesome acrylic work, and talk with Rick about drilling, he does an awesome job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradth Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Yep, hit wannareef up for an overflow. He just built mine for my 40b. A picture is in the tank section under one of my builds. Also, drilling is pretty easy. I was worried at first but I managed to knock out 3 holes on my 40b without incident. Got some good pointers from Rick and watching vids on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I can help with both if you want. I am in Sw Portland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyK Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 ditto wannareef for overflow, drilling is easy watch some online videos buy ebay bits and roll with it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 what size holes are you trying to drill? I have some glass bits and have drilled quite lots of holes in 10g tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.s Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Ok thanks for all of the responses guys. I would like to do 3 or 4, 1" holes, and at the moment I am still unsure about whether I want to drill the bottom of the tank or the side. I am just very picky about how the overflow looks, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralCrazy Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 sorry to hijack, but what do you charge to drill 10s dave? mike is getting ready to set up the FW fry system and he is going to need a few drilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 yep, as all the others have said, wannareef is your guy for the overflow. If you want it too look really presentable, I would drill the back and have the box span the whole distance of the back wall. It only has to come out and down just far enough to encase the 90's so your talking maybe 3" to 4". Your other option is to go through the bottom and make the overflow from top to bottom but that will take up a lot of tank I would think because you'll need room for all the plumbing inside and not just the 90's. You'll also have less surface skimming witch is part of the reason most go with a large overflow on the bean. Either way I would go with black acrylic for the overflow. You won't see any of the plumbing that way and it will blend in if you paint the back of the tank black to match. It sounds like you may have the drilling covered but if not let me know. I work in Portland near delta park so I could maybe do a swap there and drill it for ya then meet ya again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.s Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Snowpunk-Pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Snowpunk-Pm sent sent ya one back with an idea too...(whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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