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10-25-2009, 07:15 PM
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: chippewa falls, wi
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ahhhh.....i see......see i was told ya could as long as ya went super slow and kept it lubed......guess ya learn something everyday.....
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10-25-2009, 07:27 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: La Crosse WI
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lol, yeah, they drill the glass as a plate glass. Then it goes into and oven and gets heated to higher temps and then quickly cooled, this is called tempering, same process as steel.
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120 mixed, 40B sump, MAG 18 return, AquaC EV150 w/ MAG 9,5, 7 x T5HO on 2 x IC660 ballasts
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10-26-2009, 09:43 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Winona MN
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Jeez, who dug up this relic?? 
PERSONALLY, I'm not a fan of drilling something that didn't come that way. There are a lot of quality external overflows that would suffice. Then again you don't have that peace of mind with external that you do with say an AGA tank.
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There's a reason why blood, sweat and tears are all salty. I have saltwater coursing through my veins. - Melev
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10-26-2009, 03:22 PM
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THE VILLAGE IDIOT
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: chippewa falls, wi
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now i know the bottoms are all tempered....but sides arent are they? i see alot of people drillin the sides of tanks and doin overflows there.....
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10-26-2009, 03:30 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2006
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It varies from manufacturer and sizes.
Take for instance the tank i'm setting up. It's tempered all the way around. A finnex tank. Some of the smaller tanks are like this, however my AGA 75g only the bottom is tempered.
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10-26-2009, 05:13 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Winona MN
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Yeah it does vary between the manufactures, but its pretty much an industry standard to temper the bottom glass as that holds the most weight. Although depending on the tank size and such sometimes that is not necessary. Again this is why I'm not personally a fan of drilling unless it came that way. If you're gonna spend a couple hundred dollars on a tank, you might as well spend the extra $30-50 and have it come predrilled with an internal overflow instead of potentially cracking or blowing out the side your drilling into.
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There's a reason why blood, sweat and tears are all salty. I have saltwater coursing through my veins. - Melev
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75 Gallon RR, SPS dominated, Outer Orbit 2x250 (14k)MH 4x54 T5, Bubble King Mini160, Tunze Ozmolator 3155, Eheim 1262
45 Gallon Perfecto Cube, 24" Sunpod 250 Watt, Modded Coralife Super Skimmer 125, Tunze Ozmolator 3155, Oceanrunner 2500
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10-27-2009, 12:00 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: La Crosse WI
Posts: 607
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id have to agree with nick on this one. Id avoid drilling and just purchase and aftermarket hang on overflow. The risk of it failing is there but i feel this risk is less then destroying your whole tank....idk
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