Built-in Overflow Problem

"Jerry Baker" wrote in message news:R2GRg.1424$422.319@trnddc03...
Pszemol wrote:
How long are the vertical cuts between teeth ?
Maybe you will be able to cover bottom part of comb on
its whole lenght with a stripe of black plastic - this way
it will look better than pluging each tooth separatelly.
Each cut will be shortened this way and water level will
be lifted up.

I was going to block off two sides and leave the front (each has 4
teeth) using a piece of black plastic. What I can't figure out how to do
is stick the plastic to the overflow without using glue or silicone
since I want it to be easily removable.

Just two drops of aquarium silicone glue should hold it in place...

Jerry Baker wrote:

What I can't figure out how to do
is stick the plastic to the overflow without using glue or silicone
since I want it to be easily removable.

Head down to your local hardware store and pick up a few nylon machine screws
small enough to fit through the slots in your overflow. Drill your new black
plastic in locations that match the slots and run the screws through the plastic
and slots to hold the plastic panels in place.

George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.

George Patterson wrote:
Head down to your local hardware store and pick up a few nylon machine
screws small enough to fit through the slots in your overflow. Drill
your new black plastic in locations that match the slots and run the
screws through the plastic and slots to hold the plastic panels in place.

Now there's a big duh! Thanks for the tip.

"George Patterson" wrote in message news:QgHRg.1438$422.1197@trnddc03...
Head down to your local hardware store and pick up a few nylon machine screws
small enough to fit through the slots in your overflow. Drill your new black
plastic in locations that match the slots and run the screws through the plastic
and slots to hold the plastic panels in place.

Screws underwater might look too "technical" and not pretty.
Glue is more concealed.

Jerry Baker wrote on 9/24/2006 3:40 PM:

The pump is a cheapo Rio 1700 (650gph).

hehehe a frying Rio.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets

Should have bought All-Glass.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Jerry Baker wrote on 9/24/2006 5:29 PM:
Pszemol wrote:
Who is the manufacturer ? Is this Allglass tank ?

Lee-Mar. They are a local California company.

Or design a new comb from a piece of black plastic and
cover the old one slightly higher.

The plastic already goes to the top of the tank. I can't go over it,
only plug teeth up.

Thanks.

What makes you think that you have reached the limit?

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Jerry Baker wrote on 9/24/2006 2:11 AM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Yep, definitely don't have enough water flow for a reef tank, if the
water level is that low.

Ya, the tank is a freshwater tank but trying to ask anyone in freshwater
about overflows and sumps isn't likely to get much response. The flow is
about at the limit of what the 1" drain can handle.

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Should have bought All-Glass.

All-Glass tanks cost more than acrylic tanks. There's no way I was going
to pay over $700 for a drilled 125 gallon tank.

Wayne Sallee wrote:
What makes you think that you have reached the limit?

Because any increase in flows causes the drain to gurgle constantly as
the air tries to bubble up through the falling water. Inserting air line
into the drain doesn't help. The water occupies all of the sir space in
the pipe until the air burps out.

Pszemol wrote:
Screws underwater might look too "technical" and not pretty.
Glue is more concealed.

Scraping glue off of the inside of an overflow is not something I want
to be doing though.