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FsuNole
09/28/2013, 01:49 PM
Lucky for me my return doesn't hold much water or else my tank could have overflown! Decided to cut my plumbing on a hunch and found 2 snails where my flexible tubing starts on my drainage.

Just wondering how do I prevent this from happening again? Is there a cap I can put on my overflow?
MHG
09/28/2013, 01:53 PM
Strainer on the opening.... But there is no replacement for having an emergency overflow...
FsuNole
09/28/2013, 02:53 PM
How do I make a strainer? I've never seen an emergency overflow. Don't know that's realistic on my 58 gallon
MHG
09/28/2013, 05:48 PM
Buy one for your size pipe...

...I used both of factory holes in my 60. One for my durso and the other for a emergency overflow that sits an inch higher but still lower than the top of the tank.. Then I pipe my return over the back...
browning_boy20
09/29/2013, 07:11 AM
That's why I love my bean animal. I had a red knob starfish clog one siphon in my overflow. Luckily I have two more and didn't get a hundred gallons of water on my floor.
downbeach
09/29/2013, 07:14 AM
How do I make a strainer? I've never seen an emergency overflow. Don't know that's realistic on my 58 gallon

http://www.marinedepot.com/Overflow_Strainer_Slip_Slip_Fitting_Strainers-Plumbing_Parts-FT8344-FIFTSTSP-vi.html
FsuNole
09/29/2013, 08:18 AM
http://www.marinedepot.com/Overflow_Strainer_Slip_Slip_Fitting_Strainers-Plumbing_Parts-FT8344-FIFTSTSP-vi.html

That looks perfect! I was gonna make a run to hd, but is that the only place you've seen this? Call me cheap but I don't want to have to pay the $8 for shipping if I don't have to for a $1 part lol
Palting
09/29/2013, 10:43 AM
That looks perfect! I was gonna make a run to hd, but is that the only place you've seen this? Call me cheap but I don't want to have to pay the $8 for shipping if I don't have to for a $1 part lol

LOL! Same here.

Check your LFS, mine has them in different sizes. Lowe's also has pond supplies, and carries something similar. If not, easy enough to get a small sheet of the nylon netting used for screen doors, tack it on with a few drops of crazy glue.