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Unread 12/13/2004, 09:27 PM   #15
Jamesurq
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Drilling the tank.

Since I had never drilled a tank before I figured I’d practice a little first. I purchased an appropriately sized diamond drillbit from E-bay for roughly $40 with shipping. I had a practice run on my old sump (which will probably become my daughters tank when she’s ready.

It took quite a while to do it – but essentially, it was rather easy to drill. I knew the 90 would be more difficult since it’s about twice the thickness – but I figured it would be a breeze.

It was.

I drilled 2 1” holes in the middle of the back pane for the intake of the closed loop. In hindsight, I could have drilled all of the returns too – but, no regrets.




In hindsight - painting AFTER you drill is better. As you can see it chipped a little. Nothing a little touchup can't take care of.


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