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10/06/2019, 06:27 PM | #1 |
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6 foot tank overflows
I’m looking to upgrade from my 4’ 120g tank to a 6’ 180g. My 120g has a single corner overflow which has worked fine, how many overflows does a 6’ tank need to keep from getting scummy at the surface? I’m not excited about a center overflow but don’t know how plumbing would work with dual corner overflows since I want to use herbie style overflows and one corner would end up with a long horizontal run. I’m going to have the tank built so all options are open to me.
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10/07/2019, 09:28 AM | #2 |
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I hated trying to run a herbie in a dual corner overflow tank. Personally on a 6' tank if I was having it built I'd still just do a single corner overflow or an external overflow box.
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10/13/2019, 09:17 AM | #3 |
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If you have the room I'd opt for through the back. Off the shelf components. Many slim profile options available. next to no real estate lost.
Through the bottom? at 6 foot a stock tank makes the most sense. Dual corner/dual herbies. HTH |
10/22/2019, 04:24 PM | #4 |
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Corner overflows stink. If you’re having the tank made go with one of the modern ghosts-style overflows. A couple of the companies make 36” long models. That’s what I’m using on my 8’ tanks and it works very well.
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10/23/2019, 01:36 PM | #5 | |
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