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Topic: what size to drill Posted: November 30 2009 at 9:31pm |
I am trading shane (pa_reptileman) some things for a 20g tank to set up as a caribbean/keys biotope plumbed into my 65g's sump. We are going to drill the tank, and I am curious what size i should drill it? What are the standard bulkheads that are easy to come by? also, future question, what size pump should I run on this? thanks PJ
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 9:36pm |
How much water are you planning to circulate? That will dictate what size plumbing you need to use.
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 9:54pm |
I'd probably go with 1.5 inch. That should flow plenty of water for your overflow.
Please post pics when you've got it going!
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 10:14pm |
Shane, pardon my ignorance!, but are you saying drill an 1.5" hole, or put a 1.5" bulkhead in, or is this the same thing?
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 11:46pm |
this is only a 20g I have a 1 inch bulkhead on my 100 and rund about 1000 gpm for my return I think you could get away with a 3/4 inch bulkhead although if you are going ot be running with out powerheads you may go bigger most of my tanks flow comes from other sources (closed loop)
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 12:27am |
Wow, Your running 1000 GPM through a 1" Bulkhead. There must be some amazing pressure behind that.
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 9:36am |
Sorry - 1.5" bulkhead.
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 9:42am |
I'll bet Andy means 1000 GPH - otherwise he'd have drilled holes through his glass with that kind of pressure.
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 10:15am |
I think a 1" bulkhead would be plenty for a 20 gallon tank and those are very common. It requires a 1.75" hole cut in the glass. You could have a glass shop cut it for pretty cheap or I have a bit and could help you drill it also.
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 6:31pm |
I just put together a frag tank. Its about 50g and I'm using 1" bulkheads with a 950 GPH pump. Yes, it is some amazing pressure.
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