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    Posted: March 03 2004 at 12:16pm
I'm building a cube tank similar to bananatropics 30x30x24H and I'm having problems figuring out how to work an internal overflow, so I'm now thinking outside the box. I want to do a short overflow along the length of the back (20x5x5) and just drill a row or two 1/2 holes in the back wall (holes stronger and easier than slits). Would this weaken my tank too much? Are there unforseen problems with extenal overflows?(Tank built out of 1/2in acrylic)   Thanks - Tim
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Tim, I don't see why that would cause a problem.  I would make sure that you have a perimeter around the top of the tank.  The only issue that I see is that you can't put the tank against the wall flat with that design.  But its whatever you want.
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Tell us more about this design. In one way that I could interpret this it could be a problem but in another way, you might be okay. Can you please give a more thorough explanation/description?
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