tokyo

I'm setting up a tank that is going to be filtered through a sealed sump. The only thing I can't decide on is how to handle the overflow. I want something that is going to be very clean looking and won't take away from the aesthetics of the tank, but it also needs to be quiet and not require excessive maintenance.

Any ideas?

Edit:
I just wanted to add that the idea I am currently toying with is an external coast to coast overflow(as in attached to the exterior of the tank. This would be ideal, but I am worried that you would be able to see the plumbing from inside the tank. Thoughts?

Jim Miller

Black sign vinyl on the back and thin sheet of black plastic as required to mask random bits.

Jim

tokyo

Do you mean inside the tank?

Jim Miller

Black sign vinyl on the outside of the back will hide anything behind it. A bit of black plastic on the coast to coast will hide anything behind it. Or you could use grey glass on the front face of the coast to coast.

Jim

tokyo

Wouldn't you still see inside the overflow, or at least see where the overflow is siliconed to the glass?

I suppose if I wanted to do a black background I could just use black silicone to attach the overflow to the outside of the tank then paint the glass black.

I was kind of hoping for a white background though. Maybe the clear silicone wouldn't show up too bad next to white paint.

TLe041

Wouldn't a clear glass or clear plastic overflow be the least visible, especially for rimless tanks? I know that's what ADA uses for their tanks with built-in overflows.

TAB

go to reef central and look up the beananimal drain.

Its just a throttled durso, but they work great, been using them for 10+ years.

tokyo

It's an in-wall tank. So the only concern I have is being able to see it from inside the tank.

Thanks TAB, I'll look that up.

tokyo

TAB, that is actually the system I was planning on putting in the coast to coast. I didn't realize that's what it was called. I used to use it on my African cichlid tank before I tore it down. Great system.

TAB

no, not the coast to coast aspect, but the throttled duros pipes. where you put a valve on the overflow to slow the water down. you also need to have another pipe for a emergency drain, but I'd recomend that anyways.