External Overflows on glass tanks?

mpoletti · May 19, 2013

A friend of mine is looking at getting a tank with an external overflow on a glass tank. Can people share some photos of their overflows so he can get some ideas? He's not an online forum guy so I told him I would reach out and inquire.

He doesn't like how when you black out the back of a tank, you can still see the outline of the overflow box. Has anyone found a remedy to this?

Cheers!

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oceanparadise1 · May 19, 2013

Yea its called a reef ready tank :tongue:

Reefing Madness · May 19, 2013

Kinda tough to do but, if you use the Bean Animal or Herbie Overflows, you can have them outside the tank, and all you see are the holes to the overflow boxes. But as for hiding and overflow box, most hide them behind rocks. Stick it in a corner and build up the Aquaspace in that area.

mpoletti · May 19, 2013

oceanparadise1 said:
Yea its called a reef ready tank :tongue:

Thanks. I'll let him know.:gossip:

FishBrawler · May 19, 2013

When I got mine custome made they cut out the regular glass and put in a cut acrylic over it to not sjow anything. Hard to explain but here is a picture.

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mpoletti · May 19, 2013

FishBrawler said:
When I got mine custome made they cut out the regular glass and put in a cut acrylic over it to not sjow anything. Hard to explain but here is a picture.

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How far down does that piece go? Is it just a square/rectangle over that area? I'm not sure that is the answer he's looking for.

Thanks for the feedback.

CherryCorals · May 19, 2013

Miracles makes black acrylic inserts that blacks it out. I'll send you a pic tomorrow from the shop.

FishBrawler · May 19, 2013

mpoletti said:
How far down does that piece go? Is it just a square/rectangle over that area? I'm not sure that is the answer he's looking for.

Thanks for the feedback.

That's what I thought. It goes down about 6 inches haha. For my shallow.

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