Help with new tank plumbing

[flyline]

Ok so this is what I have to work with. 2 inch center drain and 2 1 inch returns. I know one drain is not good what can I do to fix this? I bought the tank cheep so it’s mine the owner ran as a reef tank and said he had no problems but I don’t need a mess on my wood floors thanks for the help

 

[John Robbins]

For me, part of the fun is seeing what works and what doesnt work for plumbing odd aquariums.
I say just put it together like the last guy had it if you are unsure how you want to plumb it.
Cheers!

 

[maroun.c]

Can u take pictures of the overflow or os flow going g through those round screens to the overflow or directly to drain tube?
If theres an overflow and if theres enough room u might be able to drill one more hole for drain. If u end up using a si gle drain regardless how large it is its key to isolate ur overflow so snails or fish cant get in and block the overflow.

 

[flyline]

It’s director the drain tube there is no emergency drain which makes me nervous I guess I could drill another hike but don’t know anyone who could do it

 

[ctpeasy]

You'd be surprised how fairly easy it is to drill a hole. I think my fear was the only thing that actually kept me from doing it earlier.

 

[Dine]

I’ll personally would not run a single drain in my home unless it were a very small aquarium. Could you reverse it and have 2 1in drains and put the return on the center?

 

[flyline]

Yes I could do that, that’s what I was actually thinking does anyone know any place good to get plumbing parts? I would need something for the 2 one inch overflows and something for the two inch return

 

[WVNed]

I would run it the way it is.

 

[flyline]

i was thinking about maybe putting some sort of overflow box in front of the drain