Need Help with Plumbing for a Waterbox Tank

[Bdubs]

Second post ever on here. Need some help please. I recently bought a 190.5 Platinum Waterbox tank from a local reefer. It had a scratch on the inside (which is minimal but in the front pane inside). They are getting a new tank and were told to sell it locally. I bought it and had no idea it is metric. Now we are in a bind as Waterbox will not sell replacement plumbing kits without buying an entire tank kit and we cannot find them anywhere. I have checked every local fish store and nobody has them. We have checked with Bulk Reef Supply and they only have the adapters for the piping/tubing in metric to standard but no bulkheads that will work. Has anyone ever run into this and can you please post where you found at least the bulkheads? I am looking at a tank that is beautiful and cannot do anything with it now. I have shed many tears over this as we were so excited and cannot get any help. I am reaching out to see if anyone has any suggestions. I am feeling defeated now and honestly want to take a hammer to this tank. I'm so beyond disappointed with this situation and what I have gotten myself into without warning. Please help. Thanks!

 

[diablo243]

I have the same tank and there are sites that do sell euro plumbing fittings but honestly you are better off just putting in normal
Bulkheads and plumbing it yourself. While I LOVE my waterbox there are a few things i would have done different with plumbing if i had designed it.

 

[Bdubs]

Normal/standard bulkheads do not fit. Trust me. We bought brand new ones and shredded the threads trying to get them to fit.

 

[rgaston]

I have a Waterbox 75.2. I have had the same problem with my tank. The metric fittings are a pain. However, after searching out every option I talk with a local glass company I know. They told me that they can drill the holes larger. I was totally surprised that they said they could do this. I am taking it to them this week. Hopefully they can do what they said. I’ll let you know if it works

 

[Paul Bradford]

I have a Waterbox 75.2. I have had the same problem with my tank. The metric fittings are a pain. However, after searching out every option I talk with a local glass company I know. They told me that they can drill the holes larger. I was totally surprised that they said they could do this. I am taking it to them this week. Hopefully they can do what they said. I’ll let you know if it works

Old post, but did this work?