Yea, that would be a good reason not to trust them!! I have found that if
you put a rubber washer on both sides of the bulkhead, that helps a lot.
Also, you can silicone the part of the bulkhead that goes on the inside of
tank and that generally keeps them from leaking. Maybe doing one or both of
these will help you cure the bulkhead blues!!
FWIW
Shane C.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 2:33 PM
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Subject: Re: Drill place
Mine leak on occasion and need to be tightened sometimes. The thing
is, you
don't want to crank them down too tight, or you could crack the
glass. I
have seen this happen, and it's not pretty! You have some very good
points.
I agree with you on the overflows. Drilling a tank without them is
risky.
The best thing to do would be to get a tank with built in overflows
like the
Allglass: http://www.all-glass.com/products/aquariums/twinflo.asp
There
are others, but I have this one in the 125 gallon version. It has
worked
out very well. FWIW
Craig
> Why don't you trust bulkheads? Did you have a problem with them or
> something?? If I was Walter, I think the first thing I would do
is decide
> if in fact I wanted to drill the tank. Then, if so, I would decide
if I
> wanted one main drain in the middle/back of the tank or two
drains, one on
> each end. Then, I would have overflows built and would then
install them
> into the tank around a standpipe. At that point it does not make a
huge
> difference where you drill. If you drill on the bottom, you will
get a
> little more backpressure, and thus a little faster flow and it may
> (depending on other equipment) allow you to place the tank closer
to the
> wall. However, if I was not going to use overflow boxes, I
probably
wouldn't
> drill either. I have seen tanks drilled high up on the back that
had an
> elbow pointed up with a small standpipe and a basket on the top.
That
> seemed to work okay, but could be a bit risky.
>
> IMO
> Shane C.
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