milk Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I am planning on buying a nano overflow kit for my ada 60-f from Glass-holes dot com and drilling it.. I've never ran a drilled tank before or a sump for that matter so I was wondering what the best size return should be ... 1/2" or 3/4"? They sell return kits for $27 that include the locline nozzle, bulkhead, holesaw etc... was wondering if it would be more cost effective just to buy the bulkhead for $7 and if I could piece together the rest of the items myself at home depot or something.. Thank! Link to comment
DIstudio Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 honestly the most expensive part of a return kit is the drill bit. I ordered a few bits and bulkheads from Glass holes, if I was going to do it again I would ask around locally to borrow a bit from a reefer and just buy a bulkhead. as for the plumbing part, I just used PVC and a 1/2" elbow for my return. see my 40B thread and you'll see what I mean. I'm not using my return as "flow" so to speak, I am getting an MP40 for that, the return is just that...to return the water to the tank. Link to comment
milk Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Right on man - I was thinking as such to do this more cost effectively .. so that begs the question, any local reefers in Chicago area have a glass drill bit I could use? 1/2" or 3/4" would be preferred.. what size bulkhead for the return? Link to comment
DIstudio Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 wish I could help, I'm down in Peoria. as for the bulkheads you can find those on Ebay dirt cheap. I bought a 4 pack of 1" bulkheads for 6 bucks. Link to comment
milk Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 ok sweet! thanks for the advice - I thought glass holes was a pretty decent site but considering that they're selling their bulkheads for $7... well they have to make money I guess.. Looks like i'm just gonna have to bite it and buy the drill bits - but maybe I can find those on ebay as well? maybe I could just piece together the WHOLE kit on ebay.. would be the $45 nano overflow kit price.. By the way.. I love the Donkey picture, I shared it with several of my chromies.. Link to comment
Orangutran Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Can you just have the return nozzle go over the top of the tank, instead of drilling a hole for it? Just wondering if that's do-able, cus i'm looking to do the same thing. Link to comment
tam Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Can you just have the return nozzle go over the top of the tank, instead of drilling a hole for it? Just wondering if that's do-able, cus i'm looking to do the same thing. Yes, you can. Link to comment
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