overflow plumbing

I am new to this hobby and jumping in with both feet and am having a 48” x 18” x 24” / 90 gal acrylic aquarium made. I’ve started conversations with Clear Fabrications and Midwest Custom Aquariums, but would consider others if folks have strong recommendations. I had originally thought I’d...

Hi everyone! I am currently building a shallow tank 90*65*30 (cm) or 35*25*11(inch). My return goes throught the center bottom of my tank fully aquascaped around it. (like a volcano) Since I want 4 clean (no equipement) sides.., I am considering my overflow also throught the bottom with a...

Hey Guys - I picked up this custom tank last week, it’s already been drilled, plumbed and running for a year. The way it’s engineered is strange to me - there is a bulkhead drilled into the bottom left corner, and a pipe coming out - around 2” I’d say. Then there is like an overflow tower that...

I’m putting together a 14 gallon cube tank with a standard 10 gallon for the sump/refugium. I’m planning on using 3/4 pvc pipe for the overflow drain pipe. Has anyone used something other than pvc cement to glue together the fittings? I’m leaning towards using aquarium silicone, since it’s...