AQUARIUM EXTERNAL OVERFLOW BOX UPGRADE

Water drains out of your display tank, through the overflow box, into the drainpipe, and finally down into your sump via the drainpipe. Installation Tip - When installing the bulkhead gaskets we highly suggest placing one between the inner overflow box and the aquarium. Your tank will have either an internal or external overflow box that always allows for a leak-free connection to your sump via the bulkheads.

Fiji Cube’s external overflow box features a slim and safe design that offers another solution to perform your tank build.

AQUARIUM EXTERNAL OVERFLOW BOX UPGRADE

That lets you upgrade to a larger pump or tank in the future, with an added safety benefit of being able to handle additional flow if one drain gets clogged or restricted. The external overflow box is a popular overflow option for hobbyist to build their tanks into the next level. In most cases, we will recommend using an overflow that is +1 sized for your application. Selecting the right overflow for your tank can be confusing but it is a pretty simple formula, just take the total flow produced by your return pump and select an overflow that can handle that overall flow rate, and still be able to fit inside of your aquarium. The guide helps you set the perfect water level for your aquarium and then lets you know exactly where to drill your hole(s). It is required to drill your aquarium with the Eclipse overflow but drilling is fairly simple and with the included glass drill bit and drill guide. Water can flow through the 1/4' teeth in the wet-side of the overflow, and then through the included bulkhead into the external box that holds additional bulkheads to let the water drain down into the sump. The internal/external design for the Eshopps Eclipse Overflow Boxes creates a minimalistic design inside the aquarium, extending less than 1.25' inside the aquarium. The DIY project only takes a few minutes to complete and compared to HOB style overflows, the Eclipse has a fail-safe design that includes three drain bulkheads for a Herbie or Bean Animal method of plumbing. The intake box is super thin, only a couple of inches in fact, which is great for hobbyists who try to avoid that big shadow that some internal overflows create.The Eclipse aquarium overflow system consists of a slim black box that is mounted inside of your tank and a clear external box that mounts outside of your tank, to transport water down to your sump with as little noise generated as possible. That last major selling point of this unique overflow box is it’s extremely minimal profile in the aquarium. Fortunately, that price includes all of the plumbing needed to get up and running. The price for the Ghost Overflow will be around vary based on size, but it will likely be a feature that adds something north of $200 to the price of your custom aquarium. Features: Slim and compact design to suit any aquarium set-ups Works with rimless, eurobrace, and standard trim aquarium tanks Entire skimmer box pulls off for routine maintenance 3/8 thick acrylic mounting wall and. They fully believe that it can handle 5000gph, but for the sake of not wanting customers to push it to the limit, they rated it at a lower number. Fiji Cube’s external overflow box features a slim and safe design that offer another solution to perform your tank build. The external chamber of the Ghost, where all of the plumbing is located, has a removable lid, though it isn’t held in place with magnets and it honestly doesn’t need to be.īecause the Ghost has such large plumbing, it is rated to handle up to 4000gph, though a Reef Savvy representative said that this was a fairly conservative number. But Reef Savvy didn’t stop at just making the grill removable, they also tossed in a couple of magnets to hold it in place while the tank is running. Unlike any other overflow box on the market, the teeth (or grill) of the Ghost is removable, which makes cleaning those gunk collectors a total breeze.

It’s the overflow teeth that have us all excited. While all of those are top notch features that can handle massive water flow, those aren’t even the best parts. A total of three drain lines fill the external chamber of the Ghost Overflow, one of which is a “J’ drain, one is a partial siphon, and the other an emergency drain. The Ghost Overflow attaches to the aquarium with a pair of massive 2″ bulkhead fittings, with 1.5″ plumbing running from it into the sump. It’s truly unique and has all sorts of practicality built right in. Reef Savvy’s Ghost Overflow isn’t even close to being your typical external overflow box. One of the best new products at MACNA 2013 wasn’t an LED fixture, but an overflow box.

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