Megaflow Kit Alternatives

[notajr.fan]

Spent the morning visiting the various LFS's around Alexandria. Must say Wally's is starting to look like pretty good. Anyway it seems the going rate for a megaflow overflow kit is $70 which to me seems a bit high. Any body have any ideas or locations I can pick one up for a resonable price before I bite the bullet and drop $70 on one.

 

Thanks,

[magnetic1]

Spent the morning visiting the various LFS's around Alexandria. Must say Wally's is starting to look like pretty good. Anyway it seems the going rate for a megaflow overflow kit is $70 which to me seems a bit high. Any body have any ideas or locations I can pick one up for a resonable price before I bite the bullet and drop $70 on one.

 

Thanks,

 

You can make your own also. Durso drain would be easy and the return would depend on how you want to set it up...

 

I also have a couple extra bulkheads here from my 125G install.

[extreme_tooth_decay]

Seems I paid about $40 at Roozens a while back. I'd give them a call.

 

 

tim

[jamesbuf]

I agree with making your own. Its soooo much cheaper. Its really not that hard to do either.

[tygger]

If you're not sure of what pieces comprise of the "durso" kit, search online for pics and put one together yourself for much cheaper.

[notajr.fan]

If I were to make make my own, what pieces would I need? This is the first reef ready tank I've owned. Besides the the two bulkheads I"m lost.

[tygger]

www.dursostandpipes.com/BuildYourOwn/tabid/54/Default.aspx (their site might be down right now) Edited April 12, 2008 by tygger

[magnetic1]

If I were to make make my own, what pieces would I need? This is the first reef ready tank I've owned. Besides the the two bulkheads I"m lost.

 

for the drain, pretty much a 1.5" to 1" reducer, 1" pvc pipe, a T, a 90 degree and a cap.

 

For the return, you'll need 3/4" pvc, 90 degree fitting, and depending on how you want to route the return, you could get a threaded 90 to a loc-line, or 3/4" to SeaSwirl, or 3/4" to a 45 degree down to your tank.

[jason the filter freak]

there are many advantages to nuilding your own not the least that the whole kit would probably only cost you $15 to make most of that being the cost of loc line