it's official

[treesprite]

I have no brain.

 

The divider in my sump was a little too tall, so I was going to put a couple notches in it with the dremel. Got about half done with the first one when I was rudely reminded with a loud noise that the panel was tempered. What a mess! So now there is no divider and my tank has so many micro bubbles that it looks like a heavy fog. And that is with the skimmer off right now (water level isn't right now for the height of the skimmer stand).

 

It's interesting how such a tiny little dremel bit results in the exact same pop and destruction as a drill bit.

[Origami]

If you can, Forrest, you can cut a piece of Plexiglas just a tad short (1/8"), apply a little adhesive weather stripping to three edges and jam it in place. This keeps you from having to take the fuge offline.

[treesprite]

I have a same-size piece of glass that I stuck in there, but it's being held in the spot with rocks, so micro bubbles still go through, and the piece of glass I don't know if it's tempered or not and don;t want to end up with the same issue I was trying to fix.

 

I don't mean to sound even more stupid, but what kind of adhesive weatherstripping? The only kind I've ever dealt with is for cars.

[Marc Weaver]

Here's a link

 

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_3/cav3i1/Baffles/bafflesart.htm

 

I was considering this at one time, but never actually did it.

[treesprite]

Wow, that is VERY cool! How come more people don't do it?

[Origami]

Here's a link

 

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_3/cav3i1/Baffles/bafflesart.htm

 

I was considering this at one time, but never actually did it.

That's it.

[Steve175]

Thanks very much for the thread and the link: I have been meaning to place some baffles into the sump for my QT to get better function from the small skimmer I put in there. I had been dreading it before now (it's a glass 10G sump and cutting glass to be able to silicone is a PITA).