wade June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 Have been thinking about adding a 29g tank to my system (common sump with my 180) to house some anglers/leaf/scorpion fish of some type. Does anyone know if you can drill the back or bottom of these tanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 Contact manufacturer to see if it is in part or in whole tempered glass. If you drill tempered glass it will fracture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBVette June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 Im pretty sure I have seen people with drilled biocubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wade June 4, 2014 Author Share June 4, 2014 I actually did some poking around online and haven't found much yet. Was hoping someone here would know offhand. Will keep searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wade June 4, 2014 Author Share June 4, 2014 Ah. youtube to the rescue. Found a couple of videos of people drilling the back of these tanks. Sweet. That will help a ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sen5241b June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 Some biocube type tanks have tempered glass only on the bottom or on the back. Know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 Yeah, the bottom is tempered, back glass is not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wade June 4, 2014 Author Share June 4, 2014 I found quite a few references saying Corallife are tempered on bottom, but not back. That works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug A June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 you can drill the back drilled two of them myself i used 3/4 bulkhead 1/2 to small bad flow for drain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wade June 4, 2014 Author Share June 4, 2014 Thanks all. I still have my set of diamond hole bits. If I am able to pull this off, I will probably go with a 1" drain line and do a return over the back to minimize leakage potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djplus1 June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 There's glass on the Biocube? I figured it was all acrylic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltwaterfishman June 4, 2014 Share June 4, 2014 here is a really good video of a drilled biocube and the guy shows you how he drilled it. He also shows you how to take off the back filtration panel of the biocube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crob5965 June 6, 2014 Share June 6, 2014 Yeah, the bottom is tempered, back glass is not! yeah I have a friend that has his drilled, and if were patient Mbat can let us know how it works out for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef eScape June 6, 2014 Share June 6, 2014 Echoing what others have said, Oceanic advertises that only the bottom of their tanks is tempered. Keep in mind that drilling will void any kind of warranty. Here at the shop we modified a biocube by making it rimless and stuck a Kessil over it. It's primarily an LPS tank and we've got a few frogfish and a lionfish in it. It's a pretty sweet looking mod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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