Overflow option

[Jim Mc]

For some reason I always want to use my overflows for something more than just a water drain, so here is my latest idea.

 

Fill the overflows with about 6 inches of sand for a mini deep sand bed.

 

 

Any thoughts? Good, bad, ugly.

[CaptainRon]

If you do it, make sure you put a coupling on the drain higher than your sand.

 

For me, I think it'd be way more trouble than it's worth.

[Jim Mc]

I have couplings on there now so am covered there.  I just cant decide if I should pull the trigger on this idea.  I keep thinking if it works great but if it doesnt how the #$%% am I going to get the sand out.

[YHSublime]

I have couplings on there now so am covered there. I just cant decide if I should pull the trigger on this idea. I keep thinking if it works great but if it doesnt how the #$%% am I going to get the sand out.

Probably why nobody has done it yet. I shoved my overflows with live rock for 1+ years. Now I'm trying cleaner styles, but no regrets. At least an overflow stuffed with rubble is a pod haven.

 

Let us know what happens, maybe you're the trend starter?!