where to buy parts for overflow?

[bprewit]

Sorry if this is the wrong name but I have seen a overflow tray that runs from one side of the tank to the other along the back. Calfo overflow maybe? Not sure if that is the correct name or not. I am guessing they are made from PVC or acrylic and curious where someone might buy something like this to install in a tank?

[NaCl_H2O]

Custom built - Dan or ~Pete~ (Alphabetical order, no bias ;) )

[dan]

sent pm

[dow]

I built mine out of glass. Had two pieces of 1/4" plate cut to fit, and siliconed them in. I've just filled the tank up for a leak test, and will check on it in the morning. So far it looks like it's holding fine.

[jaded]

Wow, did you have the teeth cut into the glass or did you go another way???

speaking of cutting glass does the calfo need the tank drilled? just curious

[dow]

I didn't cut teeth in mine, since the calfo skims such a thin layer of water from the tank. You could certainly have Dan or Pete make you one out of acrylic, but if you want it to go the whole length of the tank, then it has to be in two pieces. There's not enough room to manipulate an ELL shaped piece of acrylic that's as long as the inside of your tank. (Thanks, Dan and Pete for making me aware of this before I went any further.)

On the subject of drilling... I guess that you could hang J-tubes, on the back but I sure wouldn't recommend it. I drilled two overflow holes on mine for the calfo.