to cycle or not to cycle?

[copperband]

wow

[MissT]

yeah, it's not a great idea if you're not sure whether or not it's tempered. a HOB overflow would work fine on a tank that size, you can easily get 950 gph out of a standard dual overflow and that's about max what you'd run for a return pump on a tank that size. You'd be happier with that than if your 55 was in pieces.

[99taws6]

I'm no expert but if i'm not mistaken most of your store bought 55 gallons are tempered. DON"T DRILL IT. My friend was on his back porch drilling his and BOOM, it shattered into about 175,876 pieces, we counted them.

lol, you guys must have lost a few pieces... The spec sheets on the 55's say there are over 175,900 pieces.. ;)

[jtrux]

lol, you guys must have lost a few pieces... The spec sheets on the 55's say there are over 175,900 pieces.. ;)

I got tired of counting. But seriously I wouldn't take a chance with it. If anything, buy a 75 and sell the 55 to get some of the money back. I think all 75's are not tempered.

[copperband]

well im going to stay with my 29 reef so i can enter it for totm because the 29 is doing well.

[copperband]

im going to keep the 29 for a while so this way i can get it the way i want it and enter it for totm thanks all