Well tonight I finally broke down and did one of the scariest things I have done yet to a fish tank. I drilled it! :o

It was scary because I wasn't 100% sure if the side sections were tempered or not. It is a Top Fin tank I got at PetsMart and there was a sticker on the bottom that said "do not drill, tempered glass". I prayed that it was just the bottem after Dean was told that the 150g he got there was tempered all the way around.

I drilled two 3in. holes for 2in. bulkheads for my drain lines and I drilled 4 1.5in. holes for 3/4in. bulkheads for my return lines. I borrowed a mini drill press from a friend in order to keep the hole saws in place while drilling. Just kept the water hose on it and drilled with no problem. The hardest thing to do was get the drill press elevated to the right height and to get it and the tank level before drilling each hole. Overall it didn't take long and wasn't hard to do.

Kind of weird being excited about holes in my fish tank! :-D