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I've literally drilled probably 50 aquariums exactly this way without a problem. You just can't put any pressure on the glass more than the weight of the drill. It's incredibly easy.

I was going to ask how dirty the drainage water is as far as large floating particles? Reason I ask, is that I have a master plan of using a 5g bucket with a float switch and a pump plumbed to the house drain. When the bucket gets full and trips the float switch it will turn the pump on and...

I'd imagine it will work just fine. T8 is t8.

That looks great and I'd imagine it would be plenty strong enough, if you wanted stiffer things like branches you could use something that would dry stiffer like fiberglass resin or epoxy of some kind. Pond epoxy comes to mind. Thanks for posting, def adding that video to my favorites list.

Did you decide on a name? I was going to suggest Spock. Live long and prosper

Oh wait, I got you confused with the OP. My reply was towards the OPs question.

AC pumps don't care about head pressure. Excess pressure just gets expelled out of the inlet. I operate a pump 24/7 that's totally closed off except when I want to do water changes. It's about 20 years old. Newer DC pumps are a different story. Increasing head pressure on those will fry the...

Well if you mist with it, I'm sure home boy/girl will drink it, so I wouldn't do it. Don't you have an RO for that tank? Just use that.

Alrighty, You have two options to lower it, both are going to be not fun. 1: check to see if the sides of the tank are plate glass or tempered. If plate, continue with below plan. If tempered, abort. You can check a couple ways. First feel the edges of the glass if you can find them...

How big is the reservoir that you are going to be using to feed the system? My advice is to get a AC pump, and put a gate valve on it. Most AC pumps won't have any issues with back pressure when it comes to dialing back the flow. I plan on using one of these: Fluval Sea SP2 Sump Pump for...

I would go have your water tested to see what's in it before you entertain this idea. You may get the results and not want to drink it yourself...

Before I get drastic here, what's the RH in the room where the enclosure is? That will make a drastic difference on how we tackle this. I would bet that the RH of the room is sky high, have you checked?

I'm going to re-read all these replies a couple of times and redo my plan. I'm also in the process of drawing some stuff on paper before I go into sketchup with it. I'll post my plan v2, and hopefully have some visuals for everyone to help me chew on this a little more.

Anyway, so let me see if I can condense the advice in this thread: 1: dial down the complexity. So I will ditch the storm mode and just go with a full spectrum LED fixture like one of the ones I have on my tank in the pics above (maybe two depending on how big this enclosure gets). I...

I can post a few pics of the reef, it is only a 75g, mostly softies LPS and a few less demanding SPS like green slimers, pocillopora, stylo and the like in the higher flow areas. Lower flow areas I have A toadstool, a sinularia, a Devils hand, a Favia brain, a scan and some rock flower nems...

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my novel and respond. While I do understand that this can be done much cheaper and easier than I have outlined, but I really need a way of both controlling and monitoring the system remotely. So the apex is actually a necessity, especially with the...

Part 2 of 2 AUTOMATION/REDUNDANCY My general rule on making anything complex and automated is to have at least three fail safes with one being a last resort property damage prevention method. I want to be able to turn systems on and off when I am gone, and be able to be notified of when a...

Part 1 of 2 So, I bought my little girl who's 5 almost 6 a leopard gecko. Obviously I've been doing all the work and letting her enjoy and learn, and doing all this I think I've been bitten by the herp bug. My local pet store is fantastic, I am very lucky. The owner is a conscientious pet...