How difficult to drill?

[hardaur]

How difficult would it be to drill a cheapo petco 20g aquairum? I'm not sure what the brand is, and it's .25" glass. I'm assuming it's not tempered?

What would I need?

Thanks!
H

 

[chrisT]

The thinner glass requires a more delicate touch but it can be done. We all use diamond coated hole saws. I put 4 holes in my 120 with a cordless drill, watehose and hole saw. The club has hole saws available for members but I dont know how the logisitics would work out. I bought mine off ebay for about 7 bucks.

 

[PK]

Check these people out. The sell the saw and bulkheads.

http://www.diamondbitsusa.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=6&Itemid=26

 

[hardaur]

Very nice, thanks for the link. Thanks to both for the info, doesn't look too terribly tough.

H

 

[lawyeradam]

So did you attempt your project? If so, was it successful?

 

[hardaur]

Thanks for asking. I actually decided to go in a different direction, but I'm sure it won't be too long before I put it into practice.

The deal was that I needed a bigger sump for a larger skimmer (MSX-160). I was originally considering drilling my current sump and adding another tank in sequence. However, I also wanted a bigger fuge so I just decided to build a bigger sump.

Thanks again!

H