DO NOT USE THE TEMPLATE THAT COMES WITH IT AS A HOLE MARK. Best bet is to look it up on YouTube if you need to learn about it a bit. As someone who is in the trade field I didn’t need the instructions to do it but it may definitely be harder for someone who doesn’t do this kinda stuff all the time. It’s written out like I text messaged someone to quickly learn how to do something in 5 minutes. I will say, the instructions are pretty useless. You can easily build a small temp reservoir to hold the water in place with duct tape instead of plumber’s putty. Be sure to have the drill on high speed and let the weight of the drill do the work when drilling out the glass, also be sure to spray it and keep the drill bit wet when drilling. I installed mine on a 55 gallon and it went very smoothly with the included hole saw. Overall the product is a great idea and design especially for a typical or standard tank that you may want to convert to a reef tank. Has the back up standpipe as an emergency which is also nice in case of a sudden stop in the first pipe. Also extremely quiet when tuned with a valve on the main intake. The overflow itself is solid, nice and sleek looking on any tank. Wanted to give it 3 stars because instructions are criminally negligent, but overall it is a nice product only marred by instructions that you can just choose not to look at if you can get help from elsewhere. Hope this helps everyone thinking about this for your next or new tank. I am using a pipe over the top for the return and while perfectly functional and trouble free, it is a bit of an eyesore, and if I could do it again I would do through the glass returns. The last thing is I would absolutely recommend also drilling for returns. I tried that and it was a huge pain over all trying to tweak the flow to avoid bubbles in the tube, and even then you always worry about losing siphon during a power outage. After getting it going and working nice, I would say, most definitely do this rather than a tube over the top overflow. Some simple better instructions and troubleshooting tips would be priceless because it seems almost everyone has the same issues and solutions. If I used this product again, knowing what I know now I would not have these issues, but buyers should be aware this is a nice product if you are an experienced tank driller and plumber, and if not you might want to try to find some help. Luckily I had one around from another overflow. Then I had to replumb the box so I could get a new nut on. So after having multiple leaks the first time getting water in it, I ended up over tightening one of the nuts, thinking I just did not have it tight enough, and the nut snapped. The next thing is the instructions are poor and don't tell you where the gaskets really need to go. Not sure if it's really necessary but I would recommend it. They should include a 1" strainer for the lower exit out of the outer box just to be sure your pipe remains free of anything that might get in to clog it up. You still may need a longer pvc than the red one they include to make the overflow completely quiet. Most seem to be drilling too far down - this is probably better than drilling too far up as I did. Read some previous people's experiences on some forums and you should do ok. There is not really any way to adjust the level down if you have it too high and I actually drilled with the resulting water level a bit too far up for my comfort. Water level was that much higher than I thought it would be. I thought I knew about where it would be, but found I was off about 3/8". Getting the hole in the right place was challenging because unless you have done this before, you dont really know how far up the water is going to be on the box in the tank. This was overall an ok product if you can avoid the negatives I will describe here.
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