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07/11/2012, 08:03 AM | #26 |
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Wouldn't a screen work better than the egg crate to keep the lil critters out in the overflow area?
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07/11/2012, 10:22 AM | #28 |
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If you run no teeth you just need to use gutter guard to keep the animals out.
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Toothless and love it. Toothless will skim more surface than other, toothless tends to be quieter. I made a simple creature guard of black nylon gutter guard by bowing it up long ways and inserting it down into my black acrylic weir, it disappears and stop migration into drains of any but the smallest animals which teeth couldn't keep out either.
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I like em like I like my women... Toothless.
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I posted a formula a few times here in a few threads... never added it my site and not at the office to look it up.. happy searching
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07/12/2012, 07:41 AM | #34 |
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I believe the toothed overflow falls into the contracted weir type and the toothless is suppressed.
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07/16/2012, 10:00 AM | #35 |
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robertifly:
Can you explain a bit more about the gutter guard? |
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Anyone else, yeah this was dug up. Strongly considering going toothless after reading this thread.
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i'm digging this up again too lol! why is everything in stores done with tooth then?
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03/06/2018, 07:00 PM | #38 |
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I did drill holes. Had to find a way to keep an octopus from getting into the overflow!
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Toothless. One of the best decisions I made in my build.
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03/07/2018, 06:53 PM | #41 |
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My experiences; I have no teeth on my overflow. I got about 50% left in my mouth. I'm over 50. I feel ahead of the game if I live to 100....... Some fish love the overflow box. Once they know its there you can't keep them out. Water slide for fish. Good fun. When adding a new fish, I found that screening it off for a few days can be a good thing. If they cant get in after a few tries they give up. When sleeping some clowns float around and can get swept in. They usually only do this once. They are no dumb bunny.
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03/09/2018, 02:29 PM | #43 |
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I have coast to coast and use a small strip of eggcrate to stop being g stuff. Had someone describe the new ghost overflow design and weir is removable for cleaning so he describ d when you remove a rush of water will flow better into overflow so it holds back more water than we think
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03/10/2018, 08:51 AM | #44 |
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I would definitely make sure you have teeth on it if you have any kind of fish.
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03/10/2018, 09:34 AM | #45 |
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Thread was started almost a decade ago ..... surely there's a definitive answer by now
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