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    Posted: March 06 2013 at 5:11pm
if I am correct....you can't drill any panels on the bowfront tanks cause they are made with tempered glass. If anyone can chime in with a positive answer to this question i will either stop me from setting up a tank or breaking one lol.
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What size of bow front?
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The back is not tempered, I've drilled the back of bows before.
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its a 47gl
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Yeah you could for sure drill the back if that is what u are asking
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yeah I know you can't go through the bottom
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I had a 46g bow front that was drilled in the back, i would do the two hole method kinda like a herbie but just on the back wall that way it will be silent plus you dont have to worry about a snail clogging your one drain.
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I will be drilling a few of them actually but all of them in the back panel for sure. I still plan on using the polar lens trick before I do just to double check if it is tempered. Thanks for all your input everyone
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