To drill a tank properly (as said above) you need a diamond hole saw bit, like the one below. You can actually see the diamond crust on its edge
![IMG_6883.jpeg IMG_6883.jpeg](https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/data/attachments/1261/1261653-5c06030148e698d0765af774ac842a72.jpg?hash=XAYDAUjmmN)
And you need to be sure the glass is not tempered.
Most manufacturers put a warning on tanks these days.
![IMG_8241.jpeg IMG_8241.jpeg](https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/data/attachments/1261/1261654-0ed01c590d1248eb5996e851d0408c87.jpg?hash=DtAcWQ0SSO)
If you try to drill a tempered tank, what I did in the video below will happen.
The tank below didn't have the sticker, so I guessed, and guessed wrong
This is what happens.......
Below I tested on an old piece of non-tempered glass.
ReDrilling
I have drilled about 10 tanks so far, and considered non-drill able tanks almost useless, because I use sumps.
![IMG_6883.jpeg IMG_6883.jpeg](https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/data/attachments/1261/1261653-5c06030148e698d0765af774ac842a72.jpg?hash=XAYDAUjmmN)
And you need to be sure the glass is not tempered.
Most manufacturers put a warning on tanks these days.
![IMG_8241.jpeg IMG_8241.jpeg](https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/data/attachments/1261/1261654-0ed01c590d1248eb5996e851d0408c87.jpg?hash=DtAcWQ0SSO)
If you try to drill a tempered tank, what I did in the video below will happen.
The tank below didn't have the sticker, so I guessed, and guessed wrong
This is what happens.......
Below I tested on an old piece of non-tempered glass.
ReDrilling
I have drilled about 10 tanks so far, and considered non-drill able tanks almost useless, because I use sumps.
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