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Originally Posted by sphelps (Post 794845)

You can tell when you get a bad spawning, I had a large squamosa clam that turned my 100 gallon tank into what appeared to be a large milk container. Other smaller clams didn't have that much of an effect. Chances are your clam isn't fully matured yet but give it some time :mrgreen: Keep in mind as well that if you add more clams they will more than likely be triggered to spawn at the same time if the original spawns again.

I do have a couple of maximas also but I suspect they are still too young to spawn. I've never noticed them spawn. And ya, my derasa is big but nothing compared to the monster clam you had!

Wow Kein, you got all kinds of cool nice things happening in your tank :)
By the way, the birds nest is doing great, its covered in new growth!!!

My wife posted this in my wall on the today and instantly thought you being the popcorn king of canreef would enjoy.. Ease note the shrimp make this reef worthy lol

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Originally Posted by lockrookie (Post 798850)

Crap forgot the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE&sns=em

HAHA that's awesome! I love the Muppets and I have never seen that video!

I've always loved the Swedish chef he is so functionally dysfunctional .....

Herbie to Bean Animal Overflow Conversion

So recently I have been reading a lot about this "Bean Animal" overflow that's supposed to be the Bee's Knees. Currently on my tank I employ the Herbie overflow which has worked out quite well. However, I do like to keep current whenever feasible. Plus, I'm not typically the type to knock something unless I myself have tried it. So, this morning I set out to see what all the hype was about with this "Bean Animal" overflow by attempting to convert my Herbie to the "Bean Animal".

First off, I have to say that this was probably one of the easier DIY projects that I have every done on the tank. Possibly the most fun as well. It went so smoothly that I didn't even have much down time to document the various steps (sorry; if you would like detailed instructions feel free to PM me!).

Here is the final result.

For comparison sake here's what the old boring Herbie overflow looks like.

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1248427749

And her is the new "Bean Animal" overflow.

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7b1d4bad.jpg

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...ps38803971.jpg

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...psc85816c1.jpg

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...psb300fce2.jpg

Conclusion:

I have to say, WOW!! What a difference this conversion made. Not only does the "Bean Animal" overflow liven up an otherwise boring Herbie/Durso/Stockman but man is this thing quiet. Dead quiet! My Herbie overflow was pretty quiet, but the "Bean Animal" has managed to surpass it in quietness. All overflow noise has been COMPLETELY muffled out. Truly AMAZING! Also, the "Bean Animal" overflow is truly set and forget. Once I set it up there was no further adjustment required. The "Bean Animal" overflow gets two thumbs up and my seal of approval. I will highly recommend it to anyone building a new tank in the future or anyone wanting to update their existing non-"Bean Animal" overflow.

Hahahahaha! The best part of that update was reading the text first by the email notification then seeing the pictures second. Well played sir.

:pound: Love the look of the bean animal overflow :mrgreen:

:lol:

That looks like an expensive conversion
I'm not sure I'm ready to spend that kind of dough right now
Maybe when I'm ready to do mine you could walk me through it ?