Bean animal question?

[gregzz4]

I read somewhere that Bean put them on his only for maintenance.
I can see how they are also useful if you want to change some plumbing while it's running.

[tim the toolman]

Ok that makes sense now. I am thinking of setting up a bigger system sooner than later and figured I should spend the next several months picking brains on here to eliminate mistakes.

[albert_dao]

Just thought I'd mention this, but back when beananimal had his blog up, he clarified his name as "be an animal", not "bean animal".

[tim the toolman]

Noted

[scubadawg]

I'm doing a coast to coast external overflow on my next tank with a beanimal overflow, you want a gate valve for you're primary, not ball valve. Gate valves are more controllable.