Finally...a bigger tank! Design questions

[Seth81]

I gotta agree with Denny on this one. Herbie is much more simple and dead silent. all you need is two stand pipes and a gate valve. Just make sure the two stand pipes go independently to the sump.

[Aquattro]

You convinced him to cut the wall like I said, huh??

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

You convinced him to cut the wall like I said, huh??

well Brad its all about baby steps, first i convinced him the small hole in the wall was a good idea, my plan has always been for a bigger hole (in the beginnig it was a bit of a pipe dream). But now the real problem will be convincing him its a good idea to get an electrician in to wire me in a new power box just for the fish room....that's going to be the challenge!

[freezetyle]

Thats awesome Ronnie!

Herbies are great drain systems. i have one on my 50 gallon if you want to see what its like.

[Rice Reef]

Looking forward to seeing the tank once completed and filled with corals and fish!

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Looking forward to seeing the tank once completed and filled with corals and fish!

Thanks, we will be trading frags soon.

[Duker]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

Thats awesome Ronnie!

Herbies are great drain systems. i have one on my 50 gallon if you want to see what its like.

Yeah. That would be great johnny. Talk soon.

[Dive_dry]

go for the bean animal that is what is going on my 300 and 90. My 90 will be getting re built starting next week so when it is done i will let you know

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Dive_dry

go for the bean animal that is what is going on my 300 and 90. My 90 will be getting re built starting next week so when it is done i will let you know

I think this is the way I will go. I look forward to seeing it re-build.

[asylumdown]

+1 on the bean animal overflow. It also has the benefit of being external, and getting rid of overflow boxes in the tank is a huge asset.

If for whatever reason you do decide to go with a herbie, my only word of advice would be to consider how many over flows you need, and how they're all plumbed together. A tank as large as yours is a candidate for have two overflows, and if you do that and also want a herbie, don't plumb your overflows together. Have the overflow lines run completely separately in to the sump (as in, two pipes spitting out water in the sump). If the overflow pipes are joined at some point beneath the tank before they empty in to the sump, the herbie's will be infinitely more finicky, and horrendous to deal with.

I had to abandon my herbie overflows and go to a durso because I had my overflow pipes plumbed together under the tank.

My next tank will have a Bean Animal and external overflows.