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01-08-2015, 01:10 AM
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I used the BA on a 75g with a 29g sump. This is the fourth BA I've used, and would never go with anything else. I've always used 1" plumbing for the entire drain setup, never saw a reason to expand the size of the plumbing. For the open channel, you can really just drill a 3/16" hole in the cap, and stuff an airline hose in. Has worked great for me.
In terms of the sump baffles. I've always used acrylic, and I've always siliconed them in. Since they aren't holding a huge degree of pressure, they will be fine. I would never silicone acrylic to hold back a volume of water, but for water flowing over, it works great. 
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01-08-2015, 01:22 AM
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Beananimal seems like excess to me. Herbie does everything you need with one less pipe and two less valves.
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01-08-2015, 02:39 AM
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I have had Herbie overflows for years and I am happy with them.
When I first read the Beananimal overflow thread on RC, I would not see any advantage to it over the Herbie overflow. Maybe I am missing something, but to me a Herbie works fine and the Beananimal overflow seems like unnecessary complexity for no reason.
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01-08-2015, 02:56 AM
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You only need as many valves in the BA as you do in the Herbie. I am also a huge fan of the Herbie, but generally employ them on tanks that have the corner overflow pre-built only. Redundancy is an immensely important and often overlooked paradigm in this hobby.
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01-08-2015, 05:33 AM
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But... The Herbie has redundancy built into it...
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01-08-2015, 12:47 PM
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I agree, the BA is really not needed. I have both my tanks set up on herbie (including one with a HOB) and have never had issues. My 210 is 1.5 but I don't see an advantage to 1.5 on a 70.
I use acrylic baffles in a glass aquarium. They work fine, I just have them stuffed in between a big bead of silicone. I even built a flat top piece for a sock out of acrylic and it works fine as well Also where did you hear mags were quiet....
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01-08-2015, 03:41 PM
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