Beananimal. I've never really gotten the point. I think Herbie is the shiz.

I'd totally love to have a coast-to-coast next time around. Take the thinnest sliver off the surface and if it's wide enough and you're not trying to force 10,000 gph through your sump you really don't need eggcrate or anything on the overflow.

Can't plumb anything thru floor, unless I can convine my tenant to keep tubs in her livingroom -lol
I'm not supporting the floor this time around, I did with my 155, and found I didn't need to. This one will be up against a wall, overtop a support wall, probably over a slab where a fireplace used to be. It should be ok.

"Beananimal" ok thanks. I couldn't remember it and it would have taken easily 2 minutes of googling before I stumbled randomly across it.

I agree, I think Herbie's are completely it. I'm not sure what this beananimal has to offer over Herbies, but I thought I'd at least bring it up because there is nothing worse than finding out after the fact about something else you could have considered.

I'm just reading the link to Beananimal system, not sure how that works yet. For that matter, I don't know how Herbies work either, I've always used stockman style, but they do give off some noise.
I was going to drill the bottom, but coast to coast does sound appealing, although that pushes me out from the wall, which I was trying to avoid.

Thoughts on internal vs external plumbing??

Cool! hopefully I'll be able to get things to grow with the new system, and can trade you some back!

Stockman and Durso are really identical ideas, just different shapes.

You could go coast to coast with an internal overflow and still drill out the bottom. You'd just have to have the coast-to-coast part like a bridge and then in one (or both) of the corners still your traditional overflow tower (I'm not sure what to call the box part).

Sort of like an upside-down U (well, a squared off U anyhow).

Quite a bit of fabricating for that, and I'd lose more space than just standard internal stacks. Although smaller than what I've used in the past, so that might work. Even a single stack with room for 2 or 3 pipes, a T rather than a U

Sounds workable. :)

the beanimal and herbie are the same.. kinda like durso and stockman Brad, but the herbie is the way to go. depending ont he flow you want you won't need as many bulkheads.

since you have to drill the tank anyways I would recomend an external overflow with yor herbie sertup in that. nice and clean inside the tank.

go to HD or what ever and buy some unfilled travitiene tiles for your bottom, that will give you a beige sand look. but a couple more tunze..

why did you want a new tank? more room?

oh and the most important thing.. make the stand big enough to store everything underneith and make the doors lockable to keep the little one out of chemicals and such.

Steve

+1 on external i did it on my 50 cut the notch myself not too hard just keep the bit wet i love the extra room inside the tank. if i can figure out a way to do external on my future 120 i definately will.just means i have to cut a hole in my wall which i am ok with .... the wife not so much. so i may have to go internal. which is still better than hang on back which is what im currently using