kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[Leah]

Do you use a ladder for your top downs?

[kien]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Its great to see your tank looking amazing again Kien! I love following your threads (when they're active )

Haha thanks.

Originally Posted by Youngster Dan

I think you have perhaps my all time favorite tank. It's awesome.

Thanks whipper-snapperDan! :-)

Originally Posted by Stones

Great looking pics Kien so thanks for sharing. Glad to see the frags are making some serious headway coloring up. You've got quite a few gems in that tank!

Thanks man! Ya all the brownapora that I picked up from a LFS last fall have all coloured up nicely too. All they needed was a little TLC.

Originally Posted by yycguy

Hi Kien.... Great photo's! You say Top Down do you have something you are shooting through, when shooting top down?

Yup, one of those top down acrylic viewing boxes.

Originally Posted by Leah

Do you use a ladder for your top downs?

No, I don't have a step ladder tall enough sadly. I use a bar stool.

[Leah]

Honestly... this is one of my favorite tanks too!

[kien]

Originally Posted by Leah

Honestly... this is one of my favorite tanks too!

Thanks :-). Y'all are too kind. And since we are being honest, the encouragements do help keep things going, especially during the lows and we all have those low points in this hobby from time to time.

[lockrookie]

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

[lockrookie]

Crap forgot the link

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

[kien]

Originally Posted by lockrookie

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!

[Dearth]

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

[kien]

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.



And her is the new "Bean Animal" overflow.









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.

[Delphinus]

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