newbie piping questions - what size return - what size overflow?

[kien]

Originally Posted by Milad

Kien thanks for the info on the herbie. I was looking through your threads on your build all morning

I'm sorry to hear that.. and I'm afraid there are no refunds for your time lost.

I'm afraid I don't have any experience with beananimals so I can't comment on them.

My herbie is silent, as they should be once you dial them in properly. The only noise coming from the system should be the overflow of water into the overflow box. The higher that water has to drop the noisier it will be so if you do go herbie try to keep that to a minimum. Granted even that isn't a huge amount of noise and applies to any overflow system, not just herbies.

I have not had any issues with my mag18. Your tank is virtually the same dimensions as mine, except yours is a little taller so yes, I would highly recommend that pump. It is quiet and so far bullet proof. Prior to that pump I had a QuietOne 6000 which was actually noisier than the mag18. I also had problems with previous pumps where they would not turn back on after a power fail. So far the mag18 has not failed to restart and I cut power to the return pump at least once a week when I do water changes.

Hope that helps!