Herbie or beananimal

[Skimmin]

One thing I can tell u is mines super quiet and safe too!

[hfp75]

I used a Durso originally but with a tank upgrade came a Bean Animal.

I wouldn't use anything but a Bean Animal Now.....

The Herbie should for all intents and purposes be the same as the Bean Animal, just the added safety drain that you will hopefully never use - but if you do...... it just saved you a ton of time and money...

Dont cheap out - Get the Bean Animal with the 3 pipes...

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Herbie is fine but from my experience and a piece of mind I would recommend the extra hole for a bean animal...In my case I have multi beanie and few animals for that I did 6 holes,as for each hoe has its purpose and 2 of them are the emergency..

[jazzywashbuckler]

Originally Posted by Skimmin

One thing I can tell u is mines super quiet and safe too!

So sorry it should be saying do talk from experience .

Aquattro any chance we can fix this?. Cheers

[reefwars]

Without a cookie bribe? Not likely lol


Correct me if I'm wrong but a bean isn't just an extra drain it's the ability to run more gph with the syphon so the bonus on a small tank is nil but on larger tanks you run more water through without having to use huge piping sizes

[reefwars]

If it was only an extra emergency it wouldnt run with that much water in it

[IanWR]

Originally Posted by reefwars

Without a cookie bribe? Not likely lol


Correct me if I'm wrong but a bean isn't just an extra drain it's the ability to run more gph with the syphon so the bonus on a small tank is nil but on larger tanks you run more water through without having to use huge piping sizes

I think you are partly wrong. The Herbie and the BA are both siphon drains so with the same size pipe they can handle the same flow. The BA adds the emergency drain, but also uses the second drain as a trickle (which is how many people run their Herbie). The trickle set up means that you shouldn't have to adjust the siphon drain gate valve once you have it tuned. That trickle can take more or less as minor variations change the flow through the main line.

[lastlight]

I didn't think it was really possible to adjust a herbie so it didn't drift one way or another very slowly at best. Plus the flow rate can shift as the pump gets dirty etc. I figured everyone had a trickle down the emergency or had a tiny bit of air going down the siphon. So the emergency with trickle is quietest and the emergency still can handle more flow than your primary siphon since its unvalved. The bean has the extra emergency which is nice but I doubt it's needed.

[Doug]

You guys use mostly 1in. or larger?

[Skimmin]

I use 1 1" and 3 1-1/2",( two of the 1-1/2" are emergency drains only). Both the herbie and bean animal use siphon to work. Bean has more fittings.