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[fishytime]

Have a look at the first couple pages of my thread in the journal section. Lots of pics and if there is some thing else you need to see let me know. One thing is you will need another hole to do a herbie style overflow.

[karazy]

so do you have to have the bottom of your tank drilled to have a herbie?

also, i get how a herbie would save you from overflowing, but im not exactly sure how it keeps things quieter

[superduperwesman]

I'm not entirely sure what a herbie is??? But I just go with two drains.... on with a gate valve and one as a back up.

I kept the gate valve low, close to the sump, and adjusted it to match the in flow so the pipes are entirely void of air and then I had no water noise. Because the restricted drain is submerged so it is sucking absolutely no air. As the lines get nasty you have to occasionally adjust the gate valve but you'll know when you need to because you'll hear water going down the other drain


*Edit: ok that was a terrible explanation... yeah just go look at his journal^ same deal.... you wont hear anything but the pump

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by karazy

so do you have to have the bottom of your tank drilled to have a herbie?

no you won't need to drill the bottom. You can have a look at my 10G contest tank, and see my half overflow... I am running a herbie on it.