Scubadawg's 187 Gallon Tank Journal - Edmonton

[scubadawg]

Thanks for Steve at Red Coral for the advise of the PVC Cutter



Overflow tube on Primary and Secondary Bean Animal



The Primary and secondary overflows are locayed on the outside and the 3rd overflow in located in the middle as a straight pipe into the sump



Closeup of the Gate Valve and Unions



My returns, complete with ball valve for adjusting flow if needed, and check valve



The setup below the tank, awaiting sump before I cut and glue the pipe into the sump



Next Sump photos n the next couple of days

[subman]

Very nice and clean plumbing!

[Jason McK]

Very nice. Super clean set up. Following along

Will the overflow still be quiet and silent with just a stand pipe and a strainer on top? Don't you need to have it capped? Pardon my ignorance on how beananimal overflows work.

[SpikeJones]

The gate value will hold the water back therefore falling onto itself making it quiet

Originally Posted by SpikeJones

The gate value will hold the water back therefore falling onto itself making it quiet

With a strainer at the top of the open channel pipe, wouldn't air get in regardless of having the gate valve holding the water back?

[scubadawg]

Thank you for your comments, I am still a newbie at reefing, I started with a 20 gallon long tank in May, I am still learning about overflows, when I design the tank and overflow, I made it so I can make changes, this is in my living room so I wanted to keep this dead silent, so is this what I will need in my main drain?
Do I need to drill and tap the pipe to put a fitting in?

All my 1.5" bulkheads are slip



Does someone in Edmonton have a Beananimal setup? that I can get some advice from? Thanks

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by ChizerBunoi

Will the overflow still be quiet and silent with just a stand pipe and a strainer on top? Don't you need to have it capped? Pardon my ignorance on how beananimal overflows work.

You are correct. This is not a typical bean animal overflow. This is set up more like a herbie with another main drain.

See this website for a true bean animal

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1310585