Both good ideas. Guess it'll be okay. Think I'll still be able to use my manifold?
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Dan's 150 Rebuild
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Officially ordered the new tank today. 72x18x28. Marineland 150RR corner overflows and black silicone 
should be here next week sometime
should be here next week sometime
Thanks! I can't wait to get it, but then again I kinda can, Im dreading doing this swap lol
I've had enough practice it seems
So now that my new tank is going to have 2 corner overflows, how do you think my plumbing should go? Never had a tank with corner overflows. Obviously have the right side dump right down into the first chamber but what about the left side? and how can I tie in my manifold I have made up already?
Connect both the drains into one pipe that drains into the first chamber. Manifold idk, never had one. Hopefully john can chime in on that
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On the new tank I'll have 2 returns. One in each corner overflow. I kinda like kyles idea of tying them together and having them dump into the first chamber. What's the Herbie method? Always see it but never know what it is. I want these overflows to be quiet as hell lol
Hmm yeah not following u there Lol and isn't the Herbie method supposed to be quiet? guess I'll have to Google a few things
You will have two holes in each overflow, correct? If so here is how you would set it up. You would plumb one drain/siphon line to each overflow and they would be tee'd together with a gate valve near to end of line with the discharge just below the water level in your sump. The standpipes for each of the siphons will be an few inches shorter than the water elevation that you want to run in your overflow. These siphon lines will handle all of the flow to your sump.
This will leave you with one hole in each overflow. In one of these you will have an emergency drain. The standpipe is a few inches higher than the siphons. It only kicks in if the siphons aren't keeping up for some reason. The last hole can be used for your return line or if you want to bring your return over the rim it can be used as another emergency drain.
The main advantage as John mentioned is that it is silent. A typical drain pipe sucks down water and air which can make it noisy. With a herbie setup you adjust the gate valve so that it doesn't pull air. It is basically creating a siphon which also allows the lines to handle more flow. The only time it makes any noise is when the emergency drain kicks in alerting you to inspect it. I ran this on my 120 and it worked great. My current tank uses a variation called the bean animal.
This will leave you with one hole in each overflow. In one of these you will have an emergency drain. The standpipe is a few inches higher than the siphons. It only kicks in if the siphons aren't keeping up for some reason. The last hole can be used for your return line or if you want to bring your return over the rim it can be used as another emergency drain.
The main advantage as John mentioned is that it is silent. A typical drain pipe sucks down water and air which can make it noisy. With a herbie setup you adjust the gate valve so that it doesn't pull air. It is basically creating a siphon which also allows the lines to handle more flow. The only time it makes any noise is when the emergency drain kicks in alerting you to inspect it. I ran this on my 120 and it worked great. My current tank uses a variation called the bean animal.
Oh wow thanks for explaining that Mike, makes more sense now. I'll have to check out a few pics just to be clear but I think I got the concept guess I'll be going this route.
guess I'll be going this route.Just got a phone call today, tank is apparently on backorder. Said it'll be available next week and not this week, bummer.
Just got my 2nd WP40 in the mail today. I think I found a sweet spot where its not blowing too crazy. Not sure why I even care really, just gonna be tearing it back down in 2 weeks lol
I did a water change yesterday and afterwards noticed the water was a bit colder than the tank, not a huge concern as its always like that, but after the temp had risen again, I noticed the next morning it was down at 75° again. Think my heater is on its way out? I usually keep it at 78°
Yeah my heater is dead, temp is down to 72° degrees this morning. Thru a back up heater in there til I can go out and get a new one.