thank you bean animal!!!!!!!

lunacris

lunacris

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So even tho my reef is geeting very close to being emptu of coral and fish there still is livestock left in it. last night around two am i was ripped from my sleep by a loud flushing sound followed by a gurgle at first i thought i was dreaming but when i finally got up to jave a look i could see the water in my coasg to coast overflow box getting flushed back and fourth. I ran down to the sump stared at it for a minute and realized that water had been coming full siphon from the air line or first drain barely any from the full siphon immediatly i took the ball valve off the full siphon and have a look inside and i find a snail wedged at the ballvalve pulled him out and reinstalled the ballvalve 10min total spent doing this then the overflow returned to normal since i have a mag 24 as my return on a 92 i would have had tons of water all over living room and pumps running dry possibly causing damage if i didnt have this overflow beat part is that i still had one pipe the reserve bone dry just in case just thought id share how my tank money and a huge mess were saved by this design. who ever thought of this i give you props !!!! i reccommend this system to anyone building or redoing a tank from scratch alittle fyi i have no idea how snail got in the ofver flow and the only reason it got stuck at ball valve is because i dont have full siphon open all way it about half closed and stiil keeps up perfectly with a beast return pump


Sorry for the long post but i thought it would be a good one to share have a good day thanks for reading
 
+1

I went bean animal with a c2c when I set up my 90g last year, and I will never do any other overflow style on a large tank again. I recommend it to everyone I talk to.
 
Maybee this is a noob ? But what is a bean animal overflow. Does anyone gave any pics or a link that would explain it better
 
If you look into my 92 build thread its there it wasnt that hard but obviosly well worth it definitly something to look into
 
Herbie is the real man and Ben just added an extra dry pipe that never gets used. If you set two pipes up right, there is no need for the third pipe.
 
Dont think i seen that one even with this setup if done and ajusted correctly id have to have something reaaly big get stuck before third pipe actually gets used cause once air line gets water its a wide open full siphon @inch and a half pipe it wouldbe fine
 
Can you put up a link to your build? I'm not quite understanding all this and the sucking noises are stressing me out to the anger/migraine level.
 
Local fish store in indiana i actually have some apare for a smaller overflow that will measure 14*6 for right side of tank
 
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