3 for the drains and 1 for return is my plan.still a lot to think about. I have always done Herbies in the past but on this big aquarium I may do the Bean Animal, I have 4 holes. I might drill through my walls and put a sump in my basement. I currently have a 75 drilled with 29 sump so excited for this upgrade. It looks just like the Aqueon 210 with dual braces going across the top and bottom. If this thing gives way, it would be a disaster.ĭimension including the frame = 72.5" x 24.5" x 29.625", glass is 72x24. Are these calculators that are found numerous places for framed or frameless tanks? I am going to be putting this on my main floor rambler, will be installing some posts and beams in my basement. With a tank of these dimensions, I am finding the safety factor to be pretty low, is that correct? Like I said, the frame is pretty beefy which makes me feel better. The glass is 12mm, should I be worried? I have read tons of glass thickness threads and am finding answers all over the place. The silicone looks great, I cannot see any bubbles, keeping in mind there is no water in it. Anyways, it does have a pretty beefy black platic frame and seems to be made really well. I know Aqueon used a lot of the Mefaflow overflows for their tanks. Out of the box, the NUVO EXT is todays modern reef ready system. Creating silence, safety, and redundancy. The drain works in tandem, reducing noise and preventing accidental spillage and blockage. I did not find a manufacturer, I did see a "F210A" sticker (210 gallon). The NUVO EXT (External Overflow) design unites beauty with purpose, taking a page from the proven and tested Bean Animal style safety drain system. Currently it is sitting on saw horses while I build a stand out of 2圆's. Last weekend, I cut all the PVC, unthreaded the bulkheads, removed wall trim and got the tank home. My friend did not want the tank so said if I removed it, I could have it! The tank was used for around 3 years and then sat dry, but inside, for a couple more. The previous owner, who they knew, built it into the wall. I belonged to Oscarfish for decades, still sad to see the site gone.Īnyways, I got a 210 gallon with 2 Megaflow overflows (already drilled - 4-1.75" holes) for free! It was at my friends place when they bought the house. Is the best way to just make one with two 90 degree elbows. I cant find any 'u pipes' available online. My overflow box was 1' plumbing if that makes any difference. I would continue to use the 2x.75" lines in each overflow as a return from sump to the tank (pressure side of the pump).Hi everyone, longtime fish keeper, first time poster. I need to redo the plumbing in my overflow box and was wondering how people create the 'U pipe' for a bean animal overflow. If I add an additional wet to each one then it becomes a Bean. My thought was I would use the existing 1.5" drains for emergency overflows and add the full siphon drains (1", 1.25" or 1.5") to each overflow. But to do that I need to have an emergency drain. So I decided I wanted to rework everything and go to full siphon drains. When I did my initial plumbing and leak test I could get the durso's quiet but the drains in the sump where very noisy & full of bubbles (which will cause salt creep). 75" returns are up close to the front of trapezoid close to where the sides meet it. The 1.5" drain is about dead center in the trapezoid and the 2x. The overflows are shaped like an Isosceles Trapezoid with the long side being part of the back wall of the aquarium. Each overflow has a 1.5" durso drain and 2 x.
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