![]() Tank Planning: It was the most time taking and stressful part of the whole thing. Tip: Currently I am also experimenting with having a pothos plant inside my sump, to see if it’s able to survive there and bringing any good effects of reduced nitrates. Water changes and cleaning in the new tank has also become less stressful compared to my earlier grow-out tank. ![]() I just have to change these socks weekly, along with 20-30% water change. My main mechanical filtration is with 100 Micron Filter Socks, they are 8cm in Dia and does wonderful filtration the entire sump tank remains so neat and clean and media too. The filter chamber holds enough and more media (almost 7-8 times compared to my earlier canister filter). Sump: Due to the Stand design, we had to have the sump tank as 2 separate tanks interconnected, one to hold the media and the other to act as a return chamber and hold good quantity of filtered water. In order to provide maximum load distribution and strength, we had to provide the support legs at the center too, and this aspect we had to consider while deciding on the sump tank. Stand: Obviously the stand was the most crucial part of the whole thing. ![]() ![]() During this process, I had also decided to go with Bean Animal Overflow system, since all other system had the issue with noise, and I wanted the system to be silent. Also decided that we go with Sump filtration, earlier I was using Canisters for my grow-out tank. I had finalized the size 6ft X 2.5Ft X 2 Ft. So decided to do a custom built tank and started putting the plan together. The grow-out tank itself I got with great difficulty, after searching and waiting for many weeks. Thinking of upgrading his current tank we bought as his Grow-Out, I started searching for a ready made tank and was unable to get one in my city after searching for many weeks. Obviously I would have like a house with a pond, which may be for future!ĭecision to go for a 220G: We have an Asian Arowana, we call him Flash (My dedicated THREAD) and it was his 2 year anniversary with us. Given the constraints where I live, wrt the construction of the multi-storied apartments, size of the house, space in living room and availability of materials and the frequent movement of house that may be needed related to work, this was the max size that we could go with currently. Preamble: It is a 220 G aquarium tank, and not in the league of many other tank many of the members in this forum have. This application of Bean's system, has been discussed well within the main thread concerning this drain system, especially in the latter half of the current thread.My 220G Aquarium Tank Build with Bean Animal Overflow and Sump: If these holes are all in a single overflow, the only things that apply are the bulkhead/pipe combination's, and what the pump is really going to pump. As far as what your 960 gph pump is actually going to pump, in your system, is subject to many variables, and will be somewhat less than the published figures. What will the single overflow handle without creating an issue. The flow rate these pipe sizes will handle are above your estimations, however your overflow size will be the limiting factor. In the second overflow, 1" emergency on the 1" bulkhead, and 3/4" bulkhead for return. With a couple adjustments, option 1 will work, those being a 1" siphon on the 3/4" bulkhead, and a 1.25" open channel, on the 1" bulkhead. There will be no flow in the second overflow. The emergency, and the return will be in the other overflow. With option 1, the siphon and the open channel must be in the same overflow, as they need to interact. Option 2 will not operate properly, if you have dual corner overflows. Īre my expectations/estimations reasonable? I'd appreciate any advice from somebody who has experience with this type of overflow. In this case, I would need to have my return line go up and over the edge of the aquarium from the outside.Īesthetically, I would prefer option #1, but not at the cost of significantly increasing my risk of a flood. Then use one of 1 inch holes as the emergency drain and the other 1 inch hole as the return from the sump.Ģ) use both of 3/4 inch holes as full siphons and one of 1 inch holes as an open siphon and the other as an emergency. I'm considering two possible configurations:ġ) use one of 3/4 inch holes as full siphon and the other 3/4 hole as an open siphon. I estimate that a 3/4 inch hole will drain at about 660 gph and that a 1 inch hole will drain at 960 gph (based on metrics from chart on FlexPVC site). The tank already has two 3/4inch holes and two 1 inch holes. I'm setting up a 180g reef tank and want to use a Bean Animal Overflow setup. Hi! (I'm a frequent lurker in these forums but this is my first post)
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