Bean Animal Design Help please

[jj ocean]

outdrsyguy1;1076872 wrote: i'll let the cat out of the bag, i'm going for something very similar to this, only done via painting and a backlit T5 setup...
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1868825">http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1868825</a>
my wife's a professional artist so I think she'll be able to help me out on this one, she's done a lot of murals over the years.[/QUOTE]

Very cool ... can't wait to see it!

 

[ghbrewer]

JJ Ocean;1076881 wrote: Very cool ... can't wait to see it!

Yeah, I like that effect.

 

[grouper therapy]

In looking at your drawing the emergency overflow and c trickle overflow are reversed imo.

 

[outdrsyguy1]

I was worried about needing that durso style open channel with the 1/4" tubing. I was worried that the falling trickle might be noisy. I think it works better like you said grouper so I revised the drawing below. I also raised the full siphon level so it will still keep some water in the overflow on shutdown. That way any fish in there will survive a power outage or gfci trip.

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[grouper therapy]

outdrsyguy1;1076954 wrote: I was worried about needing that durso style open channel with the 1/4" tubing. I was worried that the falling trickle might be noisy. I think it works better like you said grouper so I revised the drawing below. I also raised the full siphon level so it will still keep some water in the overflow on shutdown. That way any fish in there will survive a power outage or gfci trip.

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Actually I think it might be better the way you had it. Sorry I had it in my head backwards. The durso needs to be on the open trickle that way it becomes a full siphon if the the water level rises to the 1/4" tube.