What is a Herbie style overflow?

Herbie Overflow The Herbie Drain is composed of two standpipes. The other is used as an emergency drain should the main drain become clogged and sits a bit higher than the main siphon pipe. This drain style is ideal for larger aquariums because you can move higher flow rates compared to a Durso drain.

Is Herbie overflow quiet?

The emergency drain pipe should be set near the very top of the desired water level. In fact, once there is water, there should only be a small trickle of water that is ever entering the emergency drain pipe at any one time. This is how you create a Herbie-style overflow system that can run nearly silent.

What is a Herbie drain?

The Herbie Drain is composed of two standpipes. One acts as the main drain pipe and creates a full siphon when pulling water from your tank. The main drain has an adjustable valve allow for fine tuning of the drain siphon speed resulting in quieter operation and optimal flow through your aquarium.

How can I make my Durso standpipe quieter?

Water/air mix exiting the drain can cause noise. This can be reduced by use of filter socks or a “bubble box”. If all of this has been done and it still makes “toilet” flushing sound, reduce the return pump flow to the DT till the sound is gone. Hope this helps, but remember durso’s are never completely quite.

What’s the difference between Bean and Herbie overflows?

The original Bean design refers to a specific implementation — a coast to coast overflow with a relatively shallow box containing the pipes. The Bean design uses the same valve-controlled siphon drain as the Herbie setup. That is where the similarities end.

How does overflow work on Herbie reef tank?

To begin, the valve is opened all the way — then slowly closed off until the siphon is achieved. Fine adjustments are then made until the flow of the siphon closely matches the amount of water being returned to the tank, which will stabilize the water level in the overflow.

What’s the origin of the term bean overflow?

Which is better beananimal drain or Herbie drain?

There is another similar method called the “Beananimal” drain (also named after its creator) which is slightly more complicated in design and uses 3 standpipes vs. only 2. The Beananimal is superior in many ways including running a “dry emergency” drain (increased safety), and having much more capacity than the Herbie design.

What is a Herbie style overflow? Herbie Overflow The Herbie Drain is composed of two standpipes. The other is used as an emergency drain should the main drain become clogged and sits a bit higher than the main siphon pipe. This drain style is ideal for larger aquariums because you can move higher flow rates…