herbie

Hi guys! I recently bought a new tank, now I’ve been working on plumbing it for a couple days and it’s almost done! Just came across some concerns I noticed my overflow box has water intels above and below (like the drawing I attached) so I’m concerned that my main water drain PVC will drain a...

Hi guys! In the past few days, I've been working on plumbing a new reef tank I bought, I chose the Herbie overflow method, so I placed my main drain pipe about 5 inches below the emergency one, so the problem is that my new tank comes with an internal overflow box that has water lintels above...

There's two valves I'd like to plumb horizontally. Can I achieve full syphon with a gate valve on a Herbie main drain, if the gate valve is plumbed horizontally? Will a Y-style check valve (pictured) still work properly, if plumbed horizontally? I believe this is also called a Wye Check Valve...

I've decided to add a smaller nano tank about 25G to the sump of my 90G. I'd like both tanks to be filtered by the same filter roller - hopefully a single one. Can I use a tee fitting to plumb the main herbie drains from both tanks into the same filter roller (Clarisea)? Or is it gonna make my...

Hello, I recently got a deal on a aquatlantis aquaview 130. This is going to be an upgrade from my 72 gallon bowlfront in my basement, it’s going into the living room so it needs to be silent. Here are some of my concerns with the tank: The return pump plumbing looks to be 1/4 inch, kinda...

Hi all, I recently bought a 2nd hand Aqua One 120Liter tank with a sump. It's my first sumped tank. It came with a Durso standpipe. Having done some reading, I've decided I want it quiet and drilled a 3rd hole in the weir. Everything seems to function well, however I am not getting air expelled...

I think I may have devised a clever overflow solution for predrilled tanks. I’d like to know if other people believe it to be capable of working. I’ve been tossing around the idea of getting a larger tank. I’m new to the hobby, I’ve currently got a 20G nano, and I’m working with a fairly...

Hello all, I'm in the middles of planning out a tank swap but with a small upgrade in filtration. current setup is an Eshopps Eclipse S overflow with both drains going into the sock chamber, and this setup is currently silent after startup gurgles. upgrade will be a Bubble Magus ARF-S roller...

So, despite all of my love for my current canister filter system, I've decided to bite the bullet and learn how to use a sump as I upgrade from a 46g display to an 80g display. I couldn't source a new Seapora 80g low-boy tank anywhere, and Seapora told me they aren't currently manufacturing them...

I'm setting up a used 120 g tank with a single corner overflow. The overflow has two drilled holes (1" and 3/4"), I'm converting it to a herbie style drain and running an over the top return. My question is, will the 3/4" drain and 1" emergency drain be enough flow for the 120 gallon tank? I...

Ok, so this tank has been sitting empty in my office for a few months now. Work has finally slowed down enough to where I can devote some time to it. Right now, I'm stuck on the plumbing, and I have a bunch of questions. I started a build thread, but I figured my questions may get more traction...

If you have an Elos tank with the Quiet drain system please share your thoughts on its noise, safety, and overall performance. I currently use a Herbie overflow system with an ecotech vectra pump. Unfortunately, the vectra is occasionally inconsistent in its output, yet the Herbie system is able...

I recently purchased a used 90g aquarium that I am trying to clean up and get started. It has in internal overflow with 3 holes drilled in it: two holes are drilled for 3/4" pipe & one (in the middle) is drilled for 1" pipe. It was set up with a herbie overflow before- the two drains were the...

So here is the thing I am currently new and plumbing my first tank. I am doing a Herbie overflow because that seems to be what fits on a tank that has 2 bulkheads. Essentially I have a sump with 2 filter socks and outlets to get plumbed to those filter socks. What I am trying to do is maximize...

I have a new Planet 120 that is being delivered tomorrow, and I'm working on my plumbing design. It is an internal overflow box that is pre-drilled with 4 holes (2 x 1" & 2 x 3/4"). It is obviously ran this way to run 2 drain and 2 return. I've ran Herbie before with great success, but I like...

Hello all, So I finally bought what will be my 1st SW aquarium. It’s a 90 gallon with a single corner overflow. The default plumbing it comes with is two holes for bulkheads; A Durso, then a return from the second bulkhead. My question is; would it be better to plumb the single Durso and the...

Planning to have several tanks sharing a single sump (1 100G, 1-30 and 1-25). The 100G has a three pipe Bean Animal overflow box, and the two nano tanks use two hole "Herbie" style overflows. The 100G won't be plumbed into the sump immediately, just the 30 and 25G. I suppose I could just add...

Installing a 120g with 3 1” bulkheads on the bottom of the tank(center interior overflow). Don’t want to drill thru hardwood floors. Am going to run flex PVC throught the back of the stand, through wall, down the cavity, back through the floor joist into the basement. (~15’ run to sump from...

I started my first saltwater tank in January of this year. It is a 20L with a DIY AIO filter. I built my own stand and made sure it was large enough to eventually upgrade to a 40B if things went well with the 20. Well I have been waiting for a $1 per gallon sale for weeks and finally got my 40B...

I recently set up a new 83 gallons tank. The overflow is making a lot of noise from the air hole on top and splashing water sound in the sump. I think this overflow is call Herbie. I use a sicce 3.0 as a return pump and the only way I was able to somewhere reduce the noise was to slow the...

Hi All, Very excited to find a home to post my build thread. I hope you drop by to get updates or follow along with the journey. I'm open to feedback and am thinking to make this hopefully detailed pic heavy. Background From Toronto, Canada... I started getting interested in the hobby...

I'm designing the plumbing layout for my 75g (40g sump) tank. I'm planning on using a VarioS-6 DC return pump with a 1" return line that may or may not reduce to 3/4" with over-the-rim return line...still open on that! I would like to use the Herbie overflow design, but was going to plumb the...

hey guys I have a problem with my new herbie drain. The water level in my overflow keeps fluctuating. No matter what I do it goes up and down at first I thought it was because my vortech mp40 was pushing to much water but I was wrong. The way it's plumbed is one 1" main full siphion drain and...