Converting Reef ready to Herbie Question

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I am setting up a new 135 DT which is a reef ready with 2 corner overflows. I need the system to be 100% silent so from what i know the only way to achieve this is by using a herbie which i am familiar with and have setup a handful. My question is if im going to bring my return line back up over the back of the tank with a 6 foot tank can i get away with just running 1 return line rather than splitting it with a T and running two on each side ? I would rather just run 1 line back up over the middle of the tank and maybe then run a Y locline and point them at both sides?

Pump is a Vectra M should be fine either way i guess just trying to limit the amount of plumbing im going to need while i talk my way through this
 

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I would run two lines for the safety factors. Keeping them separated, if something goes wrong in one the other will be working
 

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You can run one, yes. Your wave makers provide flow.

There are different nozzles/ends/sizes and so on you can play with or aim it to bounce off the glass/rock if it seems like too strong of a jet stream.
 
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You can run one, yes. Your wave makers provide flow.

There are different nozzles/ends/sizes and so on you can play with or aim it to bounce off the glass/rock if it seems like too strong of a jet stream.

im thinking if i run 1 i run a 1" return and not 3/4 tho
 
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i would drill the back of the tank for the returns if i could but its tempered so there goes that idea, i thought about drilling the bottom out and adding another hole in each corner and just run the returns back up through the overflows but im worried about having 3 holes so close to each other
 

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i would drill the back of the tank for the returns if i could but its tempered so there goes that idea, i thought about drilling the bottom out and adding another hole in each corner and just run the returns back up through the overflows but im worried about having 3 holes so close to each other

I ran my return over the top on the 80g, I used dark grey pipe for that part and ran it over the overflow and out the cutout it had for the return piping and it wasn’t even really noticeable. I think you can even order black pipe/elbows online.

Like you, it allowed me to run a Herbie and a silent tank.

I used the smaller hole in the overflow as the full siphon and the larger as the trickle/emergency. That way the emergency would be the one that could handle more water if needed. Assuming yours may be similar.
 
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I ran my return over the top on the 80g, I used dark grey pipe for that part and ran it over the overflow and out the cutout it had for the return piping and it wasn’t even really noticeable. I think you can even order black pipe/elbows online.

Like you, it allowed me to run a Herbie and a silent tank.

I used the smaller hole in the overflow as the full siphon and the larger as the trickle/emergency. That way the emergency would be the one that could handle more water if needed. Assuming yours may be similar.

Yes i plan on running the exact same concept turns out the bottom of my tank is also tempered so there will be no drilling on any panel.
 
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