Sanity Check On My Bean Animal Overflow Piping

[lpeterson0]

Greetings,

I am setting up a new tank with a Fiji Cube overflow box as well as a Fiji Cube 24 sump. The overflow has 3 drain bulkheads, and I figured I would try out the Bean Animal style overflow with a main drain, a Durso-style standpipe, and an emergency drain. I have never had a tank with 3 drains before.

The problem is my sump only has 2 inlets for drain pipes. I am thinking of using a T fitting to combine together the main and Durso pipes, using a gate valve on the main drain pipe. Then the emergency drain will get its own pipe into the sump, so in case somehow the main/durso pipe was completely blocked, the emergency drain could still function. I am attaching a diagram of what I am thinking.

Is there any reason this is a bad idea, or are there better ways to do this?

 

[Mschmidt]

I wouldn't t it together, rather run the e drain into another compartment, if that's possible. That way when the e drain is being used, you hear the water splash and the durso can pick up more slack.

 

[dank.reefer]

The emergency drain doesn't need to go into the fixed drain position. It can go anywhere. It should also be above the water were it enters the sump so it can be heard splashing if the main drains clog. So you would use the 2 drain inputs on the sump for your main and durso drains then the overflow/emergency drain would just land in the sump somewhere after the prefilter section. There is no need to filter the E drain as water will usually not be going through it.

 

[fishface NJ]

Durso and Main on the left side. Keep them separate. The E-Drain goes into the compartment of the return line on the right side. The E Drain end is to float above your water in that area. This way if you ever hear water splashing, you know that the Durso and Main are clogged.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Greetings,

I am setting up a new tank with a Fiji Cube overflow box as well as a Fiji Cube 24 sump. The overflow has 3 drain bulkheads, and I figured I would try out the Bean Animal style overflow with a main drain, a Durso-style standpipe, and an emergency drain. I have never had a tank with 3 drains before.

The problem is my sump only has 2 inlets for drain pipes. I am thinking of using a T fitting to combine together the main and Durso pipes, using a gate valve on the main drain pipe. Then the emergency drain will get its own pipe into the sump, so in case somehow the main/durso pipe was completely blocked, the emergency drain could still function. I am attaching a diagram of what I am thinking.

Is there any reason this is a bad idea, or are there better ways to do this?

Do not apply a T. You have the drain and return which is your focus. E drain If desire is a separate line and over Many years, ive never utilized one

 

[KStatefan]

As others have said separate the full siphon and the secondary. It most likely will be noisy if plumbed as shown. The siphon will pull air from the secondary.

 

[lpeterson0]

Thanks everybody, this makes sense, definitely going to follow the advice and plumb the e-drain over to the return compartment!

 

[fishface NJ]

Remember that your Main and Durso(Secondary Drain) are to be submerged a few inches

 

[twentyleagues]

Cant add anything except "This is the way".