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Looks really good.

Started to fill the tank since it will take a few days. In the meantime I'll finish up on a few odds and ends.

Seriously thinking of getting a couple. Let us know how you like them.

Got the new bulkheads painted and installed, I'm happy with it. The flow is much wider and more turbulent than before. Here is a crappy video of the Herbie overflows taken with my phone. The humming is the Dart CL pump. There are a few bubbles going into the sump but that's only because all the...

Got the new bulkheads and some more DI resin in the mail today. I will start draining the tank and hopefully start filling with RO/DI later next week. I think I have a plan for the sump. From left to right it will be skimmer-return-fuge. The fuge will take up half the 75 gal tank and the skimmer...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lubeck Why can't you just remove the lock lines and use the existing bulkheads? Because I used thread X slip and glued a 3/4" reducer into the bulkhead

Quote: Originally Posted by Lubeck Why are you changing out the bulkheads? After filling the tank and turning on the dart I realized that I have two much of a "Jet" of water. No matter where I pointed the Loc-Line I could not direct the stream of water out of the path of future live rock...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 Good deal....I knee you would be pleased with the setup. Very pleased. So much that everything else sounds very loud. I've already looked into and did a modification to the output of the SRO5000sss and I'm going to drill a 2nd hole in the frag tank and do a...

I did a full test run on the tank yesterday and I have never heard an overflow this quiet. Its amazing. Thank you guys for suggesting that I use this design. I found a good deal on craigslist on a 75 gallon tank so I picked it up yesterday. I'm going to use it as my sump but I still need to plan...

Herbie is the MAN !!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lubeck Correct fuge in the middle at 20" the return on the left around 12". I decided to go with gray glass to help keep any light out of the return and skimmer chambers. I plan on running a 6" DSb and macro in the fuge no lr. Where did you get the gray glass??

Quote: Originally Posted by Eric B 125 After reading through one of snakes threads, I've been thinking of getting rid of all my current fish and starting off this tank with three yellow tangs. Me too. I always said if I ever got a bigger tank that I would have to get schools of yellow tangs...

Back to Lowes..... I swear I think I've been there at least five times today. I think all I need is three more PVC fittings and the emergency and main drains on the Herbie will be finished. I will tackle the returns later.

At this point I don't know when I will be done... What's funny is that when I decided to upgrade the 125 in the beginning of March I thought that I would be finished by the beginning of April. My hope is to have everything running by the 1st of July. Depending on how long it takes to cycle I...

I found my answer after skimming through 20+ pages. I'm going to use the two 1" as the main drains and the two 1.25 as the emergency drains. The mains will each have a separate gate valve. The return will have to come up and over more than likely across the front of the tank directed towards the...

I think I'm going to change the Durso out and go with the Herbie design. I think I have the plumbing figured out. I have a 1" return and a 1.25"drain in each overflow. So if I understand the design correctly in one overflow I would use the 1.25' as the main drain and the 1" as the emergency, in...

Herbie design looks interesting. I like the idea but with dual overflows can it be used on both? Then I'm guessing that I would have to route the returns up and over? What are the real benefits over the durso? Is it quieter/handle more flow?

Oh, I made 2 durso. They are already installed minus the holes in the caps. Ive got to work the next few nights so ill start on the sump/fuge plumbing on my next set of days off.

Is that the 5000? I have the 5000sss and I love it.

Drain system?