greenstarfish00
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Im switching my current tank out today to a new tank. The exsisting tank is plumbed for a durso overflow with a 1.5 drain and a 1.5 return through the wall to my basement. Im running a reeflow barracuda return with about 14 feet of headloss. The return works good now on my 120 cube.
New tank is 100g rimless predrilled for Herbie overflow and 3 1 inch bulkheads. 1 for the return and 2 drains. I want to keep as much of my current plumbing as possible bc its a pia to get pipes through the wall but im pretty sure i need to pull the current drain out and replace it with two 1 inch or maybe 1.25 inch darins. One standard and one emergency. I need to know what other things i need to consider or change when going to a herbie. I understand the basic priciple but im looking for any thing thsmat may cause issues since i have to make a quick switch from the old tank to the new tank.
I hope these images work. This is my exsisting plumbing. Everything under the tank will be switches and i hope to keep the basement return. What else needs ro be changed to switch to a good herbie.
New tank is 100g rimless predrilled for Herbie overflow and 3 1 inch bulkheads. 1 for the return and 2 drains. I want to keep as much of my current plumbing as possible bc its a pia to get pipes through the wall but im pretty sure i need to pull the current drain out and replace it with two 1 inch or maybe 1.25 inch darins. One standard and one emergency. I need to know what other things i need to consider or change when going to a herbie. I understand the basic priciple but im looking for any thing thsmat may cause issues since i have to make a quick switch from the old tank to the new tank.
I hope these images work. This is my exsisting plumbing. Everything under the tank will be switches and i hope to keep the basement return. What else needs ro be changed to switch to a good herbie.