Silent and Failsafe Overflow System

Hello all,
My beananimal question has to with the pump and ato side of things. I have the drains all setup and they are nice and quiet and function as they should. My main question is when I simulate a main drain clog the water in my return pump chamber drops a good 3" which, in turn, starts my ato. While the drains keep the system going couldn't my ato throw off my salinity a good bit? Is this normal operation or might I perhaps have something wrong?
 
When this happens it's normal.
The main pipe remains full & now 2 more pipes have to fill.
This has to come from somewhere & it comes from the pump chamber.
The only fix I can think of is a high water switch in the overflow to shut off the ATO & set off an alarm.
 
Hi..

I'm planning to build 8*4*2.5 feet (lbh) mixed reef tank..I would like to place the overflow box on 4 feet width side ..Can anyone suggest me on Overflow box size (inner and outer box) wich can handle the above size and Drain pipe size ?

I'm thinking about bean animal type overflow box..

Thanks in advance..

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On the low side a 1" pipe with full siphon will flow 960 GPH.
IF you really want only 600 GPH that will do just fine.
As far as an overflow box I would look for reviews on a search here.
 
Vinny Kreyling said:
On the low side a 1" pipe with full siphon will flow 960 GPH.
IF you really want only 600 GPH that will do just fine.
As far as an overflow box I would look for reviews on a search here.
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Sorry it's my mistake..it's 6000 GPH ..I LEFT ONE ZERO.. Extremely sorry...it's a 600 gallons tank..

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How is one the safely incorporate a roller mat into their bean animal overload design given that the roller mats seem to require that they be feed off of the main drain?

I ask this as my understanding is that the termination of the drain lines for the bean animal designs are to be just under the water line by an 1" to 2 inches.


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New member to Saltwater and this forum. I'm not sure if this thread is still active but here goes.

I've had a small (55 gallon) tank set up for about 2 years. I used the photos of the BeanAnimal system and set it up in my tank. It was running fine until about a month ago when it started acting up. The water level in the overflow box would get too high and the air line to the secondary drain would kick in and cause the level to go down to the normal level but then it would just come back up. I took things apart and checked for clogs etc. and found nothing. After putting it back together and running it for a few weeks it seemed to go back to normal operation. I should note that the pump in my sump has a feed cycle that activates when I push a button twice on the control head. It shuts the pump down for about 10 minutes and then the pump kicks back on. I've noticed that when everything is running right the over flow box drains down to the bottom of the elbows on the bulkhead lines. When it's not working correctly it only drains to the bottom of the inlet of the bulkheads. I posted a photo of where the level is when it's not working correctly.

If I put my finger over the air line on the secondary drain line the level of the water goes down but when I let go it comes back up and causes that gurggling sound when the water level hits the air line again.

As I said, for whatever reason it went back to normal operation but then went back to having this issue and I did nothing to the tank.

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to correct this problem.

Joe
 

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OCJoeR said:
New member to Saltwater and this forum. I'm not sure if this thread is still active but here goes.

I've had a small (55 gallon) tank set up for about 2 years. I used the photos of the BeanAnimal system and set it up in my tank. It was running fine until about a month ago when it started acting up. The water level in the overflow box would get too high and the air line to the secondary drain would kick in and cause the level to go down to the normal level but then it would just come back up. I took things apart and checked for clogs etc. and found nothing. After putting it back together and running it for a few weeks it seemed to go back to normal operation. I should note that the pump in my sump has a feed cycle that activates when I push a button twice on the control head. It shuts the pump down for about 10 minutes and then the pump kicks back on. I've noticed that when everything is running right the over flow box drains down to the bottom of the elbows on the bulkhead lines. When it's not working correctly it only drains to the bottom of the inlet of the bulkheads. I posted a photo of where the level is when it's not working correctly.

If I put my finger over the air line on the secondary drain line the level of the water goes down but when I let go it comes back up and causes that gurggling sound when the water level hits the air line again.

As I said, for whatever reason it went back to normal operation but then went back to having this issue and I did nothing to the tank.

I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to correct this problem.

Joe
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Since you're using a BeanAnimal system, let's get the expert @BeanAnimal involved ;)
 
Sounds like a plan to me.

It was suggested in another forum that the level of the water in the sump tank where the main drain exits is too high. However, there is no way to change that without altering the height of the divider between it and the next compartment of the sump so the level in that compartment hasn't changed.
 
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