Planning an upgrade

[Da_Neefer]

Where’s the best place to look for plumbing advice in the forum? I like the aqua Japan tanks because I’ve seen one in person before, and I don’t know if I’m trying to put 2k down on a XL 300 yet lol


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I liked the price and look of the Aqua Japan tanks but passed on them due to the single drain. If you are concerned about noise a single drain even with a durso is going to be considerably louder than a Herbie or Bean animal setup. I've used all 3 methods.and built half a dozen contraptions to quiet a single drain and could never get it tolerable.

PS: My tanks are in my bedroom so that was the noise concern

 

[NanoCrazed]

I liked the price and look of the Aqua Japan tanks but passed on them due to the single drain. If you are concerned about noise a single drain even with a durso is going to be considerably louder than a Herbie or Bean animal setup. I've used all 3 methods.and built half a dozen contraptions to quiet a single drain and could never get it tolerable.

PS: My tanks are in my bedroom so that was the noise concern

I wound up using the return hole for emergency and then put a return pipe over the top... not insurmountable...

dursos are loud in general. I wound up going herbie with a straight pipe, plus and emergency. Granted, I run my water line at the tip of the emergency drain so it trickles but it's pretty quiet overall.

 

[NanoCrazed]

Where’s the best place to look for plumbing advice in the forum? I like the aqua Japan tanks because I’ve seen one in person before, and I don’t know if I’m trying to put 2k down on a XL 300 yet lol


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YOu can ask here...

The link to the other post I pasted had some really nice clean plumbing... I can show you a pick of my neanderthal version that's nothing fancy but cheap and easy,,, Aqua Lab Aquaria also sells a kit they build for a bit extra as well... So there are options.

 

[yngplo]

Do you guys feel like there’s a significant quality difference from aqua Japan to Red Sea or waterbox? Just curious. The pricing on aqua Japan seems too good lol. I think I’d get a large reefer as an end game thing


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[Vhuang168]

Aqua Japan comes predrilled. Just the standard one out and one on though

I've never seen an AJ tank drilled. Went to look and saw that they make a Reef Pro tank that has an overflow.

 

[svreef]

A single drain seems really dumb. I would question their other design choices.

 

[NanoCrazed]

I've never seen an AJ tank drilled. Went to look and saw that they make a Reef Pro tank that has an overflow.

They have small tanks and FW undrilled. Reef versions are all drilled

 

[NanoCrazed]

A single drain seems really dumb. I would question their other design choices.

Pretty common for a lot of tanks, really. But not insurmountable

 

[NanoCrazed]

Some pics from my build and @jmcastaneda1974... his plumbing is superb.

Mine (in the earlier , cleaner, simpler days):

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