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Exactly. My daughter showed interest in fish immediately after coming home with us. I thought she was having a seizure @ 2 weeks, but she was laughing hysterically (according to the pediatrician) at the fish. She turned 2 last December, and she knows more about fish and corals than most adults I've met outside of my Reef Club (ORCA). The tanks, and everything involved, have given us a very solid common ground to build an awesome relationship. If it weren't for the fish and corals, I would probably still ignore kids, thinking they just aren't smart enough to be real people yet. My daughter showed me, through the hobby, that she was capable of cognitive reasoning at only a few weeks old, and continues to share and bolster my enthusiasm more every day! It's also a great excuse to spend an unreasonable amount of time and money on a hobby... after all, they aren't my tanks, they're Blizzard's!

Congratulations on being a dad. Now you have to get the tank set up ASAP so your kid can enjoy it.

I have read through the bean thread and found the section about using it with a RR tank dual overflow tanks. I think the reason I am drawn to the herbie set up is because it will (should) have the same amount of water going through each overflow. In the bean one side would have more water dropping down the overflow. I also don’t like the idea of wasting one of the ¾ holes. I still have time to decide. I have never heard anyone say they couldn’t get the herbie style overflow to be quiet. I will have to contact a few people who are running the herbie overflow like I plan too.

I would highly recommend a Bean style drain. I had a lot of problems getting the design you currently show to be quiet. The Bean style uses three independent drains; a full siphon with a gate valve, a regular durso and an emergency. They are dead silent.

I should have stated that! The center will be SPS with some LPS.

Sexy! What are you going to put in the center display?