Bean Aninal Overflow water level

[300bowler]

I am wondering if there is any way to adjust the water level in the display tank with a bean animal overflow. I recently installed a eshopps eclipse L on a 75 gallon tank and the water level is below the trim on the tank. Did I install the box wrong or can I adjust something to raise the water level

 

[8251reefer]

Water level inside the tank is below the trim? Can you decrease the flow with a valve for the BA or increase the return pump flow(if its a DC return pump)

 

[300bowler]

Water level inside the tank is below the trim? Can you decrease the flow with a valve for the BA or increase the return pump flow(if its a DC return pump)

I have tried to increase the flow of the return pump but the overflow than becomes extremely loud. I am wondering if I need to change the lengths of the stand pipes in the box. The overflow only came with the emergency and then I had to make the other 2 stand pipes

 

[mfinn]

I am wondering if there is any way to adjust the water level in the display tank with a bean animal overflow. I recently installed a eshopps eclipse L on a 75 gallon tank and the water level is below the trim on the tank. Did I install the box wrong or can I adjust something to raise the water level

Seems to be common theme with those overflow kits.
Same thing happened to me.
Once done there is much that can be done except block the teeth on the inside box.
I used a piece of 1/8" x 1" x the length of the teeth, ( I can't remember the length ) black acrylic and used hot glue to stick it to the front of the box just high enough to raise the water level in the tank above the plastic frame.
I knew this was a temporary fix so I only used hot glue.
I sold the tank to a friend and gave him some weld-on #3 so he could do it permanently.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Notorious problem with the eclipse overflow template. Eshopps should really address it. If you line it up to the rim on outside of the tank it will cause water level to be too low. I was aware if this issue and still got mine a tad low. I thought about adding a piece of acrylic to the interior weir box but mine being just slightly below the rim doesn't really bother me. Mines about a 1/4" low

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Seems to be common theme with those overflow kits.
Same thing happened to me.
Once done there is much that can be done except block the teeth on the inside box.
I used a piece of 1/8" x 1" x the length of the teeth, ( I can't remember the length ) black acrylic and used hot glue to stick it to the front of the box just high enough to raise the water level in the tank above the plastic frame.
I knew this was a temporary fix so I only used hot glue.
I sold the tank to a friend and gave him some weld-on #3 so he could do it permanently.

+1. My thought was to do this but use a couple nylon screws that would fit through the weir teeth with wingnuts so that it would be adjustable

 

[mfinn]

Notorious problem with the eclipse overflow template. Eshopps should really address it. If you line it up to the rim on outside of the tank it will cause water level to be too low. I was aware if this issue and still got mine a tad low. I thought about adding a piece of acrylic to the interior weir box but mine being just slightly below the rim doesn't really bother me. Mines about a 1/4" low

I wanted to add the acrylic piece I made to the inside of the interior box, but my fingers are too fat and stiff to place it perfectly in place and use a permanent glue.
I figured I'd get it crooked.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

I wanted to add the acrylic piece I made to the inside of the interior box, but my fingers are too fat and stiff to place it perfectly in place and use a permanent glue.
I figured I'd get it crooked.

I was envisioning adding to the outside but maybe being able to get fingers into the box just to get a couple screws through the weir teeth then slide the adjustable weir down into place. Maybe a good winter project to try out

 

[ca1ore]

Notorious problem with the eclipse overflow template. Eshopps should really address it. If you line it up to the rim on outside of the tank it will cause water level to be too low. I was aware if this issue and still got mine a tad low. I thought about adding a piece of acrylic to the interior weir box but mine being just slightly below the rim doesn't really bother me. Mines about a 1/4" low

Yup, yup ..... and yup.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Yup, yup ..... and yup.

You would think eshopps would be able to provide less cryptic instructions and just make the minor adjustment to the template to compensate for lining it up on the outside of your tank.

Who's drilling the tank inside out anyway lol

 

[ca1ore]

Wait a second ..... you got instructions? Wow, you must be special LOL.

 

[TaylorPilot]

I have allot of people come to me with this problem. Honestly there isn't a solid solution. Water level is too low, but running any larger return pump makes allot of noise as the water enters the system. The only things you can really do is increase the water level inside the overflow as high as it will go and crank the pump up. As others have said, you can modify the box by adding a strip of acrylic along the inside of the teeth to raise it up. How high are you running the water level inside the box, and how much flow are you running? If you can get the water level inside the box running right at the bottom of the teeth, you can crank the water level up a little higher. Maybe add some enkamat to the inside of the front box to cut down on the noise. I have made quiet a few custom overflows to replace other ones for these exact two problems.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Wait a second ..... you got instructions? Wow, you must be special LOL.

If I recall it was more like a kindergarten drawing lol

 

[Ruben's Reef]

The Eshopps Eclipse templates are made for rimless tanks. So what I did on my 40g is put the template inside and drill the tank. My water level is above the rim just a little. You can get a piece of Plexiglas (black better) and glue to the outside part of the overflow to the desire water level you want to get.

 

[Smo]

Similar to above suggestions...I added a thin strip of black 1/4” acrylic to regulate the weir overflow on my Eclipse L installed on a 40B QT. I have some small acrylic squares on the inside that I drilled and threaded for three nylon screws to clamp it in place. Had I known this was going to be an issue I probably would have modified the overflow itself similar to the water height adjustments on many sump designs. Otherwise I really like the Eclipse overflow.
Incidentally, I placed the templet as high as I could on the inside of the tank to drill. I typically drill from the inside out just in case the breakout causes a chip in the hole edge. Much better to have that outside than inside and potentially cause a leak.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Similar to above suggestions...I added a thin strip of black 1/4” acrylic to regulate the weir overflow on my Eclipse L installed on a 40B QT. I have some small acrylic squares on the inside that I drilled and threaded for three nylon screws to clamp it in place. Had I known this was going to be an issue I probably would have modified the overflow itself similar to the water height adjustments on many sump designs. Otherwise I really like the Eclipse overflow.
Incidentally, I placed the templet as high as I could on the inside of the tank to drill. I typically drill from the inside out just in case the breakout causes a chip in the hole edge. Much better to have that outside than inside and potentially cause a leak.

Nice. Exactly what I had envisioned.