Hey folks, I was following this thread because it was similar to what I was doing. I started another thread on reefcentral, and I think I found a good solution for megaflow -> beananimal conversion.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=25231859#post25231859
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=25231859#post25231859