Thanks for sharing all your photos with us Josh! I personally like the blue background too.
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Thank you for looking!Thanks for sharing all your photos with us Josh! I personally like the blue background too.
Just a simple 1/2 pvc siphon with a gate valve just use a pump for the return and adjust the siphon to match the return. I just keep some decent movement in the surface to avoid oils and scum since I dont have a surface skimmerIs your overflow a siphon? or does the water get pulled out via a pump?
Just a simple 1/2 pvc siphon with a gate valve just use a pump for the return and adjust the siphon to match the return. I just keep some decent movement in the surface to avoid oils and scum since I dont have a surface skimmer
Mine makes literally no noise idk if that has to do with the size pvc I used not sure they go about halfway down the back side if the tank into 1/2 hoses, for flooding I just cut the siphon shorter then in the pic so its about 1/2 inch in the water now, same with return then I just leave enough room in the sump and display for the flood (an inch in both) until the siphons break. Not the best but it works no floods yet. If I could do it over again I would have gone to glass holes for the surface skimmer. Tank and plumping cost me 30$ and there are alot of methods on google with fail safes you can look up what are you using atm?I made a pvc overflow, mine surface skims and makes a god awful noise. Yours looks so much more simple. How do you cope with power loss? The pump goes out, your siphon will continue, what did you do so that it will break?
Mine makes literally no noise idk if that has to do with the size pvc I used not sure they go about halfway down the back side if the tank into 1/2 hoses, for flooding I just cut the siphon shorter then in the pic so its about 1/2 inch in the water now, same with return then I just leave enough room in the sump and display for the flood (an inch in both) until the siphons break. Not the best but it works no floods yet. If I could do it over again I would have gone to glass holes for the surface skimmer. Tank and plumping cost me 30$ and there are alot of methods on google with fail safes you can look up what are you using atm?
Oh I dont mind at all, the nerd tank is actually one I set up for my little brother mine is the 10g nano. Mine is deffinetly a simpler design and I appreciate the compliment. I looked into that style overflow that you have I just have limited space so I didnt want anything in the tank taking up space or diverting my eyes from the livestock so its just the ends in the water a 1/2 inch then painted them the same color as the back. Have to say It disappears with the black alot better then the blue tho. Pvc was pretty cheap and its a very simple design if you want to give it a shot. Like I said its completly silent which was really just a happy accident im still new and learningI suppose it could be considered a drain. I mean it does drain down and up through a siphon. I have to close the valve a bit that slows the water coming into the sump. I like the look and simplicity of yours. My issue would be the tank I use for a sump is not big enough that I could make something like that workable.
I don't know if you can see, but where mine is in the water if the level gets just below the lip of the pipe it breaks. I hope you don't mind me posting the picture in your thread as well. I promise I'm not trying to hijack it. I just seen your overflow design and thought it was cool and simple. I love the room it's in by the way. Unfortunately it would be too much of a temptation for little fingers in my house. Great looking tank.
Np thanks again for the compliments man. The black pvc def disappears on the black background might steal that from yaI suppose for a smaller tank it wouldn't work out well. I have the 40 breeder. I have it positioned in the far back right and it's mostly out of the way. I don't really realize it's there and sometimes forget about it. It's also how the rock work is positioned and the fact that my tank isn't 100% lit. The middle is the main portion with light falloff on both sides. There's a lot of dark places and areas that I can't see very well into most days. I may consider building it.
I'm going to follow along for updates, thanks for the info to get started.
Thanks! Now if I can just catch this bobbit wormTank is coming along nice!