Like that diagram above add a longer hose that goes up then down, this alone would fix the issue. Also move your syphon break just above your water line in the resevior, you don't have to drill a hole that's what the syphon break is for.
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It works?I put a hole in mine. Make sure the hole is inside the container just below the top but above the water line.
This isn’t correct. Running the tube up high won’t solve anything as long as the outlet of the tube is below the water level of the tank. This is why siphoning water out of our aquariums works.Like that diagram above add a longer hose that goes up then down, this alone would fix the issue. Also move your syphon break just above your water line in the resevior, you don't have to drill a hole that's what the syphon break is for.
My tank is 4 ft above my ato, I could stick my ato line in the displays water and it wouldn't syphon anything because of the syphon break. You could have a 5ft long hose, 3 feet going up and 2 feet going down and it will not syphon because there is more water pushing back into the resevior than there is pulling it out.This isn’t correct. Running the tube up high won’t solve anything as long as the outlet of the tube is below the water level of the tank. This is why siphoning water out of our aquariums works.
I’m sorry but the science about what you are saying is flat out wrong. It’s the siphon break that is solving your issue. You could run your hose up to the roof of your house and back down to your sump and without the siphon break the water would keep flowing. Having water weight more on one side of the hose than the other doesn’t break a siphon.My tank is 4 ft above my ato, I could stick my ato line in the displays water and it wouldn't syphon anything because of the syphon break. You could have a 5ft long hose, 3 feet going up and 2 feet going down and it will not syphon because there is more water pushing back into the resevior than there is pulling it out.
That's why I recommend what I did, first and foremost install syphon break correctly, second raise the line essentially having the water climb more distance than it has to fall. You could scale that to raise 2 feet and fall one or how ever you'd like.
I’m sorry but the science about what you are saying is flat out wrong. It’s the siphon break that is solving your issue. You could run your hose up to the roof of your house and back down to your sump and without the siphon break the water would keep flowing. Having water weight more on one side of the hose than the other doesn’t break a siphon.
If I'm wrong that's OK we learn everyday, although I don't believe I am, I believe this is an explination and communication error.
Yes just do itAt the end of the day if I drill a hole in the tube right before it leaves the ato reservoir is the problem solved? This has been mentioned above and seems like the easiest solution.
I’m going to try and make this happenFor ATOs, the simplest way to avoid continued siphoning into your sump, or reverse syphoning back into your ATO, is to make sure 1) the tip of your output hose is higher than the water line of your ATO container at it's fullest point, and 2) the tip of your output hose is not submerged in your sump water at any point. Poking holes in your ATO tubing can work, but lots of variables there if the hole isn't big enough or at the top of the line versus the bottom of the line ... and water may spray all around your sump regardless, so I'd stay away from poking any holes in those lines.