Hoping somebody can tell me why this is a stupid idea -
I can't seem to find an example of a "pump to sump" kind of setup, with the premise of an overflow/weir getting display water through the plumbing and into the sump, the alternative to having holes below the water level - by default is a HOB overflow box with a continuous siphon.
Being brand new to the hobby, I've been wondering - in the same way that a return pump... returns, why doesn't there ever tend to be examples of a pump TO the sump, ok... sure gravity works / siphon works so why? Well just because... light brackets work so why hang? I just thought a bit of googling would show at least 1 or 2 tanks set up like this, but nothing, surely they're out there?
So that's the question really, is this even possible? Or there an inherent flaw to it that I'm missing?
To be honest it actually seems like a way to perfectly balance flow, by using identical pumps into and out of the sump, I can't think why this isn't a "done-thing", please set me straight on this.
I can't seem to find an example of a "pump to sump" kind of setup, with the premise of an overflow/weir getting display water through the plumbing and into the sump, the alternative to having holes below the water level - by default is a HOB overflow box with a continuous siphon.
Being brand new to the hobby, I've been wondering - in the same way that a return pump... returns, why doesn't there ever tend to be examples of a pump TO the sump, ok... sure gravity works / siphon works so why? Well just because... light brackets work so why hang? I just thought a bit of googling would show at least 1 or 2 tanks set up like this, but nothing, surely they're out there?
So that's the question really, is this even possible? Or there an inherent flaw to it that I'm missing?
To be honest it actually seems like a way to perfectly balance flow, by using identical pumps into and out of the sump, I can't think why this isn't a "done-thing", please set me straight on this.
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