will 90deg pipe stop water?

[shrimped]

Hello, i’m wondering if a 90degree angle pipe angled upwards will stop water from the overflow from exiting out from the 90degree pipe and flow the opposite way.

it sounds really weird but i want to be able to connect multiple overflow pipes from future tanks and into one centralized sump.

here’s a picture to help.

 

[nitrodude]

Put a cap on the extra stand pipes

 

[shrimped]

Put a cap on the extra stand pipes

haha i cant believe myself, i forgot end caps existed lol. i guess i’m just tired lol. thank you for reminding me i’ll go order them pipes right now :)

 

[JoshH]

As mentioned above, end caps will solve your issue, you can even get threaded ones to make things easier. I would however caution you with your setup, make sure if you're doing this you make the main return line 3+" in size, adding multiple drains into one line creates a large choke point and if it's not ridiculously oversized you risk it clogging at somepoint and flooding your setup.

 

[Ucyibd1]

Or you could put a union ball valve on the elbow and just shut the valve.

 

[shrimped]

As mentioned above, end caps will solve your issue, you can even get threaded ones to make things easier. I would however caution you with your setup, make sure if you're doing this you make the main return line 3+" in size, adding multiple drains into one line creates a large choke point and if it's not ridiculously oversized you risk it clogging at somepoint and flooding your setup.

the 3 bean animal pipes are 3/4” while each overflow handles 1200gph at most. i plan to connect six 55g (same specs, overflows and all). i originally planned to merge the 3/4” pipes to one 2” pipe. would i really need a 3” one?

 

[shrimped]

Or you could put a union ball valve on the elbow and just shut the valve.

i was originally thinking of this but i wanted something i could just cut out after 3 or 4 months. maybe i will use these if primer doesn’t settle within a few hours