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@inventoryking I have to thank you for this video because I was seriously wrestling with the thought of emptying my 80 gallon tank, buying an expensive home saw, and cutting a hole in the tank WITHOUT breaking the glass. I'll literally get a good night's sleep after waking up 2 nights in a row to make sure my tank wasn't overflowing. Thanks again.
Hi sir, can I get your concept by mapping image or something? what calculation with volume and the lenght of pipe for enough to suck the water out of tank.
I used this to a sump for over 3 years using a 63mm PVC pipe build with two 25mm PVC hoses (in same pipe). Works great! Just make sure to glue the fittings! ☯
@@ThrillingTwo oh my goodness...that's not mine. I should've used quotes. It's Isaac Newton that's credited with the most recent version of it. But I feel it when I learn something from someone that's invaluable to me and was given freely. I apologize if I made it seem like mine. I just strongly agree with it.
Excellent system & excellent video. This is the second time I watched your video. Well explained and simple. 👏👏👏 I've watched several videos on UA-cam on making this overflow siphon and yours is the best. Do you know the math to calculate the maximum flow rate through the overflow if using a 1inch clear tube in the overflow system.
Note to all DIY video creators of small projects - This camera angle shows your project off the best. Great video! This could even be used for sumps - I like this!
It would be nice to do the math that goes with it as well and to show exactly how to incorporate it onto an aquarium system. I know how to calculate fluid dynamics but mosr people dont so a tutorial on how to set it up/ ajust it would be help out alot of people who have no experience or are not mathematically inclined. Thanks for sharing your cool invention.
This procedure would go so much smoother if you'd just do a scale pencil sketch before you started cutting plastic and whalah!! you'd have a working unit in the first pass, and could SHOW how it operated before the build. Much Nicer.
This is exactly the solution for what I need. I was thinking drilling a hole in the glass but I will try this first ! Can't understand how it works though and I'm curious about how to do the calculation and avoid overflooding.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this design. I am gonna try to this in the coming weekend, wish me luck. It's a fun thing to do and seems mystery how it all really works but it works.
Great idea! I will use it in my fish room. The auto water change can be a complicated thing especially if doing multiple tanks at the same time. The drain side will need progressively larger pipe to avoid backing up. The fill side will need valves to shut down the smaller tanks while the larger tanks continue. My tanks don"t all need the same amount of change. Let's assume the reason for changing water is to keep down levels of nitrate/ammonia and not just a blind 20% ish change once per week ish. We also need to take care not to change out too much or the PH and TDS or other parameters we each individually care to keep in certain ranges will fall out of spec. The parameters of the source water (PH, TDS,Temp,etc.) are more variables in this increasingly more difficult equation as well as the desired and different parameters of the various species we keep. Flow rates are only one part of the calculation. A continuous drip or trickle method is another option. The bottom line is that us keepers still need to test parameters, but the days of buckets and fill hoses can be gone.
Interesting alternative to drilling. Also interesting alternative to draining all the tanks, moving all the tanks, drilling all the tanks, moving all the tanks back, filling all the tanks........LOL. Did you ever see any syphon loss during anytime you used this? Thanks for the video, excellent stuff.
Great video, probably going to save me from finding or having to drill a tank. Since you use this a lot, if I were to use this in place of a drilled overflow, in your experience, how reliable is it. I'm skeptical of losing siphon and waking up to a flood. I'd probably connect some type of safety in case. I've used siphon before that were store bought, and it had to earn my trust, but always worried me.
You could use two T's to replace the two L's on the top to give you both a support and two wide openings on the top for an inverted U pipe with much bigger diameters. No drilling needed on the elbows. Also you do not need to drill a hole on the pipe at all, just use another T for it. So you need 4 T's and 2 caps and 5 sections of short pipes. I tried it myself, what I suggest here worked!
To add, you do not need to separate the tubing and the device when filling them with water. Just put the whole thing in upright first and invert it for a while for the air to escape from the tubing. As long as the tubing is full of water with no air, the siphon will work. As simple as that.
Palmer Fish Q&A you mean of mine? Or just in general? Of mine I would say my eureka red, in general I love all african cichlids though. But I would have to say my favorite fish is a peacock bass, I just don’t have anything with enough water for 1
Great video !!! Definitely thumps up , great job and like you said fun to build ... Thank You for sharing i am sending this video to my Son and my Daughter they have fish tanks as well.
I just aquired a 125 gallon tank and have never drilled, but want to try a sump. If i'm using a pump that puts out around 500 to 550 gallons per hour for my planted tank, will the pump out run the overflow if I use the 1 inch pipe?
Don’t know if you will see this or not due to the video being so old but... if you turn the flow in the hose up would the flow of the over flow thing also go up? Am I gonna experience some spillage if my pump in my sump tank is to fast?
Palmer Fish Q&A. It suits me perfectly...11 tanks for my hobby (not a business), and a wife who is supportive as long as I don't get ridiculous when spending! Best regards!
Awesome. I've seen aftermarket overflows but never understood how they work. Now I do. Thank you. By the way I think you can hide your clear hose inside the PVC. I will attempt to do that when I build one for myself. You da man!
I wouldn't do that. The transparency of the hose is a safety factor, because you see if there are bubbles inside that could cause the collapse of the system.
How would you use it for a sump. I bought an IoAOI protein skimmer for my tank and don’t want to put any holes in my tank. Trying to figure out how I can get the water out of the tank into the container with the protein skimmer and return back to the tank.
I made this and it seems like I can't get alot of flow coming out of return. I need to turn the ball valve almost off otherwise the pump goes dry. Any thoughts
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This looks like it would work for the intake of a sump system. Would it work?
Kuya lito
@inventoryking I have to thank you for this video because I was seriously wrestling with the thought of emptying my 80 gallon tank, buying an expensive home saw, and cutting a hole in the tank WITHOUT breaking the glass. I'll literally get a good night's sleep after waking up 2 nights in a row to make sure my tank wasn't overflowing. Thanks again.
Thank you for showing us this and explaining how this works!
Hi sir, can I get your concept by mapping image or something? what calculation with volume and the lenght of pipe for enough to suck the water out of tank.
I am new at all this. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Nancy
I used this to a sump for over 3 years using a 63mm PVC pipe build with two 25mm PVC hoses (in same pipe). Works great! Just make sure to glue the fittings! ☯
Tried this today.... Excellent works really good
лайк тебе. красавчик. век живи век учись
Yeah dude, you rock!
thanks for watching
Very thanks brother...
Give good lesson and very effective......
Cool design. I’ve made PVC overflows before, but I like this design because it’s a little cleaner.
Thanks Zenzo!
Nice. Will be going that route instead of drilling holes in my tanks. Thanks man!
very simple and easy to build, thx mr inventoryking, greetings from Indonesia
Thank you so much for watching and from Indonesia.
awesome and
creative
Thanks for watching
Like . Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Looks familiar. I'm glad my design is catching on! Great work.
Yup, thanks for your vid! Was super helpful, and I wanted to make it.
You're the man
We see further only by standing on the shoulders of giants. Thanks to you both.
@@sawyerthestarlingWow I like that. I've never heard that phrase before. Thank you
@@ThrillingTwo oh my goodness...that's not mine. I should've used quotes. It's Isaac Newton that's credited with the most recent version of it. But I feel it when I learn something from someone that's invaluable to me and was given freely. I apologize if I made it seem like mine. I just strongly agree with it.
I'm doing this for my tanks. Great video, thanks.
I learned something new thanks for this. We have a free flow water in out farm. I can use this at our house not just my aquarium. Thanks
awesome
Fantastic, cool and awesome job sir thanks. I think I will try to build it..
Exelente idea thanks for charge that
from the king of diy
Perfection
Excellent system & excellent video. This is the second time I watched your video. Well explained and simple. 👏👏👏
I've watched several videos on UA-cam on making this overflow siphon and yours is the best.
Do you know the math to calculate the maximum flow rate through the overflow if using a 1inch clear tube in the overflow system.
Thanks for sharing. Smart invention. Solved my problem for my outdoor fish pot. My guppies always missing when it rains.
Great 👍
Loved it, thanks for the video… definitely this is simple and saves a lot time, efforts…
Great idea thanks for sharing
You are so welcome! I hope you can check out some of my current videos as well. Thanks.
Note to all DIY video creators of small projects - This camera angle shows your project off the best. Great video!
This could even be used for sumps - I like this!
Thanks a lot!!! It’s awesome
Catfish Cave - weird comment.. but true haha
Yes and no as far as sumps go . For a small tank yes. 50gal or higher I doubt the flow rate would be sufficient especially if you are doing a reef
It would be nice to do the math that goes with it as well and to show exactly how to incorporate it onto an aquarium system. I know how to calculate fluid dynamics but mosr people dont so a tutorial on how to set it up/ ajust it would be help out alot of people who have no experience or are not mathematically inclined. Thanks for sharing your cool invention.
Thanks for your feedback Ronnie
Great video
Thanks!
I love your enthusiasm and great tutorial
Thanks!
This is just what i need... thanks for this... more power!
That’s for watching
I've seen several ways of building an overflow and this is the one I'm going to use, A++++ thank you.
Great idea, exactly what I needed
Thanks, I hope you subscribe for more content.
it is super awesome indeed. thanks for making this.
Thanks for watching
Good video! Thanks for the creative instructions.
Thanks Sammy!
It's awesome, I understand well, thanks so much
The king of diy overflow idea is more easy in my opinion.
Thanks for sharing
That's why he is the king. Lol
Great job
Thanks
i love it i gonna develop this...Thanks
Right on
This procedure would go so much smoother if you'd just do a scale pencil sketch before you started cutting plastic and whalah!! you'd have a working unit in the first pass, and could SHOW how it operated before the build. Much Nicer.
Nicely done Paul...
Thanks
This is exactly the solution for what I need. I was thinking drilling a hole in the glass but I will try this first ! Can't understand how it works though and I'm curious about how to do the calculation and avoid overflooding.
Thank you sir information
Sure
Thank you from the future!
You're welcome!
Could this setup be used to siphon into the sump?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge about this design.
I am gonna try to this in the coming weekend, wish me luck.
It's a fun thing to do and seems mystery how it all really works but it works.
Luv the game of thrones intro......
Best DIY overflow I found! Thank you dude
Thanks for watching
Is the Best overflow diy
Great idea! I will use it in my fish room. The auto water change can be a complicated thing especially if doing multiple tanks at the same time. The drain side will need progressively larger pipe to avoid backing up. The fill side will need valves to shut down the smaller tanks while the larger tanks continue. My tanks don"t all need the same amount of change. Let's assume the reason for changing water is to keep down levels of nitrate/ammonia and not just a blind 20% ish change once per week ish. We also need to take care not to change out too much or the PH and TDS or other parameters we each individually care to keep in certain ranges will fall out of spec. The parameters of the source water (PH, TDS,Temp,etc.) are more variables in this increasingly more difficult equation as well as the desired and different parameters of the various species we keep. Flow rates are only one part of the calculation. A continuous drip or trickle method is another option. The bottom line is that us keepers still need to test parameters, but the days of buckets and fill hoses can be gone.
Ty....so much 👍👍👍☺️☺️☺️
Hi will this work scailed up to 1.5inch for a pond and will it work with a constant trickle
Ty so much
No problem, thanks.
great idea!
Thanks for watching.
Impressive
Yes I did and subscribed
THANKS!
LOVE this and can't wait to watch more of your content!!!
Many thanks! I have posted tons of videos since this video.
Good video
very nice
Thanks!
Interesting alternative to drilling. Also interesting alternative to draining all the tanks, moving all the tanks, drilling all the tanks, moving all the tanks back, filling all the tanks........LOL. Did you ever see any syphon loss during anytime you used this? Thanks for the video, excellent stuff.
Hi Ono! Thanks for watching.
Excellent !
thanks
Wow.. I love it...
Thanks!
very cool
thanks
you are best!!!!
Thanks
thats a great overflow bud..thanks
Thank you sir!
KPAquariums - do you mainly keep Africans?
Palmer Fish Q&A some south american cichlids too
Neat. I like the design
thanks for watching.
Awesome!... Thanks for sharing Paul!
Thank you, and you bet!
Nice !
thanks
Do these ever block?
Great video ..lol just a smidge
Thanks lol
Haven’t seen this design before. Very nice. Will need to bookmark this for future use. 👍
Thanks!!!! You won’t regret it
TM Aquatics - do you have zebras plecos?
Palmer Fish Q&A Yes. I have a group of L046, L134, L397 and L333’s. Also keep a few one offs like a WC L260 and a WC L014. 👍
I plan on doing this to set up a sump for my 36 gallon, what size of pipe would you guys recommend?
Can I use this for a sump
Is this self starting after a power outage?
Would you use this to divert the water into the sump. How do you calculate so the main tank does not overflow as the system shows a slow flow.
Hey..I love your videos, can you please make a video on how to build a protein skimmer for a salt water aquarium?!tnx a lot
Thank you.
Really cool definitely gonna use this
It is awesome Steve.
Steve Bennett - do you have a native tank?
CRAZY
Can this be used as a overflow for sump .
Nice video, but qwhat was the loud humming?
Likely the air pump
great design thanks!
Thanks for watching Ben
Great video, probably going to save me from finding or having to drill a tank. Since you use this a lot, if I were to use this in place of a drilled overflow, in your experience, how reliable is it. I'm skeptical of losing siphon and waking up to a flood. I'd probably connect some type of safety in case. I've used siphon before that were store bought, and it had to earn my trust, but always worried me.
You could use two T's to replace the two L's on the top to give you both a support and two wide openings on the top for an inverted U pipe with much bigger diameters. No drilling needed on the elbows. Also you do not need to drill a hole on the pipe at all, just use another T for it. So you need 4 T's and 2 caps and 5 sections of short pipes. I tried it myself, what I suggest here worked!
To add, you do not need to separate the tubing and the device when filling them with water. Just put the whole thing in upright first and invert it for a while for the air to escape from the tubing. As long as the tubing is full of water with no air, the siphon will work. As simple as that.
💜👍
Thanks for watching
Thank you Sir.
Thanks for watching.
Cool video Paul! Good information as always
Thanks Buck! I as always appreciate you watching and commenting!
Buck Hazelwood Tanks - what’s your favorite fish right now?
Palmer Fish Q&A you mean of mine? Or just in general? Of mine I would say my eureka red, in general I love all african cichlids though. But I would have to say my favorite fish is a peacock bass, I just don’t have anything with enough water for 1
Thank you.
What about using add on emergency overflow
Smart.
Great video !!! Definitely thumps up , great job and like you said fun to build ... Thank You for sharing i am sending this video to my Son and my Daughter they have fish tanks as well.
Right on thanks!
Hi im a newbie in fishkeeping can i use this together with below sump?
I just aquired a 125 gallon tank and have never drilled, but want to try a sump. If i'm using a pump that puts out around 500 to 550 gallons per hour for my planted tank, will the pump out run the overflow if I use the 1 inch pipe?
Could you just use airline hose for the syphon hose...or would that be to small??
I wouldnt, too small imo
@@inventoryking ok thanks
Will it be able to handle the water flow of a large return pump or not ??
Don’t know if you will see this or not due to the video being so old but... if you turn the flow in the hose up would the flow of the over flow thing also go up? Am I gonna experience some spillage if my pump in my sump tank is to fast?
Uma excelente ideia vou usar na minha bateria de aquário os que não são furado
Well done!
Thanks 👍🏻
The Budget Aquarist I like your username! Haha
Palmer Fish Q&A. It suits me perfectly...11 tanks for my hobby (not a business), and a wife who is supportive as long as I don't get ridiculous when spending! Best regards!
That’s awesome!
Интересно ! Узнал много нового для себя !
Thank you for watching,
Awesome. I've seen aftermarket overflows but never understood how they work. Now I do. Thank you. By the way I think you can hide your clear hose inside the PVC. I will attempt to do that when I build one for myself. You da man!
Hi Johnny, thanks for commenting, liking and watching!
I wouldn't do that. The transparency of the hose is a safety factor, because you see if there are bubbles inside that could cause the collapse of the system.
How would you use it for a sump. I bought an IoAOI protein skimmer for my tank and don’t want to put any holes in my tank. Trying to figure out how I can get the water out of the tank into the container with the protein skimmer and return back to the tank.
Had to comment braddah ..... this was awesome!! 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽
Thanks my friend!
Is this diy over flow silent ?
I cannot get my HOB. Over flow silent. Ot is so loud !!!!
I made this and it seems like I can't get alot of flow coming out of return. I need to turn the ball valve almost off otherwise the pump goes dry. Any thoughts