Hi everyone, To see related videos of this build Tank DIY Build: th-cam.com/video/VH3gccVPTO4/w-d-xo.html Building The Overflow: th-cam.com/video/-4v8kyuP25A/w-d-xo.html Testing & Plumbing: th-cam.com/video/8EzratSby4U/w-d-xo.html Start The Cycle: th-cam.com/video/HF2wRodyQhQ/w-d-xo.html
This is a really cool setup. Simple. Works great and no drilling. I've been testing these overflows for the past year in a test tank. One problem I see in this one- the 'T' in the overflow tube must be ABOVE the bottom of the inlet tube that's inside of the weir. Otherwise, the overflow will suck the weir dry on pump shut off. I put a lot of testing on here if anyone wants to see. Flow rate testing, etc. I've had mine sit there with no power for a whole month one time. I plugged the pumps in and it took right off. I love this guy's tank and stand
Street_King apart from the test I did...I didnt run it fully yet because I've got to add more salt water in my tank..but I built 2 incase one fails but I think I'll only run one...the way it's set up is if the suction breaks and water doesnt go to the sump...the pump will eventually stop cuz that chamber will be empty....and if the pump breaks and the suction still works itll stop soon because if water is not being pumped back into the tank the pipe system will fail..so I dont see any real mess the worst is the loss of a $10 pump ..worst comes to worst
Thanks, bro. I am ready to build something for my tank, but I'm not sure which way to go. I am nearing info overload. Thanks for the reply, and good luck with your music.
Thanks for you both for this discussion, I have this build working for a year now and it's working perfectly even if the power outage went for 2 or 3 hours. After it coming back it works again independently
That's what I wanted to hear. I am going to do this build. There are many nice DIY builds available, but you are the only one I can find that does the detailed set-up. I am doing your sump build, as well. Thank you, my friend.
+Psychedelic Babe Thank you alot, I always be waiting to receive new comments from you on any new videos, really I become happy when I receive any from you :)
i also tried many versions of this overflow but you always need to care for it.. a little air can accumulate and you don't see it until it's too late. In the end i drilled the tank and never looked back: it's much easier than it seems.
Should’ve cemented the ball valve above the connector because when you turn off the flow and go to unhook the overflow from itself, the water is stopped before where it is shut off at so you’ll just end up with water all over the floor and an automatic siphon running more from the tank on the floor.
I really like the fact that u do things so simpme an neat.i have a question thou i have a european brace on my tank an my tank has a drilled hole in it for the drain pipe.how would i use this method of overflow on my tank.i know it may seem silly but im new to the hobbie
+DAWOOD PARKER if your tank has hole already no need to use this method, this method for tanks without holes, it's work around, I hope my answer is clear. Thanks for watching and thanks for your nice comment :)
salam i did exactly the same overflow but when power goes off and the water from overflow reach its mark abd stop flowing it wont prime itself and start when the power comes back i have to prime it again
Usually chose pipe can handel volume larger than what your pump can push. So in 1 inches pipe it can handle I think more 8000 liter pump per hour. Also it depends on the hight of the tank.
Это потоп будет в скором времени. Свет остановят перелив завоздушит это раз, у сампа перегородки очень высоко, забьет нижнюю часть и вода через верх сампа попрет на пол это два. Удачи с ремонтом и в борьбе с соседями снизу.
hi , i saw you adding another additional larger diameter inside the water inlet tube inside the tank , i guess this is to prevent the tank being drained dry during power outrage. However, if you put the larger diameter tube, water will be absorb from the higher level . Sediments and fish shit wouldnt be able to suck from bottom of the tank
+Franco Almeida Baterista if you are taking about the overflow it will stop working and will work itself again once the power comeback again, this is the trick in this design.
Hellow.after start the return pump ,that last chaimber of sump become water level very low.as i seen like half of the pump..is that good for pump?is it can damage the pump or become very noisy?
Beautiful aquarium, stand and sump. To be honest there is a lot of bad advice here. The diy overflow can work but without an aqualifter or similar air/water pump at the top of the “u”, air will build up and the siphon will fail. Ur sump design wouldn’t let the return pump pump enough water to overflow the tank. But if your auto topoff is simple without multiple layers of redundancy and time limits, itll flood. If you were to use a 20g sump without baffles, you’ll end up with a good 15 gallons of water on the floor. The valve on a tank with a single drain is another disaster in the making. Restricting the flow to quiet the drain leaves little wiggle room for flow variance as your voltage swings and as snails, limpets, vermetids, algae and general detritus build up in the pump, return and drain lines. Again, safe enough with your setup but others could have a flood on their hands. Unless you have low flow, and an unrestricted durso drain(noisy, bubbles and salt spray), you need a minimum of two drains for the herbie method with one full siphon drain adjusted with a gate valve and one emergency overflow for when your main drain clogs. Dont worry, it will happen :) three drains is even better with a “bean animal” style overflow. Drilling a couple holes in the tank for an aftermarket overflow is MUCH safer, quieter and looks much nicer.
Hi Mike, Thanks for your valuable advice 👍 Yes I totally agreed with every single note you mentioned. I was hoping if this was on time of that video as it's about 2 years now and I was looking for such advice and I still looking for that, that was my first build and I learned a lot from it. You can find another builds on my channel which I considered some of your notes. Thanks again and keep your good advice as I really appreciate.
ReefAmorous glad to hear you’ve refined your setup since then, i’ll be sure to check out the rest of your videos! I hope I didn’t sound too critical, just trying to save someone from having a flood on their hands. Did your tank ever flood or was your auto top off redundant enough to prevent that?
It will workrk again independently after the power return back again. This is the idea behind this design So 3-5 hours power outage this is works perfectly.
I have few questions! What is pump capacity?? Liters per hour?? That 2 inch pipe weir you made how distance you should put hole?? Any calculation for tat 2 inch pipe to make??? I already saw your weir video no information about hole Can you please tell me??
That’ll happen without an aqualifter pump at the top of the overflow siphon to constantly remove air that collects. Even if the power never goes out, that design will fail.
I have a problem getting my overflow to start and design as yours, a smaller Diameter pipe sucking downward inside a bigger pipe but If I get it to start the flow is so weak
+Enrique Goitia sorry for being late in your reply. How much the height of you tank? And how much the diameters of both? The pipe itself and the bigger one?
ReefAmorous well I got the overflow running but it ain't so strong since I'm just using 25mm pvc so I think I have to jump up to maybe 2 1/2 inch to compensate my eheim 3000l/h pump variable to 1800l/h max height of 2.7m but it has to do 1.10m of height to the main tank and through 2 elbows which I heard affects the head height
Yes sure you have to drill a hole, but you need to close the hole in the beginning of siphon process and once the water start drain open the hole again
I just built this and I am testing it with a bucket full of water. It isn't working, so I must have missed something. In 7:06, when you "fill with water and close it", what are you closing? At 7:34, what are you opening? Did I miss something? Is that a cap or some kind of valve?
Yes dear in around min 7 you should 1- close the below valve 2- fill the pipe completely a water 3- close the air intake above and make sure no air can get in it 4- open the valve 5- after few seconds (and before it completely drop the whole water level in the tank) open the air intake again
Last thing, if you remove the cap it will be noisy, so you can open a whole in the cap to get the air inside in the same time reduce the noise, but during the testing remove the air completely
Hi, I ask you, what is your opinion on my aquarium project? I plan to build an 8mm glass aquarium with furniture in wood and plywood. Aquarium dimensions: 1.20cm W X 0.42cm W, H 0.50cm Dimensions aquarium dequantation: 0.90cm W X 0.30cm W, H 0.45cm my house (apartment) is located on the second floor I wonder about the final weight. Can my project be feasible? Thank you
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Hi everyone, To see related videos of this build
Tank DIY Build: th-cam.com/video/VH3gccVPTO4/w-d-xo.html
Building The Overflow: th-cam.com/video/-4v8kyuP25A/w-d-xo.html
Testing & Plumbing: th-cam.com/video/8EzratSby4U/w-d-xo.html
Start The Cycle: th-cam.com/video/HF2wRodyQhQ/w-d-xo.html
Thank you
This is a really cool setup. Simple. Works great and no drilling. I've been testing these overflows for the past year in a test tank. One problem I see in this one- the 'T' in the overflow tube must be ABOVE the bottom of the inlet tube that's inside of the weir. Otherwise, the overflow will suck the weir dry on pump shut off. I put a lot of testing on here if anyone wants to see. Flow rate testing, etc. I've had mine sit there with no power for a whole month one time. I plugged the pumps in and it took right off. I love this guy's tank and stand
Thank u so much, this design works perfect for 2 years now
Good sharing
Thanks
Thank you so much for your video.
I really like how simple that plumbing is!
+Reefgrrl thank you, i am going to run my tank soon, keep watching, thanks again!
Thank you for making this understandable and uncomplicated :)
You are welcome
Loved the way you tell us its very simple way i like it
Thanks for liking
check this and let me know your opinion please
th-cam.com/video/QIE7y1WtSuk/w-d-xo.html
I built this set up and just tested it..as long as water keeps being above that white pipe it works well..ty
Is it still working well? What size tank and what size pipe? I have 55gal and I am thinking of making this.
Street_King apart from the test I did...I didnt run it fully yet because I've got to add more salt water in my tank..but I built 2 incase one fails but I think I'll only run one...the way it's set up is if the suction breaks and water doesnt go to the sump...the pump will eventually stop cuz that chamber will be empty....and if the pump breaks and the suction still works itll stop soon because if water is not being pumped back into the tank the pipe system will fail..so I dont see any real mess the worst is the loss of a $10 pump ..worst comes to worst
Thanks, bro. I am ready to build something for my tank, but I'm not sure which way to go. I am nearing info overload. Thanks for the reply, and good luck with your music.
Thanks for you both for this discussion, I have this build working for a year now and it's working perfectly even if the power outage went for 2 or 3 hours. After it coming back it works again independently
That's what I wanted to hear. I am going to do this build. There are many nice DIY builds available, but you are the only one I can find that does the detailed set-up. I am doing your sump build, as well. Thank you, my friend.
Thank you so much for this, it really simplified things.
great job.
I really like how simple that plumbing is!
+Destiana Eka thanks for watching
Você está realizando um sonho, está tudo lindo, parabéns você merecê, abraço, Ricardo no "Brazil"
Obrigado por este belo discurso, I hope you all the luck, thanks for watching :)
And I subscribed.. Thank you for the info..
Thank u
u r genious,,,most simple sump i've ever seen,thumbs up and subscribed
This was so cool and you made it look so super easy 🤗🤗 saving this to my favourites playlist 🌸
+Psychedelic Babe Thank you alot, I always be waiting to receive new comments from you on any new videos, really I become happy when I receive any from you :)
ReefAmorous awwww that's such a nice thing to say .... I love keeping up with your content and it's a pleasure leaving a comment 🤗🤗🤗
helal olsun kardes.
i also tried many versions of this overflow but you always need to care for it.. a little air can accumulate and you don't see it until it's too late. In the end i drilled the tank and never looked back: it's much easier than it seems.
drilling the tank is the best option always, I agree with you
this is the best workaround when you cant drill the tank
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing!
+Ivan Porcalla Thanks for watching, please subs ;)
beautiful bro ... at least how many watts of pump is suitable for the sum tank type below?
5k to 8k L/H would be good
Should’ve cemented the ball valve above the connector because when you turn off the flow and go to unhook the overflow from itself, the water is stopped before where it is shut off at so you’ll just end up with water all over the floor and an automatic siphon running more from the tank on the floor.
Super easy
Thank you
I really like the fact that u do things so simpme an neat.i have a question thou i have a european brace on my tank an my tank has a drilled hole in it for the drain pipe.how would i use this method of overflow on my tank.i know it may seem silly but im new to the hobbie
+DAWOOD PARKER if your tank has hole already no need to use this method, this method for tanks without holes, it's work around, I hope my answer is clear. Thanks for watching and thanks for your nice comment :)
amazing,,plz make a video of plumbing through drilling
Check this th-cam.com/video/OniBBbOSHsU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching
salam i did exactly the same overflow but when power goes off and the water from overflow reach its mark abd stop flowing it wont prime itself and start when the power comes back i have to prime it again
Something wrong in your design
Send me photos for your work to this email and will try to help you
reefamorous@gmail.com
Y can't see the pump goes up pipe joining to the joining outlet pipe through way down to the filter tank, bro ?
once syphoned and thats it? no need to prime again during power cuts?
Of course you don't need
Hi does is work perfectly?? Without fail??
I just followed ur video but it failed for me!🤔
My pump empty the last chamber I make to flow 2000 per liter I used 3/4 inch pipe for plumbing
Any inputs plesee??
Can't the sump tank overflow if the pump stops working ? is a sump necessary for a fish only tank ?
No it will work again,
The sump is better in Saltwater Aquarium
You can work without it of course
This tank is gorgeous. Where did it come from?
Its one of my DIY projects, if you would like to watch it, here you go th-cam.com/video/VH3gccVPTO4/w-d-xo.html
thanks for watching!
I will check it out
It's also clean bottom surface waste...?
Is there any mismatch regarding the flow of water from the return pump and drain pipe?
Usually chose pipe can handel volume larger than what your pump can push. So in 1 inches pipe it can handle I think more 8000 liter pump per hour. Also it depends on the hight of the tank.
@@ReefAmorous okkk
Thanks for this! Mine is working, but is very noisy. Is there any other solution than the giant cap? I'm running an 1100 gph pump on a 1 inch setup.
I have one other small problem. I measured carefully, but my overflow still loses suction during feedings. Can you point me in the right direction?
Send me pictures to this email reefamorous@gmail.com
What is the size of the return pump? I want to know how many GPH I should have returning on my 125gal with a 50gallon sump. 🤔
The normal formula is Pump size = Tank size * 10, so if you have total 150 gallons, so you need return pump with size 1500GPH
Это потоп будет в скором времени. Свет остановят перелив завоздушит это раз, у сампа перегородки очень высоко, забьет нижнюю часть и вода через верх сампа попрет на пол это два. Удачи с ремонтом и в борьбе с соседями снизу.
hi ,
i saw you adding another additional larger diameter inside the water inlet tube inside the tank , i guess this is to prevent the tank being drained dry during power outrage.
However, if you put the larger diameter tube, water will be absorb from the higher level . Sediments and fish shit wouldnt be able to suck from bottom of the tank
If the blackout the filter is overflow or not?
It's not, unless air bubbles stuck inside
Amazing job!, but what happen without electrical power in the house *no people in the house*
+Franco Almeida Baterista for sure will be fail! In case of vacation should have different setup such battery supply and wifi controller
+Franco Almeida Baterista if you are taking about the overflow it will stop working and will work itself again once the power comeback again, this is the trick in this design.
ReefAmorous How did you made syphon to stop overflow in case of electrical cut.
Hellow.after start the return pump ,that last chaimber of sump become water level very low.as i seen like half of the pump..is that good for pump?is it can damage the pump or become very noisy?
It's depends on the pump itself, some of them should be fully 7nder the water or it will be damaged.
The noise is another story also.
Beautiful aquarium, stand and sump.
To be honest there is a lot of bad advice here. The diy overflow can work but without an aqualifter or similar air/water pump at the top of the “u”, air will build up and the siphon will fail. Ur sump design wouldn’t let the return pump pump enough water to overflow the tank. But if your auto topoff is simple without multiple layers of redundancy and time limits, itll flood. If you were to use a 20g sump without baffles, you’ll end up with a good 15 gallons of water on the floor.
The valve on a tank with a single drain is another disaster in the making. Restricting the flow to quiet the drain leaves little wiggle room for flow variance as your voltage swings and as snails, limpets, vermetids, algae and general detritus build up in the pump, return and drain lines. Again, safe enough with your setup but others could have a flood on their hands.
Unless you have low flow, and an unrestricted durso drain(noisy, bubbles and salt spray), you need a minimum of two drains for the herbie method with one full siphon drain adjusted with a gate valve and one emergency overflow for when your main drain clogs. Dont worry, it will happen :) three drains is even better with a “bean animal” style overflow.
Drilling a couple holes in the tank for an aftermarket overflow is MUCH safer, quieter and looks much nicer.
Hi Mike,
Thanks for your valuable advice 👍
Yes I totally agreed with every single note you mentioned. I was hoping if this was on time of that video as it's about 2 years now and I was looking for such advice and I still looking for that, that was my first build and I learned a lot from it.
You can find another builds on my channel which I considered some of your notes.
Thanks again and keep your good advice as I really appreciate.
ReefAmorous glad to hear you’ve refined your setup since then, i’ll be sure to check out the rest of your videos! I hope I didn’t sound too critical, just trying to save someone from having a flood on their hands. Did your tank ever flood or was your auto top off redundant enough to prevent that?
When the power goes out of the filter tank ?
It will workrk again independently after the power return back again.
This is the idea behind this design
So 3-5 hours power outage this is works perfectly.
Nice setup. I have subbed.
Jeff Gilbreath Keep watching up coming videos, thanks for the subscription
I have few questions!
What is pump capacity?? Liters per hour??
That 2 inch pipe weir you made how distance you should put hole?? Any calculation for tat 2 inch pipe to make???
I already saw your weir video no information about hole
Can you please tell me??
Please show how the pipe ia done
I built in the same way but when power went off then again when power back on it is not starting
That’ll happen without an aqualifter pump at the top of the overflow siphon to constantly remove air that collects. Even if the power never goes out, that design will fail.
I want to build this for a 55g what size diameter pipe should I use or will this 1" one ok
More than enough, you can use less too
OK I scale it down using 3/4
I have a problem getting my overflow to start and design as yours, a smaller Diameter pipe sucking downward inside a bigger pipe but If I get it to start the flow is so weak
+Enrique Goitia how much the tank height? How much the diameter of the pipe?
+Enrique Goitia sorry for being late in your reply.
How much the height of you tank? And how much the diameters of both? The pipe itself and the bigger one?
ReefAmorous well I got the overflow running but it ain't so strong since I'm just using 25mm pvc so I think I have to jump up to maybe 2 1/2 inch to compensate my eheim 3000l/h pump variable to 1800l/h max height of 2.7m but it has to do 1.10m of height to the main tank and through 2 elbows which I heard affects the head height
Did you drill a hole in the cap, I try mine in a 35 gallon drum but it didn’t work.
Yes sure you have to drill a hole, but you need to close the hole in the beginning of siphon process and once the water start drain open the hole again
@@ReefAmorous is that a check valve on top of the cap?
@@ReefAmorous @7:28-7:32 you peel something in the cap, is that a tape or something
I closed the hole by tape to start siphon
ReefAmorous ok thanks
I noticed you removed the cap on the overflow. Why?
Its just needs to be glued again in better way
What happen with the overflow silencer?
I just built this and I am testing it with a bucket full of water. It isn't working, so I must have missed something. In 7:06, when you "fill with water and close it", what are you closing? At 7:34, what are you opening? Did I miss something? Is that a cap or some kind of valve?
Yes dear in around min 7 you should
1- close the below valve
2- fill the pipe completely a water
3- close the air intake above and make sure no air can get in it
4- open the valve
5- after few seconds (and before it completely drop the whole water level in the tank) open the air intake again
So "open the air intake" means remove the cap? If so, is it to remain open (off)?
Yes of course
OK. Perhaps it will not work in a bucket, which is much more shallow than my tank. I will try a tank test. Thank you.
Last thing, if you remove the cap it will be noisy, so you can open a whole in the cap to get the air inside in the same time reduce the noise, but during the testing remove the air completely
👍
😍 Thanks
Its still working or not brother pls tell me want to build this for my old 75gal tank pls pls reply me
Hi, this tank worked for me 2 years, but I shut it down because moved to other country
It means it's worked thank you 😎😎😎
I am going to build this 😍
حمستني على تربية السمك البحري على الرغم من أني اعلم انه صعب جدا للتربية ولن ينجح الأمر معي
كلنا كنا كذلك فب البداية, لكن لا شيء مستحيل
hi, that friend is what is white, pipes or special tools
It's just a bigger pipe
Thx_sory turns out there is a video how to make it,,hehehe
Yes, here is th-cam.com/video/-4v8kyuP25A/w-d-xo.html
Hi, I ask you, what is your opinion on my aquarium project?
I plan to build an 8mm glass aquarium with furniture in wood and plywood.
Aquarium dimensions: 1.20cm W X 0.42cm W, H 0.50cm
Dimensions aquarium dequantation: 0.90cm W X 0.30cm W, H 0.45cm
my house (apartment) is located on the second floor
I wonder about the final weight.
Can my project be feasible?
Thank you
Is your apartment (floor) from concrete or wood?
what is drain valur
Sump size?
Sump 90x40x35 cm
return pump and is 12000 L/H
I think drilling a aquarium is best and hassle free...
Of course, but this can be used if the glass is tempered glass and can't be drilled
U didn't show
doesnt work :(
It should be, send me photos to the email and will help you
reefamorous@gmail.com
Great vid I subbed up. When ya get some time swing by and check out my reef tank / channel. Thanks
+Paul Blaney thanks for watching, i will do