CHEAP DIY Aquarium Overflow , How I BUILT IT

CHEAP DIY Aquarium Overflow , How I BUILT IT
Hi Everyone, So I came across this DIY build on youtube and I had to take a crack at building it. I am strongly considering converting my fish room to this type of overflow. Well adding it. Its all about that speed of water changes and when its doing it for you, come on! How does it get any better?
So I did a detailed step by step video build so that it all makes sense. I hope that this video makes it easy for you all. If we can get this video to 200 likes that would be amazing.
Here is a list of what you will need to make this. Tools: PVC pipe cutters, tape measure, permanent marker, vice grips, pvc primer, pvc glue, drill and drill bit. Supplies For 3/4 inch Size: 3/4 inch pvc pipe, two 3/4 inch pvc caps, two 3/4 inch pvc 90 degree elbows, one 3/4 inch pvc tee pipe, one 3/4 inch slip to 1/2 inch threaded reducer, one 1/2 inch Blue Twister Polypropylene Insert 90-Degree x MPT Elbow, 7/16 od x 5/16 id clear vinyl tubing.
Supplies For 1 inch Size: 1 inch pvc pipe, two 1 inch pvc caps, two 1 inch pvc 90 degree elbows, one 1 inch pvc tee pipe, one 1 inch slip to 1/2 inch threaded reducer, one 1/2 inch Blue Twister Polypropylene Insert 90-Degree x MPT Elbow, 1/2 od x 3/8 id clear vinyl tubing.
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[@inventoryking]

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[@paularamos5648]

Kool. But 2 many ads

[@KeepItReal33]

This looks like it would work for the intake of a sump system. Would it work?

[@mrcabz1802]

Kuya lito

[@toddgiles3958]

Thank you for showing us this and explaining how this works!

[@pelimo]

@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.

[@anthonymitchell2248]

Yeah dude, you rock!

[@inventoryking]

thanks for watching

[@SuraceNan]

I am new at all this. Thanks for sharing

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching Nancy

[@theluskbarata7533]

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! ☯

[@tiyaemmanuel8324]

awesome and
creative

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching

[@мураткашакбаев]

лайк тебе. красавчик. век живи век учись

[@wahyuadikurniawan5964]

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.

[@antonyfawcett7392]

Tried this today.... Excellent works really good

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Great job

[@inventoryking]

Thanks

[@diebluedieblue]

Very thanks brother...
Give good lesson and very effective......

[@KaEdd]

from the king of diy

[@deansteele3265]

Perfection

[@jaymo3343]

Great video

[@inventoryking]

Thanks!

[@bipolaraquatics]

very nice

[@inventoryking]

Thanks!

[@sawdu1]

Like . Thanks for sharing.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching

[@eletiataylor2078]

Yes I did and subscribed

[@inventoryking]

THANKS!

[@jeffparryncc1701]

very cool

[@inventoryking]

thanks

[@qcbay2133]

It's awesome, I understand well, thanks so much

[@TazawaTanks]

Cool design. I’ve made PVC overflows before, but I like this design because it’s a little cleaner.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks Zenzo!

[@ronniedailleboust4122]

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.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for your feedback Ronnie

[@mannyvaldes1101]

Exelente idea thanks for charge that

[@rajivtodankar6023]

Great idea thanks for sharing

[@inventoryking]

You are so welcome! I hope you can check out some of my current videos as well. Thanks.

[@Aesyrbane]

I'm doing this for my tanks. Great video, thanks.

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Fantastic, cool and awesome job sir thanks. I think I will try to build it..

[@junkmail4613]

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.

[@allisone369]

Nice. Will be going that route instead of drilling holes in my tanks. Thanks man!

[@Aydin-v7x]

Good video

[@edwardsarkisian6831]

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.

[@tiyaemmanuel8324]

i love it i gonna develop this...Thanks

[@inventoryking]

Right on

[@paularamos5648]

Luv the game of thrones intro......

[@44gandyboy]

Thank you from the future!

[@inventoryking]

You're welcome!

[@sendilkumarj]

Loved it, thanks for the video… definitely this is simple and saves a lot time, efforts…

[@slnone8457]

Impressive

[@RomaAquatics]

Looks familiar. I'm glad my design is catching on! Great work.

[@inventoryking]

Yup, thanks for your vid! Was super helpful, and I wanted to make it.

[@jdjehesj]

You're the man

[@sawyerthestarling]

We see further only by standing on the shoulders of giants. Thanks to you both.

[@ThrillingTwo]

@@sawyerthestarlingWow I like that. I've never heard that phrase before. Thank you

[@sawyerthestarling]

@@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.

[@Alexadriyaa]

very simple and easy to build, thx mr inventoryking, greetings from Indonesia

[@inventoryking]

Thank you so much for watching and from Indonesia.

[@BUDRS]

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?

[@gigilacamionette]

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.

[@balotibaya2]

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

[@inventoryking]

awesome

[@maximusfernando6346]

Thank you sir information

[@inventoryking]

Sure

[@RogueFox37]

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?

[@darrychristhoper4595]

Ty....so much 👍👍👍☺️☺️☺️

[@rken100]

nice

[@iAmFAUST]

I love your enthusiasm and great tutorial

[@inventoryking]

Thanks!

[@yourlocalaquarist3134]

I plan on doing this to set up a sump for my 36 gallon, what size of pipe would you guys recommend?

[@TMAquatics]

Haven’t seen this design before. Very nice. Will need to bookmark this for future use. 👍

[@inventoryking]

Thanks!!!! You won’t regret it

[@PalmerAquatics]

TM Aquatics - do you have zebras plecos?

[@TMAquatics]

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. 👍

[@scyap5759]

great idea!

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching.

[@thekoipondexperience1259]

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.

[@deathemperor]

it is super awesome indeed. thanks for making this.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching

[@klk6266]

Super cool,Ill try this.

[@inventoryking]

Right on

[@catfishcave379]

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!

[@inventoryking]

Thanks a lot!!! It’s awesome

[@PalmerAquatics]

Catfish Cave - weird comment.. but true haha

[@ocnbrze2003]

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

[@TheRed86]

Thanks for sharing. Smart invention. Solved my problem for my outdoor fish pot. My guppies always missing when it rains.

[@inventoryking]

Great 👍

[@PentButler]

Ty so much

[@inventoryking]

No problem, thanks.

[@charmnGUY]

Great idea, exactly what I needed

[@inventoryking]

Thanks, I hope you subscribe for more content.

[@RaceSmokie]

Thank you.

[@piratanet123]

I am new to this I have a 50g aquarium, so how does this work do you dechlorinate the water first before putting it in the tank right?
that means to do the water changes you need to have a bucket with water already dechlorinated then turn on the pump to fill up the aquarium?

[@sammywhite5047]

Good video! Thanks for the creative instructions.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks Sammy!

[@Fishamax]

Nice !

[@inventoryking]

thanks

[@mingbritson]

LOVE this and can't wait to watch more of your content!!!

[@inventoryking]

Many thanks! I have posted tons of videos since this video.

[@julianlennon5312]

This is just what i need... thanks for this... more power!

[@inventoryking]

That’s for watching

[@Cichlids23]

Nicely done Paul...

[@inventoryking]

Thanks

[@AurelioCorreia]

CRAZY

[@wardspoon1514]

I've seen several ways of building an overflow and this is the one I'm going to use, A++++ thank you.

[@JoseCruz-qf6ui]

The king of diy overflow idea is more easy in my opinion.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for sharing

[@adamsaquatics3332]

That's why he is the king. Lol

[@olegame182]

Thx bro. )

[@inventoryking]

Any time

[@batuhankamaci]

you are best!!!!

[@inventoryking]

Thanks

[@AubreyZhang]

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!

[@AubreyZhang]

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.

[@XDheee]

Neat. I like the design

[@inventoryking]

thanks for watching.

[@sirtomasin4202]

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.

[@Pricelistsell]

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.

[@stevehei8035]

Very interesting and what I needed. Check out the link below for another version.

[@Alvarolimamaguila]

Uma excelente ideia vou usar na minha bateria de aquário os que não são furado

[@H1Jonathan]

Wow.. I love it...

[@inventoryking]

Thanks!

[@rockk973]

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

[@KPAquariums]

thats a great overflow bud..thanks

[@inventoryking]

Thank you sir!

[@PalmerAquatics]

KPAquariums - do you mainly keep Africans?

[@KPAquariums]

Palmer Fish Q&A some south american cichlids too

[@Hearts4ems]

I made this with 2 " pvc pipe with 1" pvc on the inside. Works great but I find I'm having a hard time dialing in with the water level in sump. I had to turn the flow 3/4 down with the ball valve on the return. Water is definitely pumping but coming out slow, any faster the pump will run dry. Any tips

[@papakalbz]

Hi im a newbie in fishkeeping can i use this together with below sump?

[@eletiataylor2078]

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.

[@mithunjan18]

I like this idea great job, but better if u had did some editing and
Remove unwanted areas...
Its too lagging prefer a video with is max 10min not more than that... thanks again hope to see u some more ideas in future

[@lunes-1]

💜👍

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching

[@GrandeurBetta]

Thank you for this

[@inventoryking]

Appreciate you watching and commenting

[@dannymcleod7661]

Hi will this work scailed up to 1.5inch for a pond and will it work with a constant trickle

[@antoniorivera905]

Thank you Sir.

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching.

[@BenBSeattle]

great design thanks!

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching Ben

[@jamesb4039]

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.

[@inventoryking]

Hi Ono! Thanks for watching.

[@Draconem97]

I have a question, since you said this is if you want to a water change system, do you think this will work just as well on a sump? I'd also need it so skim the surface as well as be able to take about 600G of water per hour. I've got a design I know would work for that rate but it has the risk of losing the prime and looks extremely ugly.
I'm trying to find the least ugliest DIY that isn't super complicated but also doesn't have the risk of losing the prime and yours fits the bill.
Thank you for this video!

[@lukmanlucky5275]

😱😱😱😱😎😎😎😎👍👍👍💪💪💪😘😘😘😘 salam dari Indonesia

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching

[@Justiceinthefog]

Is it going through the elbows or the clear tubing itself? I want to sump my 125g but cant drill it and overflow boxes are expensive

[@inventoryking]

Clear tubing

[@Justiceinthefog]

inventoryking ok cool did you ever figure out the gph for that size ?

[@estradar11]

Aqua justice im trying to do the extact same thing. Any luck? Or tips?

[@frankielopez1425]

Great video ..lol just a smidge

[@inventoryking]

Thanks lol

[@stevebennett1858]

Really cool definitely gonna use this

[@inventoryking]

It is awesome Steve.

[@PalmerAquatics]

Steve Bennett - do you have a native tank?

[@wongpengyow6492]

Excellent !

[@inventoryking]

thanks

[@sunnyscaped]

Will it be able to handle the water flow of a large return pump or not ??

[@OmidFarhangcom]

Best DIY overflow I found! Thank you dude

[@inventoryking]

Thanks for watching

[@frankcastle2954]

Is the Best overflow diy

[@fadzilpictures]

Done subscribe

[@inventoryking]

Thanks

[@adrianaeileen1380]

Would I be able to use this for a sump to get the water to flow back into the sump

[@matthewjackson2656]

wow i can use this for my sump

[@inventoryking]

I havent used this for a sump, not sure at the moment, sorry.

[@TheBudgetAquarist]

Well done!

[@inventoryking]

Thanks 👍🏻

[@PalmerAquatics]

The Budget Aquarist I like your username! Haha

[@TheBudgetAquarist]

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!

[@inventoryking]

That’s awesome!

[@aishwaryakumari8631]

Awesome

[@inventoryking]

Thanks!

[@johnsonbui]

Thanks

[@inventoryking]

thanks for watching.