HOW TO: DIY PVC OVERFLOW

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GeoAquariums

4 жыл бұрын

In this video I cover how to make dependable PVC overflows for your fish tanks!

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@Jaijason 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial, really helpful and easy to follow!

@geoaquariums2190 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad I could help!

@gmoney7955 Ай бұрын

Nate, just came across the video. Awesome, job thanks. Question, I made one and it worked great but started making gurgling sounds, any suggestions to tune it to stop?

@Mohan_jat 11 ай бұрын

Good ideas

@robdean1229 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody seems to ever show the finished product actually working, in an aquarium, from the front. A lot of people actually want to see how it will look :-)

@geoaquariums2190 4 жыл бұрын

I've been messing around trying to get my auto water change system going and it's been a battle. I can get some footage of them then! Thanks for watching!

@thason3339 3 жыл бұрын

@@geoaquariums2190 any update?

@kerrinatana3433 2 жыл бұрын

A couple years behind the ball - but awesome tutorial my guy! The cpvc in the top is such a good idea, will be giving it a go :D

@geoaquariums2190 2 жыл бұрын

I still use it today! It's awesome for a drip system!

@DanielNelson 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jdtcruz 4 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to make a DIY. Thank you for the time you took out to show us your way. Going to Home Depot now lol thanks again and god bless

@geoaquariums2190 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could help you out! They've been zero maintenance and working great!

@terra2468 4 ай бұрын

great video, thank you. the outside pipe diameter is 20mm and thin pipe diameter? with this setup, how many liters or gallons it will run in each hour? i m asking to know if i will need bigger pipe diameter. thank you

@dixsigns1717 3 ай бұрын

Great video, but Old Grannie asks: How do you get the siphon started?

@solfeinberg437 3 жыл бұрын

Is it self priming?

@garygiordano1085 7 ай бұрын

How do you star the syphon

@fourknotsnowhere 3 жыл бұрын

ive been making these for about 10 years with 2 inch, running duals at about 600gph each on most of my tanks. what have you tested these up to? and are you using a relay controlled return pump incase of overflow failure?

@CCNE4EVERINHEARTS 3 жыл бұрын

Hey bro.I made one also with 2 " and 1"in center thinking I would get more flow. Come to realize I need to turn the ball valve on return way down otherwise the pump will go dry. Any ideas

@geoaquariums2190 2 жыл бұрын

I've had luck with these at 4-7 gph. Great for drip type water changer

@fourknotsnowhere 2 жыл бұрын

@@CCNE4EVERINHEARTS sry just saw your reply. i use 2" on the whole thing. my design is all one piece. if your overflow isnt keeping up with the return i add a 2nd one to the tank or go up to the size im using. i use float switches to turn my pump off incase of overflow failure too

@SuperColecolecole 2 жыл бұрын

What gph you think you’re getting out of this ? Wonder if I should bump up the pipe diameter or not

@geoaquariums2190 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely only good for a slow system 4-7 gph in my experience!

@JoeNocella 3 жыл бұрын

It would've been nice to see this actually working. Other similar designs are air tight. I thought these U shaped devices needed to be air tight.

@walthodgson5780 3 жыл бұрын

The smaller tube should be, but the pressure fit might be sufficient on some fittings. You can seal it up with hot glue, too, so you can break it down if needed. The larger tube is really just for support and to provide a well to keep the small tube from breaking siphon. In order to prime it, seperate the small and large tubes and submerge them to remove the air, then assemble them under water.

@mattstager184 2 жыл бұрын

How do you get the water to start flowing

@geoaquariums2190 2 жыл бұрын

Hey sorry, you gotta fill the entire system with water! I take the two pieces separately and submerge them in a tank

@SuperColecolecole 2 жыл бұрын

God I sound like such a noob but how do I prime this guy ? I got it built but cant get the flow going

@geoaquariums2190 2 жыл бұрын

Hey sorry, you gotta fill the entire system with water! I take the two pieces separately and submerge them in a tank

@six9one3 4 жыл бұрын

Where's the demo on it actually working?

@johnmartinez4943 3 жыл бұрын

In the beginning lol, did you watch?

@ZomBeeNature 4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how it works...

@geoaquariums2190 4 жыл бұрын

So the CPVC insert holds a siphon and the outer white pvc creates two "pools" of water. As the tank overflows into the PVC it will raise the level of water in one of the pools which the siphon will then balance out to the otherside. In doing so it raises the level high enough that it will begin to drain out.

@ZomBeeNature 4 жыл бұрын

@@geoaquariums2190 I guess I don't know why I need one. I have simple aquariums. I fill them with water and a filter stirs up the water. I don't know how the water would overflow with no more going in. So you must do things much differently than me. I'm guessing you have an outside water pump that is constantly pouring water into all your tanks and the overflow dumps the water from them all into a combined water filter that the water pump gets the water from. Very high tech and expensive.

@geoaquariums2190 4 жыл бұрын

Actually I'll be posting a video, but I use them for an automatic water change / drip system!

@ZomBeeNature 4 жыл бұрын

@@geoaquariums2190 oooOOOooohhh....

@solfeinberg437 3 жыл бұрын

Less detail about the parts, and more explanation of the physics, at least up front.

@KevinsCaninesAndAquatics 3 жыл бұрын

I think if he did both and put time stamps that would make it a lot easier. It depends on what you are looking for in the video. I think having it a little longer but putting time stamps would be very useful

@russell6011 9 ай бұрын

how to do you fill up the free hanging U-Joint with water to create the syphon since its above the water line? If you just place it over the edge of the tank and fill up the tank, the water will never gravity feed to fill up the free hanging U-joint. You will always have an air pocket at the top of the U-Joint and thus not starting off the gravity feed syphon. If you place the U-joint underwater to fill it up and then attempt to place it in your larger PVC frame, the water pours out of the U-joint, allowing air in, breaking any syphoning. Leaving out the actual part of the video showing how to use your idea and show proof that it actually works.....if the pump loses power, what happens when power returns? When air gets into the free hanging U-Joint (breaking the syphon), what happens when power is restored to the pump and air is in the free-hanging U-Joint? Oh that's right, you overflow your aquarium with the water from your sump since you have air in your U-joint still and you burn out your pump for running it dry. Or is this not the case? We can't know because you left all this out. Seems like a bad design if you want "set it and forget it" setup for a none-drilled tank. Have to go with the LIFEREEF PREFILTER SIPHON BOX setup to keep syphon even with power lose.

@slickchick5811 2 ай бұрын

use rubber caps on the ends