diy overflow

[señor_pescados_felices]

Heres mine I just threw it up two days ago.

Its a cool idea and a money saver,for that I am grateful but the problem I'm having is that as the water "overflows" it creates a small whirlpool which sucks down any floating pellets I attempt to feed within seconds.

Two flawed solutions that I have come up with are

a) have to unplug the wet/dry every time I feed,not really an enticing option,or

b)make a little screen or strainer to cover the intake,but then I can easily imagine the pellets just getting stuck on the screen where the fish can't really get to them and somewhat blocking flow rate.

anybody have this problem and fix it or anybody have any suggestions?(my fish are hungry)

 

[beex215]

would this work for a turtle tank?the pump of course will be in the red ear tank.
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[Euge]

would this work for a turtle tank?the pump of course will be in the red ear tank.
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the out loop has to be lower than the inner loop. if it is technically it should work, but because the intake is at such a low height the flow might not be as strong.

 

[maseyferguson05]

I just built my mine a day or two ago, it is 1'' pvc and is about 13 1/2'' tall, but the input is 10 1/2'' tall. Anyways does anyone know how my gph it can do?

That was before i cemented it, so it was not squared up or anything.

 

[beex215]

the 1in pvc can flow max 600gph.

 

[danny]

right i am going to start reading this thread now from page one,hope to get to the end in a week or two,,wish me luck

 

[Dragon Hunter]

Ok guys im gonna help my buddy make one of these for his glass tank. Its eurobraced. will somenthing like this work.

or

 

[CHOMPERS]

It will be hard or impossible to add and remove when needed. Add a union in the top loop (or about there) to make it modular.

 

[mercury904]

im nervous about your design,why don't you try the classic design?

 

[Dragon Hunter]

im nervous about your design,why don't you try the classic design?

i cant because of the bracing. we made it and it flows fine but we cannot get it to automatically restart after we shut off power and restart. will try to get pictures up.