donkey

Hi What kind of flow were you getting from yours

Yes I do see what you mean by that. But the tube I'm using is very strong so I cant see it cracking or anything like that. The real reason I went full-length is because the siphon is much stronger if its taking the water from the bottom of the tank. And its easier to hold that clear tube still if its touching the bottom of the tank.

I see what you mean now Yes it would be a failure of the person who sets this up. The clear tube in mine holds about about a pint of water. So yes if your Sump cant take that pint then you will end up with that pint on the floor. And its also true for the other way round. If you just stick your return pump on the bottom of your sump then if anything goes wrong it will pump all the water from the Sump up to the main tank. People need to set this up correctly for it to work with no spillage

Well not everyone cant fit an acrylic box on there tank. I am one of them people who have there tank right up against the wall. And this is also easy to make and looks better that having two acrylic box's on the tank

A lot of people have been running overflows like this for years with no problems. And even if it did fail it would be no big deal to start it up again.

It means you dont have to strip a tank down and Drill it to have a Sump

My DIY Overflow Pipe

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Hi This looks very good. might have ago at building one myself. To the people that made one of them. How did you get on with it. Did it work fine for you ? Or did any of you find a better way of doing it