overflow box siphon - Aquarium Advice

tamra&steven · 06-21-2008, 08:56 PM

i am going to be adding a sump to my tank with an overflow box that hangs on the back and uses a siphon to pull the water out of the tank into the sump.if the power goes out it will break the siphon, when the power goes back on the main pump will pump the water out of the sump into my tank then over. i have heard you can drill a hole in the "U" tube and insert an airline and run the airline to the port on a power head and when the power goes back on the siphon will be restarted, is this right? does this work?

Skyrmir · 06-21-2008, 10:40 PM

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idproduct~OE1137.html

That's the pump I use myself, works pretty good and they're cheap. No idea about the retailer in the link though, I bought mine locally. It's a little noisy during restart when it's sucking air, but it's always restarted with no problem.

tamra&steven · 06-21-2008, 11:23 PM

ok cool thanks i have that pump on my CA reactor it works good i can get those for like 7 bucks. thanks im glad someone wrote back. you have tested it though right thanks

tamra&steven · 06-21-2008, 11:45 PM

anymore info or problem i might run into would be helpfull thanks

tamra&steven · 06-22-2008, 03:02 AM

any other info about this anyone???

ccCapt · 06-22-2008, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamra&steven

if the power goes out it will break the siphon, when the power goes back on the main pump will pump the water out of the sump into my tank then over.

Why do you think it will break the siphon? I used a U-tube type overflow box for close to 20 years and it never lost siphon when I shut down the pump. There is no reason a properly setup overflow would loose siphon.

cmor1701d · 06-22-2008, 12:01 PM

I'm with cccapt. Is this a home made overflow? Is so check out Melev's DIY Overflow. If not check out the Continuous Overflow Siphons at ThatPetPlace.

**melosu58** · 06-22-2008, 03:25 PM

Moved to General Hardware and equipment discussion.

tamra&steven · 06-28-2008, 11:26 PM

i have a overflow box with two U tubes but wont it lose the siphon if the power goes out and the tanks water drops lower then the overflow box then the pump comes on and fills the tank up. when the water drops wont it loss siphon?

ccCapt · 06-29-2008, 10:20 AM

I'm not sure I understand. (Better grammer and punctuation would help.)

Quote:

when the water drops wont it loss siphon?

No

06-21-2008, 08:56 PM	#1
tamra&steven Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 175	overflow box siphon i am going to be adding a sump to my tank with an overflow box that hangs on the back and uses a siphon to pull the water out of the tank into the sump.if the power goes out it will break the siphon, when the power goes back on the main pump will pump the water out of the sump into my tank then over. i have heard you can drill a hole in the "U" tube and insert an airline and run the airline to the port on a power head and when the power goes back on the siphon will be restarted, is this right? does this work? __________________ 60 ga. SPS tank w/ 2 - 175w 20k halides, korallin 1502 calcium reactor w/ph contorler 24ga. SW nano w/150 HQI 180ga. FW aggresive fish 125ga. FW w/60ga. sump. VERY aggresive fish

06-21-2008, 11:23 PM	#3
tamra&steven Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 175	ok cool thanks i have that pump on my CA reactor it works good i can get those for like 7 bucks. thanks im glad someone wrote back. you have tested it though right thanks __________________ 60 ga. SPS tank w/ 2 - 175w 20k halides, korallin 1502 calcium reactor w/ph contorler 24ga. SW nano w/150 HQI 180ga. FW aggresive fish 125ga. FW w/60ga. sump. VERY aggresive fish

06-21-2008, 11:45 PM	#4
tamra&steven Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 175	anymore info or problem i might run into would be helpfull thanks __________________ 60 ga. SPS tank w/ 2 - 175w 20k halides, korallin 1502 calcium reactor w/ph contorler 24ga. SW nano w/150 HQI 180ga. FW aggresive fish 125ga. FW w/60ga. sump. VERY aggresive fish

06-22-2008, 03:02 AM	#5
tamra&steven Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 175	any other info about this anyone??? __________________ 60 ga. SPS tank w/ 2 - 175w 20k halides, korallin 1502 calcium reactor w/ph contorler 24ga. SW nano w/150 HQI 180ga. FW aggresive fish 125ga. FW w/60ga. sump. VERY aggresive fish

06-22-2008, 12:01 PM	#7
cmor1701d Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belle Mead, NJ Posts: 3,927 Images: 43	I'm with cccapt. Is this a home made overflow? Is so check out Melev's DIY Overflow. If not check out the Continuous Overflow Siphons at ThatPetPlace. __________________ Click here to Vote for Aquarium Advice on AquaRank . Vote EVERY day! Click Here for a list of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations. ____ Cmor

06-21-2008, 10:40 PM	#2
Skyrmir Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 510 Images: 9	http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idproduct~OE1137.html That's the pump I use myself, works pretty good and they're cheap. No idea about the retailer in the link though, I bought mine locally. It's a little noisy during restart when it's sucking air, but it's always restarted with no problem.

06-28-2008, 11:26 PM	#9
tamra&steven Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 175	i have a overflow box with two U tubes but wont it lose the siphon if the power goes out and the tanks water drops lower then the overflow box then the pump comes on and fills the tank up. when the water drops wont it loss siphon? __________________ 60 ga. SPS tank w/ 2 - 175w 20k halides, korallin 1502 calcium reactor w/ph contorler 24ga. SW nano w/150 HQI 180ga. FW aggresive fish 125ga. FW w/60ga. sump. VERY aggresive fish

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