15$ pvc overflow

[zman411]

Check it out!
15$ pvc overflow

 

[jfdjason]

It looks great if you want the look of a Sci-Fi movie hanging off your tank.

 

[pyro]

wow, I think I found something simliar to this... only a whole lot simpler... when i was setting up my 30g.
...and then I said heck with it, I'm getting it drilled

.

 

[yaksplat]

I wouldn't recomment using one of these if you have astrea snails in your tank. I set one of these up earlier last year. Snails crawled down the inlet causing my tank to overflow. I then put netting over the inlet. Then the snails just hung out on top, causing the tank to overflow. It wasn't woth the hassle of an overflowing tank.
Jim

 

[zelfin]

Wouldnt it work to just net the intakes? Then to put a water level switch in the sump pump?

 

[yaksplat]

I did net the intakes. Later I also put a float switch in the main tank. I still didn't like the overflow though. The flowrate wasn't that great, it was noisy and I didn't like the look of the pvc.
Jim

 

[zelfin]

I found something rather neat today. While shopping for PVC and pricing it out. I found a thing called a VENT GUARD. it is a cap that is already slotted. PERFECT for tank use.

 

[joker_ca]

LOOKS LIKE A MESS OF PVC PIPES I WOULDNT PUT THAT IN MY TANK I LIKE MY SETUPS TO LOOK NICE AND CLEAN

 

[zelfin]

Umm, it may just be me, but dont most reef tanks have a ton of PVC floating around in them anyways? whats the difference if you have more?

 

[zman411]

actually the pvc "mess" goes behind your tank where you don't see it anyway