Need help in over flow pipe..

[LoReNsIa]

i need help in my over flow.. my sea horse tank is place next to my tank.. as my tank is having more corals, i need to move my seahorse to another tank.. as i will be sharing the same sump as my main tank. so this is how my tank look like in a simple drawing...

[LoReNsIa]

now my sea horse tank is place next to my tank..

[LoReNsIa]

and i Diy a over flow pipe u bro have done.. so i do it on my tank.. and the water flowing out is very very small.. any one can id it for mi for how to change it?

Front view..

[LoReNsIa]

Top view..

[LoReNsIa]

side view.. and plz kindly help mi with it..

[supremo]

bro, i don;t think there isn't much that gravity could help you in that design cause it is very shallow. I think the idea was to let the water free fall in the down pipe causing enough force to suck the water from the other end. why don;t you raise the seahorse tank to another cabinet or stand?

[LoReNsIa]

oh.. i got no stand at the moment.. so i use styroafoam as a stand for it.. but the result out are bad.. haiz.. how to do?

[supremo]

a lot of people selling those stainless steel stands in other forums lah

[Terryz_]

If i am not wrong, the overflow pipe make use of gravity to suck the water to the sump... So your SH must be considerable higher than your sump for the overflow to work...

[LoReNsIa]

if i put a stand, my main tank will be block.. ya.. that why i choose to place it low.. hope u understand wad i mean.. btw.. which forumn u talking about? thankx..

[supremo]

is it? I thought from your diagram above, it's next to your main tank. unless you're saying you don;t want to be block the side view.

anyway, other freshwater forums normally selling these type of stands lah. okey maybe not stainless

[Terryz_]

I think he label wrongly???

[Oceandeep]

how deep is ur SH tank??

[LoReNsIa]

it a normal 2ft tank.. ya.. haha.. ya.. i don wan it to block the side view.. tt why.. todae get a piece of styroafoam.. will make it higher.. haha.. and try if it happen..

[iantoh]

hi there Lorensia,

have you considered getting a cheap overhang filter or skimmer like those jebo ones?. the piping and impellors will take care of the suction needed to create the overflow. at the same time, allowing you to then drill a hole in the bottom of the overhang filter to connect to your sump.

as for the overflow through which the water first enters the filter, you can easily make one by supergluing some acrylic pieces together into a sort of i-box at a corner of your tank, or get a short length of large pvc pipe, use a saw to saw some teeth into one side of the pipe, close the other end with a pipe end, then attach this to the overhang filter's intake pipe. i'm not sure if youd get what i mean, but you can check out the prizm deluxe's overflow design for an idea. the overflow attachment to the prizm can be DIY-ed or bought, and you can adapt this for other cheaper overhang filters.

if you have the necessary parts, im willing to help you put it together ya.

cheers,

ian

[Terryz_]

it a normal 2ft tank.. ya.. haha.. ya.. i don wan it to block the side view.. tt why.. todae get a piece of styroafoam.. will make it higher.. haha.. and try if it happen..

Lol... how come your side view longer than your front view... lol...

[LoReNsIa]

hi ian.. i really need ur help.. haha.. do contact mi at 97279920.. thankx.. haha.. wad a nice guy.. same as terryz... have been helping mi alot.. haha..

[Cardinal Tetra]

There are 2 reasons why the water flowing into the sump is slow.

First, your siphon pipe is too short, meaning the upside down U shape pipe is too short. This would cause a very small amount of gravitional force to push the water into the pipe.

Secondly, your seahorse tank is too low and not much gravitional force can make the water flow into the sump.

[LoReNsIa]

oh.. ok.. thankx for the help bro.. after all the tank is gone now.. cause my main tank leak.. and m=will be getting a triangle tank.. it 2ft by 2ft.. mums plan.. so have to get it.. and wont be able to have my seahorse there.. maybe i will diy a tank for my SH mainly.. ya.. haha...