Overflow problem, any engineer out there?

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Coleus

yeah, it was my fault because the tank was last minute decision and I did not have time to think thoroughly where things go. so now the only access for me to run the pipe from fish tank to sum is through a back of a bathtub which has limited space. And the bath tub is right against the frame and concrete wall can't think of any way to get around the problem :-(

Bath tub + big hammer = solution

Priorities dude, priorities...

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Bath tub + big hammer = solution

Priorities dude, priorities...

or smash the tank with big hammer and everything is solved lol

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Coleus

or smash the tank with big hammer and everything is solved lol

Wrong priorities You already smell funny from ruttin' about in a fish tank, might as well quite the baths too.

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Wrong priorities You already smell funny from ruttin' about in a fish tank, might as well quite the baths too.

Maybe i don't get the joke of what you are saying but I don't think it is funny or is appropriate answer to my question of this thread. Please take your joke some where else if you don't have any better thing to say

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Coleus

Maybe i don't get the joke of what you are saying but I don't think it is funny or is appropriate answer to my question of this thread. Please take your joke some where else if you don't have any better thing to say

Hey sorry, I was just joking that a reefer doesn't need a bath tub, only a tank. Wasn't meaning any offense.

As I said in my first post, you can do what you're planning to do as long as there are no abrupt up and down in the piping that would cause air pockets (that break the siphon) or stagnant water.

[Coleus]

oh no problem :-) i had bad day yesterday and probably misunderstood your joke.

[reefwars]

Tai you think about crap too much just do it lol

[ScubaSteve]

Originally Posted by Coleus

oh no problem :-) i had bad day yesterday and probably misunderstood your joke.

No problem. Yesterday was about the same for me

I don't know if you mentioned this but why aren't you having the sump under the tank?

One other solution that you could think about is to have a small sump under the tank the handles the overflow and emergency drain and recycles it back to the tank, then have a small return pump send water to the main sump for treatment. Flow matching because a bit more challenging here but it eliminates the problem of having an emergency line that flows uphill.