Re: pvc overflow
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Originally Posted by rynox77
The first try, I just used 6 elbows, no Ts, no pvc cement, just plugged everything in and it worked.
Will go back in about 30 minutes and pour more water in my bucket to see if the siphon held. It wouldn't surprising me if I have an air leak, though, having not even cemented the pvc.
It's crude at this point, but it works.
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Excellent. got pictures?
FWIW I set up my first pvc overflow and it worked just fine. Of course that was after 1 year or two of running a sump with the standard dual box overflow.
I showed it to my wife and she was so impressed that she said I should patent it. So I checked and the s (or p) trap was first patented in 1850 or so. 
Look at your toilet bowl from the side. You will see why you can slowly pour water in the bowl and the level in the bowl reamains relatively constant as the water goes down the drain. So basically you are turning you tank into a toilet bowl. 
my .02
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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden
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