I kinda have the same problem. New house is a tri-level with no sump. In order to run a drain, I will have to go up and over a doorway or two. My only other option is drilling through the wall to the garage and I'm not sure if I'm ready to do that just yet as I may be remodeling the garage.
What's a sump crock basin? Man I'm willing to do some crazy things it's just at this point I'm killing a lot of time doing water changes and I've moved my hen lie pair to my bro in laws 500 gal that has a drip setup til I can do something for my tank.
Dig a small trench, fill with gravel and drain into it from your drip, I had to do the same thing at my house, works like a champ
Sump crock basin...is basically a 30-40gal barrel u dig into the floor of ur basement usually for footer drains or too remove water from underneath ur house via a sump pump...ill get some pics when i get home tonight of mine. There sold fairly cheap at any hardware store. Sump pump or any pump that runs off a float valve is what u need. The crock fills up to a certain level, triggers the pump and removes the water to wherever u want. U could use the same setup with a 55 gal barrel not buried in the ground with a sump pump/float and ur good to go. Mine runs through 20-30' of 1.5" pvc before it goes through the wall and has no problem removing the water up 8' on top of that.
LOL...... that will fill in a week at 1000 gallons a week. It's a little more than a drip you might say.
In my fish room I have all drip drain lines going to a single 45gl tub with a float switch that activates a pump, I hard lined the plumbing from the pump to a 22ft planter box, I drilled holes in the 1/2in PVC all the way down. Being in AZ the water dose not stay around long
Sounds like a good system . Fresh water to your fish, fishy water to your plants! Going to water the plants anyway so it was a free water change for the fish. When people ask how much it cost in water for my trickle system I like to say zero. I was watering the bushes In my yard anyway...
