Overflow box horror story

ThomasL

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Sat 2am on Tuesday my tank flooded and during school today my tamk flooded and I wasn't there to turn off th pump I will be buying a drilled tank soon

 

ThomasL

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At*


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qguy

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Would help if you can tell us what happened

 

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This is why I now drill all tanks.

 

ThomasL

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qguy said:

Would help if you can tell us what happened

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Don't know what caused the siphon to break. All I know is that it was probably because of the power going out then turning back on. Thankfully my fish are ok and are eating well.


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ThomasL

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duanes said:

This is why I now drill all tanks.

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I will be also now lol


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fishguy306

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What kind of overflow box? Designed properly an oveflow should not lose its siphon.

 

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LukeOscar

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I had diy overflows out of pvc 2 years running they never had a problem. didn't even use an aqualifter pump.

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mudbuttjones

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Sorry about your catastrophe. How bad was the water damage?

$15 for a hole saw and $5 for a bulkhead. ...Hard for me not to justify it.


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I used to run a non-drilled tank overflow. I gave up on an unaided siphon. I used a powerhead in the overflow box to pump water to the sump, then another pump to pump it up. It was a nightmare.

If you have a sump, you need to drill, in my humble opinion.