Power outage overflow

[duanes]

Because I often use rain water directly in my tanks, during the rainy season the sump sometimes over flows. Water availability from the plant here is sometimes iffy, so taking advantage of rain, is a necessary evil.
Or on the occasion that power goes out, the sump overflows.
I wanted a way to direct that overflow away from the sump side, and direct it more into the garden.
Although the device was built a while back, today became the test of its viability, during a power outage, and it actually worked, automatically.


I will probably shorten the mid section to make for a tighter fit on the sump rim, so far it is mostly friction fit, so easy enough to alter
Previously rain was caught under a normally overflow gutter with an old piece, of scrap of gutter.

But a 12 ft piece of bamboo washed up the other day, so the aluminum scrap has be replaced by halved bamboo pieces, to channel to the tank.

Whether or not that one overflow can handle the amount of water during the rainy season, is the $64,000 question, but if not, I will make and add another.
I got the idea from the video below.
Cheapest & Smallest Do It Yourself (DIY) PVC Overflow (Drip Systems) - RomaAquatics.com

 

[duanes]

A little follow up, during the rainy season my sump easily become inundated.


I prefer to run sumps quite deep I consider the more water volume, the better.
And have considered those typical few inch, shallow sumps inadequate, and a danger to running pumps dry.
As you can see, during the dry season, my sumps are sometimes too low to matter, except during an outage.

And don't like sump water volume to be any lower than about half the enclosures height.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Does the bamboo grow nearby or does it float in from other islands a good distance away? Also I have enjoyed reading your mangrove threads Duane.

 

[duanes]

Does the bamboo grow nearby or does it float in from other islands a good distance away? Also I have enjoyed reading your mangrove threads Duane.

I t grows here, and on the mainland, so is common along the shore line.
I use pieces to grow mangrove, to camouflage PVC, and now as rain water channels, its great stuff.

 

[fishhead0103666]

I t grows here, and on the mainland, so is common along the shore line.
I use pieces to grow mangrove, to camouflage PVC, and now as rain water channels, its great stuff.

Do you happen to know the specific type of bamboo it is by any chance?

 

[duanes]

There are supposedly 12 native species, and a few introduced species.
I must admit I can't tell most apart.
I was surprised that in such a remote island place as Taboga, that there are as many introduced and invasive plant species as there are.
A local riend brings plants for my garden that he collects in the forest, and I have found although thought to be natural, or endsmic many are from Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, even the aquatic species
As I found the bamboo on the beach

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