fishwarrior
Mostly New Member
Been thinking about this for awhile, haven't tried it out yet, it's probably just a crazy idea, but maybe it can work?
A pump-less filter. Like an HOB filter, but with a drain hole drilled into tank that goes into an external compartment and fills it up through media then flowing back out the top like an HOB filter using no pump only natural overflow. A question I had is how would GPH on something like this be figured? If the drain whole were 1-2 inches would that determine the flow?
Another idea I had to test out the theory, my HOB overflow box, the water overflows from the tank to the box and down the drains through PVC to the Sump. If I were to do the pipping so that instead of going down to the sump, it would go down to the bottom of display tank and back up over the top like a return pipe. Would the water still flow as strong or would it be different? The over is rated at 1000 GPH using 1" pvc.
The idea came from planning a plywood build, it's going to be relatively close to the floor, maybe 10 inches off and no room around the tank for a sump. Another option is an overhead sump, but would like to see if this idea of not using a pump would actually work. I thought about an internal sump but then I would be taking space from the tank which I don't want to do.
A pump-less filter. Like an HOB filter, but with a drain hole drilled into tank that goes into an external compartment and fills it up through media then flowing back out the top like an HOB filter using no pump only natural overflow. A question I had is how would GPH on something like this be figured? If the drain whole were 1-2 inches would that determine the flow?
Another idea I had to test out the theory, my HOB overflow box, the water overflows from the tank to the box and down the drains through PVC to the Sump. If I were to do the pipping so that instead of going down to the sump, it would go down to the bottom of display tank and back up over the top like a return pipe. Would the water still flow as strong or would it be different? The over is rated at 1000 GPH using 1" pvc.
The idea came from planning a plywood build, it's going to be relatively close to the floor, maybe 10 inches off and no room around the tank for a sump. Another option is an overhead sump, but would like to see if this idea of not using a pump would actually work. I thought about an internal sump but then I would be taking space from the tank which I don't want to do.
