[megahaus]

okay.. I ended up sing the check valve to start the siphon. and lowered the point of intake. that starts a good flow... but I can't get my intake to the sump to keep the siphon.. do I need to put an endcap on mine also? I don't have a float switch and that kinda sucks because it's sunday night and I don't have one. So.. here's what happened. I had it doing great for 10 minutes, no change in water level, then I went to go grab a bite to eat in the kitchen for about 15-20 minutes and bam.. I've flooded my bedroom (which includes the awesome red oak that my tank happens to be sitting on) What happened was my siphon broke it's siphon because my pump couldn't exactly keep up with it. I'm using 3/4 inch pvc and return pump is a 525 pond pump (had it in something else before using it for the return) So knowing that the 3/4 inch pvc could drain that fast I got a ball valve and cut it off ALOT!!. But when my siphon broke my pump kept pumping its pathetic 100 gph tops. I don't want this to happen again..