Self water containers with reservoir..Where did I go wrong...?

Zenbaas · September 19, 2015

So i guess it's much easier to see what I have done from the images than me explaining everything in detail but my idea was to have a reservoir(the black container) water the other four white containers. I clearly hadn't thought this one through due me rushing all over the place and trying to get this done asap but of course thats when mistakes happen.

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So when I fill the reservoir it just levels out the water in all the other containers(and of course it would do this, don't know how I thought any other way

).

In any case how do I go about fixing it...?

Each container is basically two buckets on top of each other (top one with holes and a large center hole with a net pot to act as a wick)and the bottom white container has a whole on the side with 20mm PVC pipe and a rubber grommet connected to all the other containers. There is a small overflow hole drilled into each white container as well so that if the water level gets too high it will simply drain out.

Any advice is appreciated.

September 19, 2015	#1
Zenbaas Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: South Africa Posts: 340	Self water containers with reservoir..Where did I go wrong...? So i guess it's much easier to see what I have done from the images than me explaining everything in detail but my idea was to have a reservoir(the black container) water the other four white containers. I clearly hadn't thought this one through due me rushing all over the place and trying to get this done asap but of course thats when mistakes happen. PicsArt_09-19-04.47.40.jpg PicsArt_09-19-04.48.52.jpg So when I fill the reservoir it just levels out the water in all the other containers(and of course it would do this, don't know how I thought any other way ). In any case how do I go about fixing it...? Each container is basically two buckets on top of each other (top one with holes and a large center hole with a net pot to act as a wick)and the bottom white container has a whole on the side with 20mm PVC pipe and a rubber grommet connected to all the other containers. There is a small overflow hole drilled into each white container as well so that if the water level gets too high it will simply drain out. Any advice is appreciated.