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    Daisy Chain the siphon outlets?

    Hi guys and gals! Since I am still in the planning stages of my backyard aquaponics system, I am bouncing some ideas back and forth to make sure I have a functional and aesthetically pleasing setup!

    I am trying to go over in my head the best way to set up THREE grow beds, horizonatally, with the fish tank on the far end.

    That leads me to a question. Can I daisy chain the down spouts into a single PVC drainage pipe that will feed into the fish tank? Here is a crude drawing that I did to illustrate what I mean.



    In my head, that makes sense, but without any knowledge in plumbing or suctioning, I have no idea if 1) this will still trigger the siphon, and 2) will the siphon still stop as it should?

    Again, I don't see how this would NOT work, since the siphon should trigger and stop based on the levels within the grow beds.....but I need some opinions from you all!
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