...but I think a gentleman by the name of Archimedes may have beat you to it... Him, or one o' his contemporaries... still trying to remember who 'discovered' the principle of the syphon/wick.

Interesting factoid: there are some Roman fountains still functioning, solely on the principles of 2000-year-old aquaducts. Some of these take water from springs (many!) miles away, and channel it to, well, Rome...
CovertCarpenter Reviewed by CovertCarpenter on . new invention, is this new? please confirm or try to guess what I am doing? Ok i figured out a way to connect my whole system without drilling holes. In other words, I got a system that is about 10 containers, (several beds, sump, res) and I can connect them all without drilling a single hole. I have tubes connecting the containers and water can commute to 1 container from the other, but I have not drilled a single hole. I can take the unit apart, reconfigure it, and break it down in place with water in it, in other words I don't have to drain it to modify it. Rating: 5