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05-20-2008, 11:33 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22
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 |  Noisy external overflow. Cant sleep!!!
Hey guys. I haven't posted in a while, have been busy with finals and whatnot. Anyways, I have recently put an external overflow box on my tank. At first it was gurgling pretty bad so I put the gurgle buster on it which works like it should. Now my problem is that the water draining from the overflow is still making a lot of noised as it falls into output tube. No gurgling but sounds like a waterfall. I am still using soft tubing for the plumbing and I dont know if its possible for this noise to be quieter (I hope it is because I sleep in this room) but if anyone has any input it would be greatyly apprciated. Any questions just ask. Thanks.
Mike
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28 gal bowfront
40 lbs live sand
30+ lbs live rock
external overflow to 5 gal sump
PS75 protein skimmer
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05-21-2008, 12:28 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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05-21-2008, 12:35 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Originally Posted by thenagler72  Hey guys. I haven't posted in a while, have been busy with finals and whatnot. Anyways, I have recently put an external overflow box on my tank. At first it was gurgling pretty bad so I put the gurgle buster on it which works like it should. Now my problem is that the water draining from the overflow is still making a lot of noised as it falls into output tube. No gurgling but sounds like a waterfall. I am still using soft tubing for the plumbing and I dont know if its possible for this noise to be quieter (I hope it is because I sleep in this room) but if anyone has any input it would be greatyly apprciated. Any questions just ask. Thanks.
Mike | Raise the water level in your sump! _________ You can take the man out of the ocean, but you can't take the ocean out of the man!
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05-21-2008, 12:38 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Switch to hard PVC. That way you can plumb it so it goes down into the sump, do a 90 degree angle so it goes horizontally, then another 90 degree angle so it goes up. It's what I do and it works great. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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05-21-2008, 12:50 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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The hard pvc pipes does work, but the trick is to be able to get an "even" flow. the more turns(elbows) you have, the more the flow gets restricted. I hope I made sense. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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