New 75 making noise

nicenakago

Member
I'm setting up a 75 gal. w/ a built in overflow. 15 gal. sump. 11/2in. bulkhead. It's making noise like when your bathtub drains...how do I quiet it down?
 

josh

Active Member
Durso standpipe, works like a charm. Here is the link to his page, he even makes them and sells them for like 15 bucks.
Here
I think he uses frames on his sites, so if it takes you to the main page just click on the standpipe frame... you can't miss it.
 

nicenakago

Member
Thanks everybody. I built mine tonight, but I'm still getting bubbles in my sump that are making noise. Any suggestions?
 

nicenakago

Member
UPDATE:
I put a 90 on the bottom of my drain pipe and stuck a street el 90 in that. So now the drain points twords the surface of the water in the sump.
I played around with the water level in the sump and found that if you can get the level high enough to not "bulge" from water flow comming out of the drain pipe, the result is the bubbles go straight up (as apposed to blasting all over the sump) and no gurgling.
This has helped me to also keep bubbles from entering my display throught the return pump as well.
***YAY***
 
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