overflow niose

[hartkarl]

i have a 75gal tank. I installed the durastand and eliminated the waterfall niose. now my sump is in my basement so the water must fall about 8 feet to get to the sump. the water rushing down the drain tube is quite noisey. any ideas on how to quite this noise down would be appreciated.

 

[joerdie]

if you run a search on this site you will find loads of info on overflows. just type in noisy overflow and the info wont stop!!!

 

[nicenakago]

Everyone with their basements makes me so jealous... I have no basement. So will never have the tank of my dreams.

 

[jarvis]

Originally posted by NiceNakago
Everyone with their basements makes me so jealous... I have no basement. So will never have the tank of my dreams.


I have a basment sump. unfortunately my display tank is also in the basement, damn.

 

[beefcake]

You must need quite a big pump to pump that back up to your tank on the main floor. Your going to lose massive gph as a result. Other than that it would be neat. Maybe you could try to put some curves in there somewhere to slow the water a bit so it isnt a 10' free fall.

 

[hartkarl]

thanks everyone for the help. i now have the whole tank running virtually silent. yes i need a big pump to get the water back upstairs. i have a iwaki md55 pump which puts out 1100 gph. from what i figure i still have somewhere between 550 to 650 gph going into my tank by the time it gets upstairs. ill post some pics when i get some time. thanks again everyone. this is a great message board. now on to getting the water and tank ready.