refugium
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posiden
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No, don't add anyhting if it is not needed.
Loud plumbing is caused by to much flow for the plumbing. The water cannot run along the walls of the pipe smoothly. Post some info on what you have done and what you are running. Include the pump, overflow, pipe size for drain and return, if it is hard plumbing or flex hose, ect......anything pertained to the refuge.
Loud plumbing is caused by to much flow for the plumbing. The water cannot run along the walls of the pipe smoothly. Post some info on what you have done and what you are running. Include the pump, overflow, pipe size for drain and return, if it is hard plumbing or flex hose, ect......anything pertained to the refuge.
xcdennisx
Member
most overflow boxes have a peice of filter pad to put around the tube goin down to the sump. do not add anything unless you tested your tank and it actually needs it. i wouldnt buy any corals unles you have test kits for cal, alk, ph, amm, nit is the minimum. what kind of lights do you have in your tnak?
shobby
Member
Originally Posted by Posiden
http:///forum/post/3142316
No, don't add anyhting if it is not needed.
Loud plumbing is caused by to much flow for the plumbing. The water cannot run along the walls of the pipe smoothly. Post some info on what you have done and what you are running. Include the pump, overflow, pipe size for drain and return, if it is hard plumbing or flex hose, ect......anything pertained to the refuge.
The tube looks like it is about three feet long, two inches wide. It is a flex hose. The return hose is pretty thin, not sure what size the pump is, it says t3100on top. Do I need a bigger pump?
I added to maxijets also, but it was making the noise before I added the jets.
Thanks, Shelley
http:///forum/post/3142316
No, don't add anyhting if it is not needed.
Loud plumbing is caused by to much flow for the plumbing. The water cannot run along the walls of the pipe smoothly. Post some info on what you have done and what you are running. Include the pump, overflow, pipe size for drain and return, if it is hard plumbing or flex hose, ect......anything pertained to the refuge.
The tube looks like it is about three feet long, two inches wide. It is a flex hose. The return hose is pretty thin, not sure what size the pump is, it says t3100on top. Do I need a bigger pump?
I added to maxijets also, but it was making the noise before I added the jets.
Thanks, Shelley
shobby
Member
Originally Posted by xcdennisx
http:///forum/post/3142332
most overflow boxes have a peice of filter pad to put around the tube goin down to the sump. do not add anything unless you tested your tank and it actually needs it. i wouldnt buy any corals unles you have test kits for cal, alk, ph, amm, nit is the minimum. what kind of lights do you have in your tnak?
I do have the test kits for ph, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, and phisphates. Are there more than this. I have two 4ft compacts across the top, 55gal.
Shell
http:///forum/post/3142332
most overflow boxes have a peice of filter pad to put around the tube goin down to the sump. do not add anything unless you tested your tank and it actually needs it. i wouldnt buy any corals unles you have test kits for cal, alk, ph, amm, nit is the minimum. what kind of lights do you have in your tnak?
I do have the test kits for ph, ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, and phisphates. Are there more than this. I have two 4ft compacts across the top, 55gal.
Shell
oceandude
Member
Originally Posted by shobby
http:///forum/post/3142192
One other thing, since I put in the new refugium the water flowing from the top box down through the tube into the refugium sounds extremely loud. Is there something that I need to change on it? What causes it to sound this way
Shell
Does your overflow box have a strainer? If so, does it have a hole in the middle of it with a small tube that looks like a straw? If so try moving the tube up and down and see if that helps. I have a wet/dry with one and it worked.
I have another wet/dry without. I added a strainer, drilled a hole on the top in the middle, inserted the tube, adjusted it and it too worked. Just another thought.
http:///forum/post/3142192
One other thing, since I put in the new refugium the water flowing from the top box down through the tube into the refugium sounds extremely loud. Is there something that I need to change on it? What causes it to sound this way
Shell
Does your overflow box have a strainer? If so, does it have a hole in the middle of it with a small tube that looks like a straw? If so try moving the tube up and down and see if that helps. I have a wet/dry with one and it worked.
I have another wet/dry without. I added a strainer, drilled a hole on the top in the middle, inserted the tube, adjusted it and it too worked. Just another thought.