SO NOISY

[drewpotens]

I have a 568 gph sump for my 55g tank. I also have a hanging overflow box. The splashing and gurgling that I am hearing from my overflow was way too much to handle. You can hear it from outside the room with the door closed. So I bought a ball valve that i hooked up to my return tube and cut the flow in half. It did the job of being much more quiet, but after about two weeks I noticed a lot more crap lying on top of my substrate. I have a powerhead and 3 hermit crabs and snails each, but it still is much dirtier than before I slowed down the flow. I was wondering if there was another solution to decreasing the noise without cutting off the full strength of my pump.

 

[bang guy]

Do you have a Durso flow regulator?

 

[lmforbis]

Sometimes if you insert a length of airline tubing into the tube in the overflow that goes to the sump it will quiet it down. You just put it down until the noise lessens.
You could also add add another power head in the tank to keep the crud stirred up so it goes into the overflow.

 

[bang guy]

Good point about the added powerhead. You don't need all of your flow going through the sump. Powerheads or closed loop are far more efficient.

 

[drewpotens]

no I dont have a durso flow regulator all i had was theball balve formy 5/8" tubing on my return. and if i choose to get another powerhead is it best to keep them both on the same side or opposite of one another?

 

[deejeff0442]

A durso pipe and hang on overflow box are totally different
Which overflow box do you have?. If it gurgle like the water builds up then goes down the tube fast yea it needs a pipe to add air.
Same as on a house plumbing. There are vents out of your roof . They keep water from blocking the drain

 

[deejeff0442]

2nd question. Always better to put power heads on opposite side . You want them to fight each other really. More directions the water goes the better. Can't have dead spots

 

[lmforbis]

+1

 

[drewpotens]

I got a PF 300 overflow box. and the hose thats attached to my wet/dry underneath isnt completely straight. its got a U in it. should I try to separate the filter and the overflow to try and gain distance to hopefully straighten it out better? im just not working with a lot of room to move them away from each other

 

[deejeff0442]

Unless the u is crimping it the pipe should be ok.
Take the foam off the bulkhead on the overflow.
There should be a push on fitting the foam goes over with a small hole on to maybe 1/8 wide. It Need a pipe like a drinking straw that is 7 or 8 inches tall that need to go in it. That straw will let the water draining from choking

 

[beaslbob]

just looks at that overflow and it doesn't seem to have any point where excessive noise would be generated.

Did you install the foam filter on the drain?

Where is the noise coming from. The hob overflow, the t

 

[2quills]

Unless the u is crimping it the pipe should be ok.
Take the foam off the bulkhead on the overflow.
There should be a push on fitting the foam goes over with a small hole on to maybe 1/8 wide. It Need a pipe like a drinking straw that is 7 or 8 inches tall that need to go in it. That straw will let the water draining from choking

+1

There's supposed to be a vent tube that sticks out of the top of the bulkhead/strainer on those CPR overflows.

Adjusting it by sliding it up or down will help quiet the gurgling if that's what the issue is.