loud overflow!

[nemoisfound]

Does anyone have a trick to quiet down the overflow alittle? Its the hang on type with a tube.

 

[fishermann]

I found if I took the sponge filter off it got quiet compared to having it on, it was half as noisey but they well never be completly quiet.

 

[jesshimom]

If it's a Lifereef you can buy their new silencer for it. We (scott) just installed mine and I ordered it with the silencer and it's very quiet. Works great!

Colleen

 

[fishermann]

Glad to hear you got your lifereef overflow Colleen, isn't a good one.

 

[jesshimom]

Yes John, we are very thrilled with how it all turned out. Talk about alot of work and stress hoping everybody would handle being moved twice to switch out the tanks. But, everyone did fine and the corals are perking up and the tank water is so clear I can't believe it. The sump I got from Karen works great and Scott fixed it so it would hold a sock. I have a new light on the way too, so hopefully this weekend we will be all completed and will post some pictures. Scott did great with all the plumbing.

Thanks for all the advice John!

Scott and Colleen

 

[bradreef]

If you put a ball valve on the plumbing you can reduce the sucking noise by adjusting It.

 

[fishermann]

Great to hear colleen that things are going great, be sure to change that sock out every 2 or 3 days so as not to let the detritus be broken down by bacteria and leach back into the water column.

Bradreef i would think a valve would cut down on the flow rate, besides the noise is like listening to a running brook, it puts me to sleep

 

[nemoisfound]

Hey does anyone Know of a site that has a diy on a silencer?

 

[DonW]

Bradreef i would think a valve would cut down on the flow rate, besides the noise is like listening to a running brook, it puts me to sleep

Bradreef is right. The valve equalizes the flow. A silencer is just a patch for unequal flow. If you adjust the flow until its silent your just flowing water, not air and water.

Don

 

[nemoisfound]

Thanks for your help everyone! Ill try it and let you know =)

 

[fishermann]

Don W That makes sense, that must be why taking the sponges off works, letting more water into the down spout

 

[fishermann]

Don W That makes sense, that must be why taking the sponges off works, letting more water into the down spout

 

[bradreef]

The common ways that overflows are loud are. The gulping sound of The pipes going down to the sump, The splashing when the water gets into the sump. and The water spilling over the edge.

Gulping is the noise you can reduce by a ball-valve.

The splashing is quieted by returning the water at a proper level in the sump and the right direction.

The spilling over noise can be reduced in a few ways. For hang on overflows a very porous sponge will baffle the contact noise as the water comes down. For an overflow such as a built in one, all you need to do is raise the level of water in the overflow so the water doesn't drop as far.