how to quiet overflow

[okieman98]

some reason i posted in the wrong form. lol anyway got this new system set up the over flow in the corner is really loud need a safe way to quiet it down since it in the living room. it kinda a different set up on the drain pipe from what i seen before. the stand pipe has holes drilled in three are 4 different places with bio filters over the pipe. it only has about 6 inchs of water in the overflow and when the water falls making alot of noise and sometimes sounds like a drain sucking water. it about a 1 inch pipe. on a 75 gal system. if a photo would help i can try to get one

thanks all

 

[BrianOKC]

How many gallons are u trying to run through it? If I remember correctly a 1" pipe can handle 600 gallons anything more than that can be hard to keep quiet. You can also google Hofer gurgle buster, I have used this design in the past to quiet a drain and it worked well.

 

[cjilge]

or "Durso Stand pipe" both gurgle busters and durso's work. I believe I had the same thing on my 65 back in the day and I switched it for a durso which I still run on the 150gl

 

[okieman98]

ok will check them out thanks. it came with a mag 7 pump so i guess 700 gal

 

[danielbui23]

I second on the durso standpipe. The other reason I have the durso is to quiet the waterfall sound once the water enters the overflow.

 

[Jedidad]

It would be much quieter if you extended the drain pipe so that you only had about a 2 inch fall of water into the overflow.

 

[cubiclewarrior]

It would be much quieter if you extended the drain pipe so that you only had about a 2 inch fall of water into the overflow.

I am running a mag 12 this exact same way and the noise isnt bad at all