Quiet flow into the sump.

[mrichardson]

I'm wanting to know of any ideas of how to silence the flow of the water into the sump. Not the flow falling into the overflow box, but the sound made by the drain into the sump.

 

[cheeseboy]

You could try putting a glass cover over your main tank. That cuts down the noise significantly on my tank.

 

[mrichardson]

It's not the noise from the main tank....it has a canopy over it....

It's the noise of the water hitting the sump.

 

[flyyyguy]

run the drain pipe down below the waters surface

 

[Zackb911]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7990921#post7990921 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flyyyguy
run the drain pipe down below the waters surface

what he said... you cant hear mine

 

[Bamm Bamm]

don't run it too deep in the water though maybe just like an inch otherwise it will build up backpressure and start gurgling

 

[SteveOhh]

Have the water drain into a filter sock.................just make sure the end of the sock is submerged in water

 

[MJAnderson]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7992089#post7992089 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bamm Bamm
don't run it too deep in the water though maybe just like an inch otherwise it will build up backpressure and start gurgling

Not true. I think it depends on your air intake above. Mine gurgles with anything less than 4" underwater.

 

[flyyyguy]

put a vent stack in it to stop the gurgling.......

a vent stack is a T above the water level with a open ended 6-8(or whatever) piece of pipe that allows for air to escape without splashing out

 

[Bamm Bamm]

hmmm.. Filtersocks work great Just make sure to clean then every few days=)

 

[drinkhomebrew]

bam bam, do you have any pictures of your koi setup?

 

[flyyyguy]

I quit using fliter socks about a year ago, unnecessary IMO. I have enough things i have to do besides clean a filter sock, although i dont deny that they are one way to deal with the noise........in fact, used along with the submerged drain pipe and vent stack it is nearly SILENT.

 

[MJAnderson]

Fly, do you have pics of the vent stack? Is it in the sump or on the durso? And you said an "open-ended 6-8" what? 6"-8" high pipe? 6-8" diameter?

 

[MayoBoy]

Put in a 45 and bank it off a wall.

 

[flyyyguy]

I dont have pics as im not using one on any of my tanks at the moment but i have in the past on both tank drains and external skimmer drains going into the sump.
It just invloves installing a T in the line somewhere...the same pipe dimension as the line itself. Then off of the T(depending on your angle of descent you might need a 90 or a 45 attached as well, then just a open ended pipe long enough so that water doesnt splash out of it....

make sense???

If not I can dig up a pic of an old system..........

All of the ideas presented in this thread can help and or eliminate the problem if done correctly..........if you incorporate a couple of them you cna mnake it darn near silent.

 

[drinkhomebrew]

So instead of all the water rushing in through one pipe the flow is spread out between 4?

 

[flyyyguy]

no..i need to find a pic..

the water is still flowing through ONE. The other is simply an air vent so it doesnt create a vacuum and the accompanied "gurgling" sound.........

one line witha T coming off of it for venting......i confused matters by mentioning a 90 or 45 too, but that is just in case you use flex pipe and get some funky angles.........

 

[joshuaroot]

 

[GROSSR]

Try this.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=899715

rich

 

[MJAnderson]

I built the contraption in the link (Prugs device). Works great the dang thing is always in the way.