Jimmy719
New member
Hey Greg
I'm new to the hobby, so bear with me if this is old material regurgitated. I just read part 3 of your sump articles (by the way, I can't find pt. 1 and 2, but Ill keep looking) and a question has arisen from the depths of my brain.
The tank I'll be getting for my reef is a 65 gal with a built in overflow box. There's this funky contraption on top of the drainpipe, and all I want to know is what the heck its purpose is! Its all one piece of plastic, part of it is a tube that fits inside the drainpipe a few inches, and the other part is kinda like a half sphere, with a smaller tube coming out at the top. Yeah... horrible description, huh? Haha. Well I'm hoping you've seen these so you know what I'm talking about. It always floats on top of the water in the overflow box, and allows air in through the top... if I had to wager a guess, it'd be that it cuts down on noise in the event of fluctuation of the water level in the box.
Thanks, I really enjoy your writing.
Jimmy
I'm new to the hobby, so bear with me if this is old material regurgitated. I just read part 3 of your sump articles (by the way, I can't find pt. 1 and 2, but Ill keep looking) and a question has arisen from the depths of my brain.
The tank I'll be getting for my reef is a 65 gal with a built in overflow box. There's this funky contraption on top of the drainpipe, and all I want to know is what the heck its purpose is! Its all one piece of plastic, part of it is a tube that fits inside the drainpipe a few inches, and the other part is kinda like a half sphere, with a smaller tube coming out at the top. Yeah... horrible description, huh? Haha. Well I'm hoping you've seen these so you know what I'm talking about. It always floats on top of the water in the overflow box, and allows air in through the top... if I had to wager a guess, it'd be that it cuts down on noise in the event of fluctuation of the water level in the box.
Thanks, I really enjoy your writing.
Jimmy