Unlevel tank?

[Zach Vs Ponies]

I just put water inside of my 125 gallon tank. Whenever I did so, I never thought about how level the tank is. Basically, my tank is making an extremely loud sound where the tank overflows into the sump (It's not inside of the overflow, it's in the sump).

Anyways, my 125 has two overflow boxes. Can an unlevel tank cause my overflow into the sump to be extremely noisy?

I know this might seem like a dumb question, but this is my first time to ever use a sump. I've set up saltwater aquariums before but I've never had a sump :headwally: .

I also know this question might seem dumb without pictures, but I can post pictures if they are necessary to answer my question.

 

[tkeracer619]

First off if the tank is unlevel you need to drain and shim the bottom of the stand between the floor and the stand. This can cause the sump to be louder because more water is flowing down one drain then the other.

When you say loud. Can you describe it? Crashing, gurgling, splashing, surging, ect ect. Any chance you can post a video? That would be really helpful.

 

[ganjero]

First off if the tank is unlevel you need to drain and shim the bottom of the stand between the floor and the stand. This can cause the sump to be louder because more water is flowing down one drain then the other.

When you say loud. Can you describe it? Crashing, gurgling, splashing, surging, ect ect. Any chance you can post a video? That would be really helpful.

+1 on this. The noise could be from the tank being unlevel, but also from many other reasons i.e. type of overflow pipes, overflow pipes diameter, pump, etc...
How many overflows do you have? what is the pipe diameter? what pump are you using? what type of overflow pipes are you using?

Depending on how bad your tank is unleveled it can lead to premature failure of the seams due to the extra stress on them.

 

[Ron Reefman]

A) Just how out of level is it?
B) It's possible (but unlikely) that the tank being a little out of level is the cause of noise in the sump.
C) You wrote, "I just put water inside of my 125 gallon tank. Whenever I did so, I never thought about how level the tank is. Basically, my tank is making an extremely loud sound where the tank overflows into the sump (It's not inside of the overflow, it's in the sump).
Anyways, my 125 has two overflow boxes. Can an unlevel tank cause my overflow into the sump to be extremely noisy?"
So is the noise in the sump or in the overflow? If it's in the overflow, the level of the tank may be a contributing factor. If it's in the sump, it's very unlikely.

Pictures of your system would help.

BTW, I thought that with the lower gravity on Mars that the flow of water would be slower and make less noise! :spin1::lol2: