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isistius · 02/14/2009, 09:51 AM

i have a 54 corner with a stote-bought durso. this thing keeps getting louder and louder. it drains into a wetdry. i've removed all of the bioballs and replaced them with foam blocks to cut down on the noise. well - it's not working anymore. any suggestions? last night i could hear it draining from close to 50 feet away. i can't even watch tv anymore without turning off my return.

any suggestions would be much appreciated.

lostanime · 02/14/2009, 11:03 AM

Is the noise from the water in the wet/dry (loud splashing, we stopped this by extending pipe to dump below water level in sump) or is it a gurgling/toilet flushing noise from the durso? (I'm a bit of a newbie on this subject compared to all the experience surfing this site, but I would assume this is because your durso doesn't have a breather hole/little pipe drilled in top to break siphons)

Have you tried throttling back the flow from your return pump to see if that makes a difference?

What size piping are you using? What's the bulkhead(s) sizes? What's the return pump being used?

vid660 · 02/14/2009, 11:14 AM

Can you post a pic of your setup? Mine used to very loud too. It took me a long time to finally get mine quiet.

02/14/2009, 09:51 AM	#1
isistius Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: west palm, fla Posts: 424	overflow help i have a 54 corner with a stote-bought durso. this thing keeps getting louder and louder. it drains into a wetdry. i've removed all of the bioballs and replaced them with foam blocks to cut down on the noise. well - it's not working anymore. any suggestions? last night i could hear it draining from close to 50 feet away. i can't even watch tv anymore without turning off my return. any suggestions would be much appreciated.

02/14/2009, 11:03 AM	#2
lostanime Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,021	Is the noise from the water in the wet/dry (loud splashing, we stopped this by extending pipe to dump below water level in sump) or is it a gurgling/toilet flushing noise from the durso? (I'm a bit of a newbie on this subject compared to all the experience surfing this site, but I would assume this is because your durso doesn't have a breather hole/little pipe drilled in top to break siphons) Have you tried throttling back the flow from your return pump to see if that makes a difference? What size piping are you using? What's the bulkhead(s) sizes? What's the return pump being used? __________________ David Current Tank Info: 48"x48"x14" rimless 3/4" acrylic cube, 2x tunze 6105, apex, Aquamedic kalk, 2x400w Radiums, Deltec APF800 skimmer, ozotech posieden, MRC calcium reactor, BRS dual media, eheim 1260 return

02/14/2009, 11:14 AM	#3
vid660 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 466	Can you post a pic of your setup? Mine used to very loud too. It took me a long time to finally get mine quiet.