drain pipe noise question?

jcono · 03/28/2010, 09:18 AM

Hello,

I'm currently doing a test run of my 90G. system; first RR setup I have ever done.

I have a lot of noise with the drain lines (dual overflow). They just sound like rain/ waterfall. I don't think the problem is the durso pipes themselves, there is no gurgling. I have flex hose connected to the dursos into the sump, and they go almost strait down because they are not very bendable.

Thanks for your help,
Jano

75gsalt · 03/28/2010, 10:08 AM

I hard line plumbed mine and just stuck the tip on the drain underwater. My cabinet is not enclosed yet and still pretty quiet.

bderos · 03/28/2010, 10:23 AM

I had the same noise problem - waterfalls. Do you have bio balls in the overflow chambers? I added these to mine and it made it quieter. I'm experimenting with putting some type of noise muffler thing-a-mob over the top of the overflow because I still get a little waterfall noise. THe bio balls helps a lot.

jcono · 03/28/2010, 10:44 AM

I'm not using bioballs as I drain into a sump not wetdry. maybe I have too much flow going into the overflows?

03/28/2010, 09:18 AM	#1
jcono Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bernardsville, NJ Posts: 147	drain pipe noise question? Hello, I'm currently doing a test run of my 90G. system; first RR setup I have ever done. I have a lot of noise with the drain lines (dual overflow). They just sound like rain/ waterfall. I don't think the problem is the durso pipes themselves, there is no gurgling. I have flex hose connected to the dursos into the sump, and they go almost strait down because they are not very bendable. Thanks for your help, Jano

03/28/2010, 10:08 AM	#2
75gsalt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Southeast Kansas Posts: 286	I hard line plumbed mine and just stuck the tip on the drain underwater. My cabinet is not enclosed yet and still pretty quiet. __________________ 75 ga. reef 20 gal. sump corals GSP assorted Polyps Zoos PomPom Xenia Waving Hand Xenia Blue Mushroom Toadstool Leather Current Tank Info: 75g. reef 125 lbs. live rock 90lbs. live sand 1 Clown small Regal Tang 20 Nass. Snails Turbos hermit

03/28/2010, 10:23 AM	#3
bderos Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: West Hollywood, CA Posts: 229	I had the same noise problem - waterfalls. Do you have bio balls in the overflow chambers? I added these to mine and it made it quieter. I'm experimenting with putting some type of noise muffler thing-a-mob over the top of the overflow because I still get a little waterfall noise. THe bio balls helps a lot.

03/28/2010, 10:44 AM	#4
jcono Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bernardsville, NJ Posts: 147	I'm not using bioballs as I drain into a sump not wetdry. maybe I have too much flow going into the overflows?