SRO 3000 Skimmer

bayoupr · 01/09/2011, 02:27 PM

I recently bought one of these as I will be going to either a 180 or 210g tank.Beast of a skimmer but the water exiting the skimmer is loud. Can you partially sumerge the tee without a problem I figure if I can run the tee half in and half out this should reduce the noise vastly.

cmaxwell39 · 01/09/2011, 02:35 PM

I have an SRO 3000 as well and I run my Tee half in and half out of the water. I have also seen people put a second tee on and point one end up and the other end submersed in order to quiet noise down. The problem is you will probably have to sand a piece of pipe down to make it fit into the factory PVC fittings as the factory fittings are metric I think.

bayoupr · 01/09/2011, 02:43 PM

I was looking for a 90 but can't find any on line. What depth are you running yours at. Mine is 7.5" and the gate valve probably at 70-80% closed. Thinking about lowering it to 8"

bayoupr · 01/09/2011, 03:43 PM

Anybody running these what water level are you running yours at?

bayoupr · 01/09/2011, 03:44 PM

Anybody thats running these what water level are you running yours at?

Swerve's Reef · 01/09/2011, 07:18 PM

Mine's at 8 inches and it's still on the loud side, but not as loud as 7.5 inches. I'm going to try and fit a tee on there to help quiet it down.

FWIW I love the way the skimmer works, but my BB3000 pump has a quite a hum. I can hear the thing throughout my house at night. That combined with the water flowing out, uhgg... I'm gonna have to soundproof my stand or something

bayoupr · 01/10/2011, 09:56 AM

Has anyone cut the nipple down to lower the tee? After three days of running I have salt spray everywhere under my cabinet. I tried flexpvc but they emailed back that they have no metric pvc fittings.

bayoupr · 01/10/2011, 10:45 AM

Follow up. I spoke with Mike at RS and he came up with the solution. A 1.25" PVC TEE fits in the outlet tee perfect. No nipple. Drilled a 1/4" hole into the top of the tee and no more noise or splashing. He also said you could use a tee with about a three inch nipple with a pipe cap on top of the nipple drilled. Thanks Mike

Humu Humu · 02/14/2011, 02:44 PM

What about the noise from the pump? I've solved the discharge splash noise using a tee, but the pump (Bubble Blaster 3000) is very loud. Any suggestions on how to quiet these things down?

mojo~ · 02/14/2011, 05:25 PM

you can run the t under as long as it doesnt overflow.

mojo~ · 02/14/2011, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Humu Humu

What about the noise from the pump? I've solved the discharge splash noise using a tee, but the pump (Bubble Blaster 3000) is very loud. Any suggestions on how to quiet these things down?

I have not had a loud one. Sometimes the bearing comes unseated in shipping

01/09/2011, 02:27 PM	#1
bayoupr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,308	SRO 3000 Skimmer I recently bought one of these as I will be going to either a 180 or 210g tank.Beast of a skimmer but the water exiting the skimmer is loud. Can you partially sumerge the tee without a problem I figure if I can run the tee half in and half out this should reduce the noise vastly.

02/14/2011, 05:25 PM	#10
mojo~ Skimmer Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: IN Posts: 5,647	you can run the t under as long as it doesnt overflow. __________________ Mojo~

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01/09/2011, 02:35 PM	#2
cmaxwell39 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 229	I have an SRO 3000 as well and I run my Tee half in and half out of the water. I have also seen people put a second tee on and point one end up and the other end submersed in order to quiet noise down. The problem is you will probably have to sand a piece of pipe down to make it fit into the factory PVC fittings as the factory fittings are metric I think.

01/09/2011, 02:43 PM	#3
bayoupr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,308	I was looking for a 90 but can't find any on line. What depth are you running yours at. Mine is 7.5" and the gate valve probably at 70-80% closed. Thinking about lowering it to 8"

01/09/2011, 03:43 PM	#4
bayoupr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,308	Anybody running these what water level are you running yours at?

01/09/2011, 03:44 PM	#5
bayoupr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,308	Anybody thats running these what water level are you running yours at?

01/09/2011, 07:18 PM	#6
Swerve's Reef Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 54	Mine's at 8 inches and it's still on the loud side, but not as loud as 7.5 inches. I'm going to try and fit a tee on there to help quiet it down. FWIW I love the way the skimmer works, but my BB3000 pump has a quite a hum. I can hear the thing throughout my house at night. That combined with the water flowing out, uhgg... I'm gonna have to soundproof my stand or something

01/10/2011, 09:56 AM	#7
bayoupr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,308	Has anyone cut the nipple down to lower the tee? After three days of running I have salt spray everywhere under my cabinet. I tried flexpvc but they emailed back that they have no metric pvc fittings.

01/10/2011, 10:45 AM	#8
bayoupr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,308	Follow up. I spoke with Mike at RS and he came up with the solution. A 1.25" PVC TEE fits in the outlet tee perfect. No nipple. Drilled a 1/4" hole into the top of the tee and no more noise or splashing. He also said you could use a tee with about a three inch nipple with a pipe cap on top of the nipple drilled. Thanks Mike

02/14/2011, 02:44 PM	#9
Humu Humu lost in the pelagic zone Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago Posts: 207	What about the noise from the pump? I've solved the discharge splash noise using a tee, but the pump (Bubble Blaster 3000) is very loud. Any suggestions on how to quiet these things down?