is this a quiet drain/overflow piping?!?

0000 · 01/04/2012, 08:45 PM

I am looking for the most silent drain and overflow pipes possible due to tank in bedroom.

Are these pipes that came with my tank quiet? or should I be looking into some other pipes?

A link would help

thank you

uncleof6 · 01/04/2012, 09:03 PM

Link

0000 · 01/04/2012, 09:17 PM

thanks for the link, I wish I could set it up like that but unfortunatly I cant. I just have 2 holes drilled in nottom of tank. Drain and return pipe.

uncleof6 · 01/04/2012, 09:25 PM

Was more for the principles involved rather than the specifics.

Link too

SoLiD · 01/04/2012, 09:38 PM

Ummmm... drill another hole...

You'll love this method... I set it up on my 40 breeder and it is very quiet.

Agu · 01/05/2012, 01:33 AM

Concept being linked is that a full siphon drain will have no air and as a result no noise. However it needs a backup overflow in case the full siphon can't handle the flow. That's why you'd need three holes or an over the top return (with both drilled holes as drains).

However using a lower flow return pump will also be quiet, although not dead silent as the methods linked. Personally I'm not a fan of high flow through a sump so a low flow (and low cost, low energy usage) return pump is a viable alternative for me.

Crusinjimbo · 01/05/2012, 07:03 AM

Both existing holes can be used for the full siphon and the other is the emergency. Bring the retun over the top. Works great in my Marineland cube. Dead silent and darn near idiot proof.

01/04/2012, 08:45 PM	#1
0000 Registered Member. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cleveland Posts: 203	is this a quiet drain/overflow piping?!? I am looking for the most silent drain and overflow pipes possible due to tank in bedroom. Are these pipes that came with my tank quiet? or should I be looking into some other pipes? A link would help thank you

01/04/2012, 09:03 PM	#2
uncleof6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: AWOL Posts: 12,013	Link __________________ "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." (oft attributed to Einstein; most likely paraphrasing by Roger Sessions; compactly articulates the principle of Occam's Razor) Current Tank Info: 325 6' wide Reef

01/04/2012, 09:25 PM	#4
uncleof6 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: AWOL Posts: 12,013	Was more for the principles involved rather than the specifics. Link too __________________ "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." (oft attributed to Einstein; most likely paraphrasing by Roger Sessions; compactly articulates the principle of Occam's Razor) Current Tank Info: 325 6' wide Reef

01/04/2012, 09:38 PM	#5
SoLiD -=Snake=- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 999	Ummmm... drill another hole... You'll love this method... I set it up on my 40 breeder and it is very quiet. __________________ -David 40 Gallon Breeder on Steroids!!! Current Tank Info: Where you'll find an Acan and Orange Ricordea Garden in Bloom...

01/05/2012, 01:33 AM	#6
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	Concept being linked is that a full siphon drain will have no air and as a result no noise. However it needs a backup overflow in case the full siphon can't handle the flow. That's why you'd need three holes or an over the top return (with both drilled holes as drains). However using a lower flow return pump will also be quiet, although not dead silent as the methods linked. Personally I'm not a fan of high flow through a sump so a low flow (and low cost, low energy usage) return pump is a viable alternative for me. __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

01/04/2012, 09:17 PM	#3
0000 Registered Member. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cleveland Posts: 203	thanks for the link, I wish I could set it up like that but unfortunatly I cant. I just have 2 holes drilled in nottom of tank. Drain and return pipe.

01/05/2012, 07:03 AM	#7
Crusinjimbo Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel FL Posts: 751	Both existing holes can be used for the full siphon and the other is the emergency. Bring the retun over the top. Works great in my Marineland cube. Dead silent and darn near idiot proof.

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