Quieting my Durso

biglurr54 · 03/28/2017, 06:02 PM

So when I built my tank I didn't think about sound as its in the living room. Turns out the sound does bother me. I'm setting up my home theater and my reciever is picking up the tank noise when calibrating. Time to quiet it down a bit.

It's a single Durso (deep blue professional corner overflow) it feeds down to a tee. One direction goes to a sock filter. The other end goes into a algae scrubber then into the sump.

After a lot of messing with the sump end, I have things relatively quiet down there. The top end is the loudest.

I have opened the hole at the top of the Durso. It's still pretty loud. I believe the issue is that the water level in the overflow chamber is an inch below tank level. I think the noise is the water falling the inch. I can't raise the Durso because it will interfere with the glass top. See pics below. Anyone have any ideas?

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Reefable · 03/28/2017, 06:31 PM

I had this issue recently and the way how I raised my level by an inch is by opening the ball valve a bit of the return line supplying the water to the overflow (I got 2 corner overflows)

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biglurr54 · 03/28/2017, 06:34 PM

The return pump is a straight line up with no Valves in place.

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Reefable · 03/28/2017, 08:19 PM

[QUOTE=biglurr54;25024267]The return pump is a straight line up with no Valves in place.

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Ok

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03/28/2017, 06:02 PM	#1
biglurr54 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Averill Park NY Posts: 406	Quieting my Durso So when I built my tank I didn't think about sound as its in the living room. Turns out the sound does bother me. I'm setting up my home theater and my reciever is picking up the tank noise when calibrating. Time to quiet it down a bit. It's a single Durso (deep blue professional corner overflow) it feeds down to a tee. One direction goes to a sock filter. The other end goes into a algae scrubber then into the sump. After a lot of messing with the sump end, I have things relatively quiet down there. The top end is the loudest. I have opened the hole at the top of the Durso. It's still pretty loud. I believe the issue is that the water level in the overflow chamber is an inch below tank level. I think the noise is the water falling the inch. I can't raise the Durso because it will interfere with the glass top. See pics below. Anyone have any ideas? Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk

03/28/2017, 06:31 PM	#2
Reefable Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 213	I had this issue recently and the way how I raised my level by an inch is by opening the ball valve a bit of the return line supplying the water to the overflow (I got 2 corner overflows) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/28/2017, 06:34 PM	#3
biglurr54 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Averill Park NY Posts: 406	The return pump is a straight line up with no Valves in place. Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk

03/28/2017, 08:19 PM	#4
Reefable Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 213	[QUOTE=biglurr54;25024267]The return pump is a straight line up with no Valves in place. Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk[/ Ok Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk