HOW to reduce water gashing sound?

[yiling]

Hi guys, as some of u had already know, i keep my tank in my room.

Was just wondering is there any other method to reduce the "WATERFALL" sound effect ?

Apart from durso ?

The noise has been bothering me recently..

any kind reefers care to share their experiences? ?

cheers

yours sincerely Des

[Alvin Tan]

Hi guys, as some of u had already know, i keep my tank in my room.

Was just wondering is there any other method to reduce the "WATERFALL" sound effect ?

Apart from durso ?

The noise has been bothering me recently..

any kind reefers care to share their experiences? ?

cheers

yours sincerely Des

bro..u mean water sound from the trickle tower??

[hotlemond]

the durso is by far an effective method if applied properly. Is your weir not able to accomadate one?

Just to rule out other possibility, the sound is not coming from the outlet discharge into your sump rite? I ask this cos my tank is in the living hall and I can hear water rushing sound when i open the cabinet. And since the room should be quieter the sound may be more pronounced even with the cabinet closed.

[Kotobuki]

Hi guys, as some of u had already know, i keep my tank in my room.

Was just wondering is there any other method to reduce the "WATERFALL" sound effect ?

Apart from durso ?

The noise has been bothering me recently..

any kind reefers care to share their experiences? ?

cheers

yours sincerely Des

Bro,

You can try place a piece a piece of floating wool in there. Will reduce the water dripping sound.

My 2cents

Tak

[yiling]

hehe, thanks for help.

but i meant the sound from the overflow.

Not from the sump.

was thinking of adding a piece of glass at 45 degrees to stop the water crashing down...

anyone else got any effective ideas?

cheers

DEs

[Kotobuki]

yup yup dats wat i did at the overflow.

If you are talking about the drail pipe sound maybe this might help.

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?...=0entry423666

[hotlemond]

hehe, thanks for help.

but i meant the sound from the overflow.

Not from the sump.

was thinking of adding a piece of glass at 45 degrees to stop the water crashing down...

anyone else got any effective ideas?

cheers

DEs

water falls from the two sides of the weir, sticking close to the glass plane.

it may be a good idea there, but if you were to use a single piece then it might only be holding up the water and start crashing down again once it sip thru. Unless you try a few pieces to create a staircase arrangement.

however, just a concern that not enough opening may prevent the needed flow there. so you may want to take note of this.

[shootsimon]

Hope this helps.

Remove durso (don't throw away you might still need it), add a valve control near the outlet of the down flow pipe. Make sure all pipes are glued. This enables you to control the water level in the overflow box to the desired level and thus no more waterfall effect. When it reaches the desired level, tune the valve control till the right flow rate. This way you will not over flow the overflow box.

Observe the overflow box for about a day to see if the flow rate is same as your return. This is to prevent over flow. If you have two down flow pipes, use one for overflow. Extend the pipe slightly above the water level and below the edge of the tank of course. This way if there is any overflow due to blockage or slower flow rate, the 2nd pipe will there to take the overflow. You don't need a valve control for this pipe. Make sure the down flow pipe end is immerse in water if you want to elemenate the return sound at the sump.

What if only have 1 flow back pipe. You have to make sure that the flow back rate is always the same as the return or otherwise use back the durso method (that's why I mention keep the durso )

Have tried the durso but still have noise (flushing sound at times) and had a hard time controlling 2 durso. Most of the time only one is working. Have since given up on durso.

Thanks to Reefer Alanseah for his knowledge if not I will still have a waterfall at home.

[yiling]

thanks for all that replied.

What happened here is that ive got only 1 overflow piping

and my return pump is not pressurated, thus ill be taking alot of risk if im going to use the control valve.

Haiz..guess ill have to invest in some good ear muffs