Re: How to make the overflow a bit more quiet

I can't for the life of me imagine why one would want a pre-filter on their
overflow.  I use a micron sock in the sump as needed for fine mechanical
filtering.  Seems to me to be less hassle and better fail safe as in if it
plugs up, no trouble, water overflows and spills right into the sump as
opposed to out the top of the tank if it were a plugged up pre-filter.  I
think that building one for it would be rather trivial though, getting one
to actually work well might be a pain however.

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"Dave Cobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> That's cool.. but it seems to prevent you from using a pre-filter on the
> overflow.
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> "Benjamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Sorry if I misread that... "The tank has an in-tank overflow, which is
> > really loud."  Made me think you had a drilled tank.   If you haven't
then
> I
> > think the "Stockman Standpipe" is what you may want to look at.
> >
> > http://www.rl180reef.com/pages/standpipe/standpipe-ken_stockman.htm  is
> one
> > location... there are others.  I haven't played with it, but am sure
> > something like it is workable.
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> > "Dave Cobb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Hmmm that looks good for a "drilled" tank.. any ideas for tanks with a
> > > H.O.T. overflow?
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> > > "Benjamin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > Paul,
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> > > > I also have a Oceanic 75.  To see what I went through to shut my
> > overflow
> > > up
> > > > take the link to my standpipe page.  I have done recent major
> remodeling
> > > of
> > > > the site to make it more barable.  I hope it helps you as it did me.
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> > > > http://showcase.netins.net/web/reefpage/hardware/standpipe.html
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> > > > "Paul Vincent Craven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > > I've got an Oceanic 75 system I bought used. The tank has an
in-tank
> > > > > overflow, which is really loud. Not in a pleasent cascading water
> sort
> > > > > of way, but in a never-ending flushing toilet sort of way. The
sump
> is
> > > > > pretty quiet, but the process of water falling into the tube is
the
> > > > > problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > I thought about putting an elbow of the intake so the water would
be
> > > > > more of a 'slide' in, rather than a straight fall into the tank. I
> > > > > don't know if this would help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone have good tips on silencing the overflow?
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul Vincent Craven
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