Re: How to make the overflow a bit more quiet

That's interesting... can you tell me more about the sock thingy?

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> 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.
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> > > 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.
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> > > > > > 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?
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