Re: Overflow comb - noisy?!?

Hi Mike, great last name for a change! Not like Kim Ross or Jamie Ray or
Lilly
or Bob Reath or Imashithead.......

"Mike Spoonenmiass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Use Google to look it up? You mean you don't have the time to tell him
how?
>
> You must be getting burned out or are finally taking my advice in regards
to
> letting these retards figure it out for themselves.
>
> "Marc Levenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Using "teeth" or a comb to hold livestock back can possibly backfire on
you.
> In
> a recent issue of Reefkeeping Online, the author pointed out that teeth
tend
> to
> trap bits of food and algae, and fish will be attracted to this which
leads
> to
> them being sucked into (or they jump into) the overflow.  Better to have a
> smooth edge at the top, which also prevents small bubbles from being
> introduced
> (via teeth) into the next chamber.
>
> To avoid the splashing sound, you want the water level to be high in that
> area,
> but still lower than the display section.  About 1.5" to 2" lower.  Build
a
> "durso standpipe" in that overflow chamber to maintain the water level,
and
> prevent a noisy drain effect.  Use Google to look it up.
>
> Marc
>
>
> Siphon wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just ordering a new tank and desiding on the level my internal
> > overflow chamber should be built on. I'd like the water level in the
> > 115g tank to be approximately 1" - 1,5" from the top of the tank.
> >
> > For tuning and many other usefull purposes (saving fish from entering
> > the OF chamber) I have been planning on a comb placed around the edges
> > of the glass overflow. I'm worried about the possible gushing
> > waterfall noises the comb might make. Some 600g/h flow through. I
> > ungerstand, the woter runs smoother without the comb...?
> >
> > What experiences you have on combs and their level of extra noise?
> >
> > S
>
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