overflow noise

[marcah]

Just my two cents ( for whatever it is worth )

Most of us have dealt with excess noise from our overflow and I have read and tried different things to stop it ( or at least quiet it down).. Try this it is quick and I have been using it for several months now and it works very well... Just take a piece of airline tubing about 12 inches long and zip tie it to a lighting cord or whatever you can.
Put something in the end for a little weight ,making sure air can get through it, and then put it in the drain line in the overflow.. you will have to play with it a little to get the right depth but when you do you will see the overflow quiet down immediately..

Good luck and hope it will work for you ..

Marc :mrgreen:

 

[Smitty]

Thanks for the advice.

 

[little_fish]

Interesting. Can you post a pic? I would like to try this out

 

[Justin33]

i second the pic please.

 

[marcah]

hope this helps.. sorry for the delay just got home nem snuck in for a pic :shock:

 

[marcah]

:sfish:let me know if you try and works for you .. please

 

[little_fish]

I forgot to ask what kind of noise this is to fix. I have noise from water splashing around. But i think this seems to be for the flushing noise.

 

[marcah]

it is for the flushing sound from the swirl of the siphon.. noise going down the piping is a topic for another day ..lol

 

[wontonflip]

So basically it breaks that pocket that causes the gurgling sound?

I had the same problem in my 125g...just built a simple durso. I still have the splashing sound, though. I tried to break that by putting a plastic mesh thing but it didn't work very well. I've gotten used to the waterfall sound :)

 

[marcah]

yes it is for the gurgling.. works extremely well at doing it..