There was no concept of significance or importance to what I created. By the next evening I was happy and considered it solved. I had a handful of PVC parts to work with and within minutes 80% of it was done. Were there other prototypes you experimented with before the final version? ![]() That took a few years until quieter pumps came onto the market and I was able to get one. Each of the remaining sounds were addressed with additional tweaking except the whine of the return pump. You still knew an aquarium was in the room but the beauty of it out weighted the minor inconveniences of the sounds. Previously unheard noises now started to bother me such as water draining from the skimmer into the sump, a bit of water boiling sound from the air bubbles venting the drain lines in the sump and the whine of the return pump.įinally we could sit at the dining room table and have a conversation again. The overflow chambers were nearly silent now. I then build a second matching unit for the other overflow chamber. I used the smallest drill bit I had handy and it worked like a charm. It need a little bit of air to prevent a full siphon from forming. So naturally I tried an end-cap which made it completely silent until a full-siphon kicked in which dropped the water level to the opening of the elbow and it sucked and slurped air again. When I put my hand over the opening it went nearly silent. Sound was still coming from the open top of the Tee exposed to the air. Within seconds it was obvious this was going to be a big improvement. The elbow pointing downwards was added to improve on this. It appeared that this helped reduce the noise by interrupting the toilet bowl swirling water down the drain which symptom which created the gurgling sound. This again helped as water now entered from the side and the intake was partly submerged. I started with the PVC Tee fitting alone. Then I tried to figure out how to keep the intake submerged. Just inserting the solid pipe which reduced the distance water was falling made a decent difference in sound. I had a pile of PVC parts left over from the sump plumbing and I got to work playing with them. I pressed on for some other ideas.Ī fellow by the name Mark Lanett responded to me about using a solid pipe instead of the perforated pipe provided by the manufacture and keep the intake submerged. My reef aquarium was in my dining room and we still could not talk over the sounds coming from the overflow chambers. This is the sound of advanced aquarium keeping. "Fold a dense towel nicely and balance in a way it would not get wet and place on top of the overflow chamber to muffle the sound being heard."
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