Quieting My Sump

[freshwater]

my tank is a 75 gallon with a hang on back style overflow box that runs the water into the sump. When the water pours down into the part of the box that is inside the tank it makes a sound like a waterfall. Is there anyway to correct this?

 

[amstar15]

see if this makes sense. i am out of town or i would send you pics of mine. first i found a pcv end that fit into the drain of my overflow box (the back part that hangs on and leads to your sump) the end that has the "male" part i placed into the drain hole then i placed a pcv pipe that fit into that pcv end. i had the pipe go almost to the top of my over-flow box. now with the pcv pipe i drilled as many holes as i could into it.. almost the size of my pinky. this allowed more water to flow down the drain from many points.. thus the "sucking/waterfall" sound that would occur once enough pressure build up was gone. i do have a small towel on top of the whole overflow box... and now when i get into trouble with the wife.. i can easily sleep on the couch without losing any sleep.

hope this helps.. if not let me know and i will send some pics to you when i get back into town on saturday.

 

[crazyelece]

You need to adjust your U tube or the tube on the back of the overflow. The water level is much different between the front compartment and back. If you can get the back to hold more water before it flows down than the front will too and the water won't have to fall so far and it will be quieter.

 

[freshwater]

yeah i raised the water level in the back by just extending the tube and that seemed to quiet it down a lot