RyanG
Reef enthusiast
The pump! It sounds like the hum from a powerline transformer.
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kvcgsxr600
Reefing newb
Is it used or new?
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
:grumble: Used. It will be silenced or replaced very quickly.
kvcgsxr600
Reefing newb
Maybe a new pump is in your future. New things are always fun!!
stagofdoom
Phi Kappa Psi
I cant wait to see this tank up and running. Everything looks good!
daugherty
part time reefer
is there any place that you could get some rubber bushings?
Altohombre
The Tennis Pro Reefer
looking good, hopefully you figure out how to keep that hum down. I know at first I could always hear my tank but after a while you forget it even makes sounds.
yote
In Memoriam
Is it humming because its sitting metal to wood?Rubber bushing like James suggested,or even a piece of carpet between the legs on the pump and wood of the stand might even work.
Looks great too.
Looks great too.
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
I took the 4x4s off of the bottom of the pump, it still has the composite board. Ill try the rubber and some neoprene if I can find some.
daugherty
part time reefer
go to an auto parts store an ask them for some like balljoint bushings maybe
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Well my tank is sounding like a toilet every once in a while, Im getting quite a bit of variation of water volume in one overflow. After talking to the locals they informed me that the overflow lines need to exit above the water level. That was new to me have to hack up the pipe when I drain to put the salt water in. Here is a video of the amount of variation.
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
Can you take a pic of the durso? I couldn't really see much in the video. Was that a filter sock in there? If they aren't draining evenly, you may need a bigger air hole at the top of the durso.
Don't cut the pipes so they dump out above the water in the sump.
Don't cut the pipes so they dump out above the water in the sump.
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Its just your typical durso capt. 1.5" tubing to a 1.5" tee with a street 90 off one end and a small connection tubing with a cap and a 1/8" hole in the top. So leave the pipes alone? No filter sock
Capt, sorry you found your way to the URS club the other night in the middle of all of the drama.
Capt, sorry you found your way to the URS club the other night in the middle of all of the drama.
reeffreak
Reef pro
I don't know what I was looking at but am glad there's WATER!
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
Ryan, I would try making the air hole bigger.
I never saw a filter sock inside an overflow, but I've seen them on the output of the overflow in the sump. I don't use 1....just something extra that would need to be cleaned often.
If you cut the pipes so they dump above the water, it will be loud and the sump will be loaded with microbubbles.
I don't check the URS forum that often. It's a little too far north for me. The Southern Teir is about my traveling limit. Binghamton is only a little over an hr north of me.
I never saw a filter sock inside an overflow, but I've seen them on the output of the overflow in the sump. I don't use 1....just something extra that would need to be cleaned often.
If you cut the pipes so they dump above the water, it will be loud and the sump will be loaded with microbubbles.
I don't check the URS forum that often. It's a little too far north for me. The Southern Teir is about my traveling limit. Binghamton is only a little over an hr north of me.
kvcgsxr600
Reefing newb
I would agree with Capt. I would try drilling bigger holes in the top of the durso, Anytime mine have done that I mes with the amount of air going into the durso. Do you have a ball valve on this drain?
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
Drilled the hole out, built the bases for my rock stack and added my sand today. The water looks like a watered down vanilla milkshake kinda wierd looking but hopefully itll clear up by thursday night so I can put a first runn at the scape.
Hornet
Reefing newb
Any pics of the bases you built for the rock? I've been tossing around ideas for how I'm going to put my rock in the tank.
RyanG
Reef enthusiast
I just took a few of the pieces that didnt have as much character and used them to rough out the size and layout of my stack.
