Quiet Time
Hmm, ok, will have to do some more thinking about my stocking options. I would like to leave myself open to corals down the road....
Another post-to-get-feedback-and-also-remind-myself-later-on: How to make my overflow quiet. My OF makes a repeated gurgling sound, which I guess is caused by water flowing down the tube sucking in air which has no where to go and has to gurgle back out. I've read some posts that say durso stand pipes don't actually fix this unless you tinker with your return pump strength. I've also read about some other interesting techniques. So I think I'll try the following:
Technique 1: Poke hole in tube at bottom near sump. I'll investigate by lifting tube so that a tiny part of the opening is exposed to the air. If that kills the noise, then I think a release hole at the bottom would do the same thing -- based on the idea that it allows a proper channel for air flow.
Technique 2: Send a thin piece of airline tubing down the larger overflow-to-sump tube. I've read that, at the proper depth, such a tube stops the gurgle by giving the air a non-turbulent way out.
Technique 3: Better covering to overflow box -- maybe enough padding will make the noise negligible.
The noise right now doesn't bother me *too* much, but I would like it to be a little quieter. I don't want it to be completely silent, though. I would like to have some noise I can immediately tell if there's a problem with the flow and it stops.
Gurgle.
