side overflow question

[martym]

I don't have enough room under my tank to do a bottom overflow. How well do side overflows work? I would think it would work fine, but be a bit noisier, and harder to controll the noise.
thanks for your comments

[danny zubot]

I've had two tanks with side overflows. IMO they are less intrusive but can be noisey. Just make sure that you use a big enough overflow pipe inside the tank, it will help cut down the noise. You can also construct a stand pipe with an air vent, I've heard they are dead silent.

[martym]

Are you putting the holes on the side at the bottom? I was thinking on the side at the top. There would be no room for a stand pipe.

[danny zubot]

Mine is on the back side, top left. I don't have a stand pipe but I was debating creating a similar device outside of the tank.

[martym]

can you explain how you were going to do that

[mr_alberta]

Are you going to use just a strainer or something like an external durso on your tank? I've found that the strainer is MUCH harder to quiet down than the external Durso.

[martym]

I was thinking about a 90 deg elbow pointing down to try to quite the noise.

[danny zubot]

I tried that but without some form of air getting into the tube you'll get a loud gurgle. I used a 1.5 inch 90 degree pointing up, then a 1.5 to 3 inch abs adaptor to create a sort of funnel. I'll try to post a pic if I can find one.