65g reef

[Delphinus]

You can shim the stand (never shim the tank though) to get it to level..

[Melina]

Thanks guys. I'll ask Mike and see what he suggests.

[Redrover]

" Like Tony said level stand only "

[Melina]

OK, we got the stand level with door shims, worked quite well! We filled it up and turned on the pump... and it's a lot louder than we thought it would be. There are a tremendous amount of bubbles exiting into the sump. There's a constant, loud, gurgling, bubbling sound... it's VERY loud. Is this normal? If so, is there anything we can do to make it run quieter?

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Melina

OK, we got the stand level with door shims, worked quite well! We filled it up and turned on the pump... and it's a lot louder than we thought it would be. There are a tremendous amount of bubbles exiting into the sump. There's a constant, loud, gurgling, bubbling sound... it's VERY loud. Is this normal? If so, is there anything we can do to make it run quieter?

Is the water falling into the sump or into the water in the sump? I mean does it enter the sump below water level? You try and put some sort of diffusion under where the water enters the pump? With my big tank i had 4 drains and stacked a bunch of base rock under them so they hit it instead of splashing. Extended the pipe below to just below the waters surface. Course i had an auto top-off, so you would need to keep levels constant from evap. I guess I should have asked is the sound coming from the overflow or the sump

[Melina]

It drains below the water level.

There is a small hole on the drain pipe in the sump, above the water level (at the exact same height as the first baffle), draining water into the sump, making a loud trickling noise (or peeing sound, as my husband says!). It's really peeing out water. When we hold our finger over this hole, a lot of the noise is gone. Can we permanently block this hole? The sound gets a lot better when we restrict the flow from the pump. When the flow from the pump is cut back by about 1/3, and we block that little hole, then the sound is OK. Is it OK to restrict the flow that much?

Another thing... when we cut the power to the pump, the overflow drains into the sump. The standpipe?.. the pipe in the overflow? fits into a larger pipe (creating a gap at the connection) about 3-4 inches above the bottom... and water seems to drain into this gap. So the overflow box becomes empty except for the bottom 3-4 inches, when the power is out. Shouldn't it stay full in case of a power failure? I've heard of people having stuff growing in there.. you wouldn't want it to drain! Can we glue/seal those pipes together so it won't drain? Is there a reason we should not do that? It could have been glued together, but it wasn't.
(I've forwared this message to Mike at HR, who responded super quickly to my post! much appreciated Mike!) I'll see what he says...

Another question! I've read that some people suggest widening the little hole (what's it called again?) right on top of the standpipe (Dur... something or other?) in the overflow box? Is that something we should try?
Thanks!

[Melina]

Well I just got the live rock today and put it in... I love the way it looks! The rock is just beautiful (from Hidden Reef) I just took some pictures and am trying to identify what looks to me like 2 of the same species of sea cucumber? Anyone ever seen these before? They're about 2 inches long. And what's the purple stuff growing out of the rock above and below the cucumber(?) Man this is so exciting, I think I'm going to be up all night with the flashlight, checking out all the stuff growing on these rocks! I'm keeping the temp at 79-80F, and my salinity is 1.026