My 60 gal build

[BlueAbyss]

An overflow that is rated for 1200 gph may not be quiet through the whole range of flow.

And nice setup! I hope my stand looks half as good when it's done

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

An overflow that is rated for 1200 gph may not be quiet through the whole range of flow.

And nice setup! I hope my stand looks half as good when it's done

Thanx alot.....I put alot of work into making it.
But about the over flow.....shouldn't it handle more then about a 1/3 of the way open on a mag 12?

[04scoobysti]

Usually I use a gate valve on the line from the overflow to the sump, and put it as
close to the sump as possible so i can tune the overflow and get rid of any unwated noise.
Most noise is just from too much air getting into the pipe.
My 2cents FWIW.

[BlueAbyss]

Originally Posted by 04scoobysti

Usually I use a gate valve on the line from the overflow to the sump, and put it as
close to the sump as possible so i can tune the overflow and get rid of any unwated noise.
Most noise is just from too much air getting into the pipe.
My 2cents FWIW.

Aha! There's an excellent theory!

Is the noise coming from the water falling over the overflow, or from the pipe to the sump? More water moving through the pipe = more air being sucked through with it, like scooby said. Also, do you just have a plain bulkhead, or do you have a standpipe attached? If the noise is from the water falling over, adding a standpipe will reduce the height of the fall, and therefore the noise.

[danny zubot]

Looking good Chris, can't wait to see it in person. Hope the frags settle in nicely, and grow like crazy!

[chris121277]

just thought I'd post a few updated pics

[chris121277]

I managed to get a shot of my sun coral last night wile it was fully open, It looked very cool so I thought I would share it.

I've had it for about a month now....it's kind of a pain in the butt having to target feed it every night but so far I think it's doing well.