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Just set up 2nd hand 34 gallon cube. The water in the overflow is going into the emergency drain and making a gurgling sound. There is something that almost resembles a durso stand pipe on the main drain but not quite. I will attach some pictures and video to explain the set up a little better. Any advice on quieting the system would be so much appreciated.
 

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Just set up 2nd hand 34 gallon cube. The water in the overflow is going into the emergency drain and making a gurgling sound. There is something that almost resembles a durso stand pipe on the main drain but not quite. I will attach some pictures and video to explain the set up a little better. Any advice on quieting the system would be so much appreciated.
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Personally i would change it to an herbie system.

as flsalty said regarding valve on main drain if you have open it up a little until the water stops going down the emergency drain.
 

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How about on your return? You need a way to adjust the flow. Since the main is wide open and you still get overflow into the emergency drain, you need to slow the flow of the return a little.
 
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Thanks for the advice. So I need to put a valve on the return to adjust the flow or change for a dc pump.
 

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