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I would build a basket outve light diffuser..and put a nice layer of filter floss in it. This should control the flow and limit it from crashing in the back.
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I wouldn't do this because if the floss clogs it can overflow the tank.I would build a basket outve light diffuser..and put a nice layer of filter floss in it. This should control the flow and limit it from crashing in the back.
I wouldn't do this because if the floss clogs it can overflow the tank.
Raising the standpipe should work fine imo.
The noise is not from the drain pipe but from the water flowing into the weir before flowing going down to the sump
Unfortunately, this is not correct. You cannot use a gate valve to control water level in an overflow. It will only control the flow of water from the DT to the sump. If you throttle it closed to raise level, the tank will overflow or the sump will run dry, whichever happens first.Add a gate valve by restricting the flow it will raise the water level in weir so that there is no falling.
Unfortunately, this is not correct. You cannot use a gate valve to control water level in an overflow. It will only control the flow of water from the DT to the sump. If you throttle it closed to raise level, the tank will overflow or the sump will run dry, whichever happens first.
You may have something else going on with your system or a very unusual overflow setup, but you can not use a valve to control water level on any standard overflow design.Depending on the method you use I guess but I can say for 100% fact that my tank is done like this and my tank has never done eaither of those 2 things.
You may have something else going on with your system or a very unusual overflow setup, but you can not use a valve to control water level on any standard overflow design.
I agree that valves control flow from the display to the sump. They cannot control level in the overflow as you claim. That is controlled by the height of the standpipe in the overflow.I'm going to say you are 100% wrong man. I can show you 10000000 tanks that have gate valves to control flow from display to sump.
You can in Red Sea tanks.I agree that valves control flow from the display to the sump. They cannot control level in the overflow as you claim. That is controlled by the height of the standpipe in the overflow.
Depending on the method you use I guess like durso, bean animal. but I can say for 100% fact that my tank is done like this and my tank has never done eaither of those 2 things. The flow from the sump to the display is done through the return pump.
I agree that valves control flow from the display to the sump. They cannot control level in the overflow as you claim. That is controlled by the height of the standpipe in the overflow.
That is a bean animal drain. The height of the water in your overflow is set by the height of the standpipe on the trickle drain, which is the middle height of the 3 standpipes. The valve controls flow through the full siphon drain, or shortest standpipe. You set flow through this so it only a little extra water goes down the trickle drain.If you lower flow it will hold back water the held back water will fill up the over flow my over flow is run like this I have a stand pipe an emergency and a slightly restricted pipe that is the main. I'm dumb as hell so it could be that as well.
That is a bean animal drain. The height of the water in your overflow is set by the height of the standpipe on the trickle drain, which is the middle height of the 3 standpipes. The valve controls flow through the full siphon drain, or shortest standpipe. You set flow through this so it only a little extra water goes down the trickle drain.
It's ok, I'm really just trying to help and I'm glad you have a better understand now.Thank you so much for explaining. Sorry for telling you that you were wrong. So if he adds a taller stand pipe it will be a single stand pipe style. Because if it is wont it trade 1 sound for another the sucking of the stand pipe? I have heard if you add a small air line it breaks the siphon on the pipe but I have 0 experience in that.