Durso ?

[Cflip]

That's what I currently have. Anything better than would be easy to convert it to? I'm not very handy with plumbing. Perhaps a kit?

 

[bblumberg]

Bean Animal all the way if you have enough holes in your tank (or can get it drilled).
http://www.beananimal.com/projects/silent-and-fail-safe-aquarium-overflow-system.aspx

My new 150g has a Bean and I love it. Quiet, no floods, easy to tune, etc. It has a center trapezoidal overflow with holes for 3 1" bulkheads drilled in it. Return lines are drilled high on the back wall.

My 75g corner used a durso (often loud flushing noise despite tuning top hole size extensively) and is drilled for a 1" drain and two 3/4" supply lines in the bottom of the overflow. I am going to use those 3/4" lines for the main siphon and the open channel and use the 1" for the emergency overflow. this will require drilling a new return in the back, but seems easy enough

Bruce

 

[Cflip]

Bean Animal all the way if you have enough holes in your tank (or can get it drilled).
http://www.beananimal.com/projects/silent-and-fail-safe-aquarium-overflow-system.aspx

My new 150g has a Bean and I love it. Quiet, no floods, easy to tune, etc. It has a center trapezoidal overflow with holes for 3 1" bulkheads drilled in it. Return lines are drilled high on the back wall.

My 75g corner used a durso (often loud flushing noise despite tuning top hole size extensively) and is drilled for a 1" drain and two 3/4" supply lines in the bottom of the overflow. I am going to use those 3/4" lines for the main siphon and the open channel and use the 1" for the emergency overflow. this will require drilling a new return in the back, but seems easy enough

Bruce

Interesting but way over my skills level. Plus I only have one drain and one return.

 

[Harry Muscle]

That's what I currently have. Anything better than would be easy to convert it to? I'm not very handy with plumbing. Perhaps a kit?

Is the existing setup giving you any problems? Nothing wrong with a Durso if you accept it's limits.

Thanks,
Harry

 

[Cflip]

Is the existing setup giving you any problems? Nothing wrong with a Durso if you accept it's limits.

Thanks,
Harry

I would like it to be quieter.

 

[Harry Muscle]

You could look into getting a Glass Holes Durso kit. It's the quietest single drain ready made kit that I've ever read about.

Thanks,
Harry

 

[Lionfish Lair]

What have you tried to make it quiet? They can be loud as heck if they're not dialed in, but can be pretty whisper quiet, when they are.

 

[bblumberg]

I bought a dozen caps for my Durso and tried it with a variety of different hole sizes. I eventually found one that was reasonably quiet most of the time, but still did the flushing thing regularly. I tolerated it for more than 10 years but the comparison with the Bean Animal overflow on my new tank is night and day. In addition, I like the extra safety of the Bean Animal compared with the single pipe Durso and so am converting the tank over.

Bruce

 

[bblumberg]

Interesting but way over my skills level. Plus I only have one drain and one return.

If your drain and return are in the same overflow, you could use a Herbie style overflow and reroute the return.

Bruce