How to silence my tank

[Jakepen]

In my sump, the holes for filter socks are a bit to big, and water leaks thru causing a splashing noise. Is there anything I can do to stop this?

 

[Ashish Patel]

Get a large sponge that will cover your filter socks.. it will distribute the water more evenly.

I actually use only the sponge now for my mechanical filter.. It catches all the larger detritus but does not have to be clean for weeks at a time. Filtersocks in my system get clogs in days even the mesh kind.

 

[Brew12]

Get a large sponge that will cover your filter socks.. it will distribute the water more evenly.

I actually use only the sponge now for my mechanical filter.. It catches all the larger detritus but does not have to be clean for weeks at a time. Filtersocks in my system get clogs in days even the mesh kind.

This is exactly what I did when my system was new. I still clean mine out every time I change the filter socks though.

 

[Jakepen]

I’ll keep that in mind guys. How will a sponge stop water from leaking thru the gaps though?

 

[Jakepen]

I was kind of thinking like a 5inch plate that goes over the 4 inch hole, then the sock into the hole...anything like that exist?

 

[Ashish Patel]

How much gap do you have between the filter sock ring and sump waterline? The larger drop the more noise

I had this problem then increased the sump waterline from 8" to 11". Now its maybe 1" so noise is not much of a factor.

 

[Ashish Patel]

You can probably get a acrylic plate and drill some holes in there.. That should help with the noise.. Kind of like the old school trickle filters.

 

[Brew12]

I’ll keep that in mind guys. How will a sponge stop water from leaking thru the gaps though?

No, but it will reduce the particulate that goes through.

If you could get some good measurements I'm sure you could get a better sized plate custom made to fit over this one. We have a few vendors on here who could make that.

 

[Jakepen]

No, but it will reduce the particulate that goes through.

If you could get some good measurements I'm sure you could get a better sized plate custom made to fit over this one. We have a few vendors on here who could make that.

Perfect, that’s what I was hoping to hear. Any vendors off the top of your head?

 

[Brew12]

Perfect, that’s what I was hoping to hear. Any vendors off the top of your head?

I would start with Octoaquatics.
https://octoaquatics.com/
You can easily reach him on his vendor thread here.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/octo-aquatics.933/
I have an aclimation box and some frag holders that he made and they are top notch. He also encourages people asking for custom work.

 

[Jakepen]

I would start with Octoaquatics.
https://octoaquatics.com/
You can easily reach him on his vendor thread here.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/octo-aquatics.933/
I have an aclimation box and some frag holders that he made and they are top notch. He also encourages people asking for custom work.

Thank you brew..