100% Quiet overflow box (very simple)

[sunkenmetal]

Pretty sure you have a bunch of useful stuff since you did a few DIY when you're bored.

Yea pretty much.

[Totenkampf]

my canisters are pretty quiet . well written thread kiko, despite the varying opinions

[cu0ngsayz]

Pretty sure you have a bunch of useful stuff since you did a few DIY when you're bored.

[sunkenmetal]

Cause you have to cut the plexi and us Asian people work with what we have in the garage. Hahahah the thick insulation foam isn't a bad idea if your drain pipe isn't that tall.

I have a sheet of plexi in my garage lol..

[cu0ngsayz]

Cause you have to cut the plexi and us Asian people work with what we have in the garage. Hahahah the thick insulation foam isn't a bad idea if your drain pipe isn't that tall.

[sunkenmetal]

why not some foam or plexi? just asking never had an overflow.

[mistahoo]

Yeah it's good. Been using styrofoam for a while now

[cu0ngsayz]

i like the Styrofoam idea..! been thinking about what to use to cover it to quiet the splashing noise when over flowing to the siphon/drain side

[eklikewhoa]

Um, it's still surface skimming. The in-tank chamber of Kiko's overflow box is unaffected by their modifications. For someone that claims to know so much about them, you don't really know so much about them...

My post was to point out the key points of an overflow box that added on to what kiko stated. I claimed nothing in this thread and your accusation was faulted by not understanding the statement made.

[sunkenmetal]

CM WTF is up with that...

[alexrex20]

what ever floats your boat man...

Mine sounds like a flushing toilet if I didn't have a mechanism to make it quiet. The tank is reef-ready so it has the corner overflow chambers. Without the standpipe the waterfall would be dropping 29 inches to get to the bottom. The waterfall alone might be tolerable - like some small rapids in a stream. But the flushing toilet noise is just unacceptable haha

[Kiko]

also watch the vid closely its surface skimming on the outer box too...

Um, it's still surface skimming. The in-tank chamber of Kiko's overflow box is unaffected by their modifications. For someone that claims to know so much about them, you don't really know so much about them...

[Kiko]

I kinda enjoy the sounds of my tanks. I close my eyes sometimes, and I imagine myself sitting next to a rolling stream.

what ever floats your boat man...

[alexrex20]

That along with surface skimming and added water agitation. Just some of the key features...

Um, it's still surface skimming. The in-tank chamber of Kiko's overflow box is unaffected by their modifications. For someone that claims to know so much about them, you don't really know so much about them...

[Kiko]

That along with surface skimming and added water agitation. Just some of the key features...

there is in the box inside of the tank... and if you tweak the airline just right, there also surface skimming is on the outside box too... look at the video closely it shows the water swirling... and also the airline hosing causes a little aeration in the drain hose which causes agitation... trust me i thought this out b4 posting... lol