drain pipe question

schoch79 · #1 05/24/2007, 07:06 PM

I don't currently have a tank set up but the last one I did have I had a home made durso standpipe that I could never seem to get quite right and was noisy or had other problems with so I wasn't happy with it. I was wondering if it would be better to just have a straight standpipe with a 45 degree angle at the top and just let the water slide in through the slanted part of the 45 pipe? I understand that slanted pipes are better than straight and I can't think of any problems with this.

Duff Man · #2 05/24/2007, 07:47 PM

I tried a 90 and 180 degree using PVC parts, and both made slurping noise. I got a small piece of airline tubing with a pump, drilled a hole in the top of the 180 and fished the tube down the side of the drain pipe that goes into the tank. No more noise.

Nami19 · #3 05/24/2007, 08:39 PM

Search the forums, there are a lot of threads on how to quiet drain pipes.

SaltyDr · #4 05/25/2007, 12:33 PM

I did as above. Connected 2 90 degree elbows and then drilled a hole in the top and placed airline tubing. No slurping. Silent after adding a top cover to the overflow.

schoch79 · #5 05/26/2007, 01:31 PM

What kind of cover did you put on your overflow? I think that is where a lot of my noise was coming from because I did the drilled hole and the airline tubing and everything like that but still kinda noisy because I didn't have a cover. Or what could I use to make one? Should I silicon in on?

rrrrob · #6 05/26/2007, 02:25 PM

oh, good...by the title of this post, i thought this was going to be a search and rescue question...