What's the easiest way to quiet this down?

[Trevor]

Just drilled it and its super loud! How can I make it quiet?

And I've tried this

 

[Curren007K]

Try angling the elbow downward, you may have to extend the return pipe to make up for any water loss.

 

[Trevor]

If I do that it siphons until its below the elbow then makes the same noise

 

[Curren007K]

You'd have to rework the overflow a bit, but if you take a tee attach it two the bulkhead outside the tank, take a cap and drill a small hole and put on top of the tee, then have your vinyl tube running out the bottom of the tee to the sump. It's kind of like a durso stand pipe, should quiet it down significantly, atleast get rid if the sucking sound.

This guy uses a similar technique
http://youtu.be/bqOPD-AVJxA

 

[Trevor]

Good thinking, ill have to try that, ill see if I have some parts laying around

 

[allamericancat]

Simple Fix... Add a Cone screen to the top of the elbow. It works Perfect in My 110. It also screens out the large debris for easy cleaning. A threaded elbow makes it a little easier but is not nec. You may want to separate the return from the over flow also.

 

[Trevor]

I would separate them but I don't have enough hose, this is only a 10g also, but it's in my bedroom, and needs to be quiet or my girlfriends going to kill me

And welcome to the forum allamericancat!

 

[JohnK]

You'd have to rework the overflow a bit, but if you take a tee attach it two the bulkhead outside the tank, take a cap and drill a small hole and put on top of the tee, then have your vinyl tube running out the bottom of the tee to the sump. It's kind of like a durso stand pipe, should quiet it down significantly, atleast get rid if the sucking sound.

This guy uses a similar technique
http://youtu.be/bqOPD-AVJxA

This ^, aka "external duroso"

 

[Trevor]

Thanks John, do you know if that will make it 100% silent? I want to live threw the night tonight lol