Let’s face it, sometimes an overflow box can get very loud and if you are driving a lot of water through a tiny 1″ drain, you will be rewarded with the most obnoxious irregular sucking sound that is sure to drive the spouse mad. The sucking, gurgling sound is the result of all the draining water trying to suck in air as it flows down the drain tube. In the recently posted video above, Eshopps demonstrates how to insert a piece of airline tubing into the drain of your overflow box in order to act as a snorkel and regulate the flow of air going into your water drain line. This technique simulates the regulation of air that is the key to silencing draining water like the Durso/Stockman overflow modification. Keep in mind that the diameter of your airline tubing will need to be proportional to the amount of water you are draining: For a single U-tube you might get by with 1/8″ diameter tubing but for two U-tubes of water flow you’ll need a 1/4″ diameter airline like the one used in the video. Thanks to Eshopps for filming this easy and useful silencing trick.
Loud aquarium overflow box got you down? Eshopps video demonstrates an easy fix
Jake Adams
Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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