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Iplantz
Fri, 10th Oct 2008, 08:34 PM
I plumbed together my tanks and for some reason this started today. I put the feed to the frag tank in a HOB fuge with 3 chambers. Anyway, the tube sits at the bottom of the fuge, and the air bubbles explode up at random when the overflow drain gurgles real loud. It splashes water out into the back of the stand and I loose water and wet the carpet up :mad:. How can I fix this?

aquasport24
Fri, 10th Oct 2008, 08:59 PM
Use T-fitting at the end to divide the water side way instead of going straight down.

Bill S
Sat, 11th Oct 2008, 10:11 AM
You need a way to get the drain to quit sucking down so much air. Typically this is done with a durso (google it) and if that's still too loud/too much air, put a thin piece of hose down the durso to allow it to burp.

Iplantz
Sat, 11th Oct 2008, 04:15 PM
Anyone else wanna imput? I like both ideas, not sure what to try. I did have a airline tube burping the overflow.

Iplantz
Sat, 11th Oct 2008, 11:27 PM
Still big burps in it with two burp lines. More? I made two holes at the bottom of the downflow tube, and it helps, but not enough.

Iplantz
Sun, 12th Oct 2008, 10:24 AM
ok well it looks like I might just make a custom lid for this out of acrylic.