How noisy are trickle filters?

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I'm designing/building a sump soon and i want everything to be really quite. I was thinking about having only like 3 inches of airspace under the drip plate to keep things quite.

So most of the media will be underwater, also i will be using filter socks so there will not be a sponge over the drip plate.

I'm wandering how quite this would be and what are some ways to make it quite.

thanks
 
Usually not the sump that is noisy but the way you get water to the sump.
HOB overflows are notorious for gurgle and slurp.
DIY overflows can be quite loud also.
A poorly set up drilled tank can be a noise maker too.
 
If most of your media is submerged, it is not a trickle filter.... it doesnt matter how far out of the water the media is.. that part is not noisy.. the noisy part is the plumbing.. the overflow and water flowing in the pipes is the noisey part.

Once the water hits the prefilter, the noise stops there.
 
ok sounds good, thanks a lot. I've been looking on a lot of saltwater threads on how to make the over flow quite. I'm pretty sure i'll drill it since this will the final home for my turtle and she has a few years left in her (like 25 or so!)
 
I agree with the under-tank sumps noise. Slurping once the siphon starts is QUITE annoying, and by no means QUIET. This is why I capped all the sump holes on my 150g and installed a canister. This is also why I'm working on an over-tank sump. This way there is no siphon. With a canister, AND a sump, I would have the best of both mechanical and biological filtration. I have a make-shift over-tank sump version already on my tank and has been running for about 2 months now. Its pretty good and silent. The version I'm working on is a larger manufactured for under-tank sump, but I'm making it work over-tank by way of a submersible pump running pre-sump. Still in work. You'll see it on the DIY section in a month or so.
 
Noise isn't something that you have to put up with. I have a tank that is almost totally silent. The room has to be quiet before you can hear anything. Absolutely everything can be silenced one way or another. It uses the same concept as my overflow in the link below. The tank that it is on is also totally silent. Every aspect of a tank can be a source of noise, but there is a solution to every problem.

100% silent overflow
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214933
 
but there is a solution to every problem.
;)
Yes and no.
Often a solution can begat another solution, or two.
:headbang2:duh::wall::shocked::clap
Won`t even get into the solutions that require upper body strength and controlled use of firearms.

Build it, work with it, research it.
When your done, you decide if it`s noisy or not.
 
CHOMPERS;4268423; said:
Noise isn't something that you have to put up with. I have a tank that is almost totally silent. The room has to be quiet before you can hear anything. Absolutely everything can be silenced one way or another. It uses the same concept as my overflow in the link below. The tank that it is on is also totally silent. Every aspect of a tank can be a source of noise, but there is a solution to every problem.

100% silent overflow
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214933
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here here to that. dane built a quiet diy overflow. look that thread up. also u tubing for the drains to the wet/dry. hard plumbing is loud.
here is DANE's thread:http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=311243
 
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