overflow box

Hi Members

I've got a couple of questions and need your advice.

How should I go about making my overflow box more silent, it sounds like I have a creek running in my living room, Ive got a couple of bio balls up there right now but thats not working very well, second I noticed I have 3 or 4 aptasia anenomes growing inside the overflow should I leave them alone or get rid of them, one is already the size of a quarter.

Third question does anyone know where I could get an acrylic box custom made for a refugium in my sump?

Also I bought a new digital camera for my wife and I tried putting a couple of pics of my tank on the site but the files are too big, how do I make the file size smaller to fit?

Any advice is appreciated,

Is the sound a "gurgle" or "flushing" sound made when air is sucked down the drain?  Or is it just the rush of water down the drain pipe?  If the former, do a search online for Durso Standpipe or Stockman Standpipe.  These will help to eliminate the flushing sound and can be adjusted in height to maintain the overflow box water level just an inch or so below the wier.  This help to quite the fall over the weir.  I'll post a couple picture of my overflows when I get home tonight.

The aptasia... I'd kill and remove if it were me (but I hate 'em more then the average joe).

Building an acrylic box is very easy.  A tablesaw makes life easy, but I've heard that Regional will cut to order too.  I like the thin glue (weld-on 4) for most work.  It makes picture perfect seams most times.

Regarding sizing pictures: Search here for a post by Sarnack where he gives a website for an xp powertoys download for resizing pictures.  I've always used photoshop for this, but I downloaded the powertoy and  really like the ease of using it.

nice job on the overflow box! i just went today and picked up some acrylic to build the overflow for my new tank. so, it'll be a good guide.

If the snail is small enough to make it though the grate, then it's small enough to make it through the drain pipe.  As long as I can keep them out of the return pump, I think I'll be ok.  If it becomes a problem, I'll cover the eggcrate with that plastic needle point stuff from the hobby store.

Oh, I forgot to mention.  An extra gasket around the bulkhead is required when using overflows like this.  You need a gasket between the bulkhead lip and inside surface of the box and a gasket between the outside of the box and the inside surface of the tank back.  I found a bathtub drain gasket at home depot that was the perfect size for this... I mean perfect, almost like it was made for this service .

Thanks for the ideas I think I'll definately try the airline tubes,

Carl I dont know what Durso pipes are?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

So far everyone says get rid of the aptasia in the overflow is it unanimous?

Suzy wrote:    I built the ultimate sump for $21 bucks, and that's only cause I had to buy 2 tubes of glue

I was wondering Suzy what type of glue you used..    You used the comment tubes of glue  was it a paste type?.......I just got done building a sump/refugium for my 150 out of acrylic and used glue #4 that I got from Laird plastics....I don't know if there was something wrong with the glue or what but I didn't get the kind of results that I was expecting......I was told that I wouldn't have to clamp the heck out of it as it setup and I ending up doing just  that.....It didn't leak when I got done...I tested it  ... but the glue seams are far from transparent and I didn't feel confident enough to install it in my cabinet to use it before I siliconed the seams....I know I know...I am a little parenoid...but...just because it doesnt leak...............