mrbee2828
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I have been reading about how to silence the output of an overflow to sump (NOT about silencing the actual overflow portion) by placing the drain under the water line. My current design gurgles and splashes a ton on top of the mechanical filter and drip tray portion.
The way I set mine up was to have a portion of the bio media above the water for different types of bacteria to grow as well as some below the water. (I may be totally wrong about this). I'm wondering how I could do both to silence the output and one thought was to section off a chamber in the back of the first section a few inches and have the drain go into that and have that section overflow onto the drip plate I made. I don't understand how mechanical filtration would work though and if stuff would start piling up at the bottom of the submerged section. Thoughts or ideas?
The way I set mine up was to have a portion of the bio media above the water for different types of bacteria to grow as well as some below the water. (I may be totally wrong about this). I'm wondering how I could do both to silence the output and one thought was to section off a chamber in the back of the first section a few inches and have the drain go into that and have that section overflow onto the drip plate I made. I don't understand how mechanical filtration would work though and if stuff would start piling up at the bottom of the submerged section. Thoughts or ideas?