Bean animal - not quite silent

wesb2013

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I set up my tank a few months ago and installed a bean animal style overflow. It has been silent to the point I couldn't even tell if my system was running out not.


During today's water change I adjusted the return pump so that there would be less flow in the main tank. I figured I'd need to adjust my overflow to the new flow rate to make it completely silent again, however after several hours of fine tuning I still haven't got it right.

I know I'm close because it'll go completely silent for a few seconds then start to gurgle for a few seconds of and on. (videos are in the links below) there are no bubbles in the main siphon, and the secondary pipe has just a trickle of water running through it.

What do I need to do to get complete silence again?

I saw another thread where someone suggested to another user to increase the flow rate, would that actually do anything? I'd prefer to keep the flow rate small.



 

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Yes, all three of your pipes are facing up.

I have it so that the siphon and durso are facing down.

The safety overflow is almost redundant, as if the level rises above the dorso vent, that then becomes a second siphon.

Totally silent. Works with any flow. Easy to tune.

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