Help. Overflow / Durso Flushing

[darren24]

Woke me up at 4:00am. Set up a new tank yesterday. Everything seemed fine. Now the durso drain will "flush" the water from the overflow and then it refills. It repeats this every minute or two. Made the hole in the top of the drain cap a little larger. Maybe helped a little. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

 

[kernelpanic]

Probably not getting enough air. Keep enlarging the hole until it stops?

 

[jennm]

That would have been my suggestion - enlarge the vent hole. I had to do it with my own too, and we've had to do it with several installed tanks.

Jenn

 

[jonathan]

If the hole enlarging doesn't help try the following:

Is the sump end of the drain line under water? If so, try raising it up some. Air can also become trapped if this output line is sloping on the fall causing an air pocket. Are you using tubing on the drain or pvc?

Jonathan

 

[darren24]

PVC drain. 1.5 inch.