Aquaticlife Internal Mini Skimmer 115 - make it quiet mod

I used a slightly different approach to making my AquaticLIfe Internal Mini Skimmer 115 quiet after reviewing similar YouTube videos, as I did not want to drill out the air intake elbow. It's really quiet now. I'm sure there was a reason why AquaticLife put the 4 holes in the collection cup cap but for now it seems to be ok to cover them up to improve the noise reduction. My tank is only 2 weeks old and is cycling the dry rock so that is why the skimmer is not producing much skimmate.