Powerhead Aeration

[LoveFish]

I hooked up a powerhead last night and the sound of it sucking air created a
terrible noise. I read about people making mufflers for their airpumps so I
thought I would take that concept and play. I took the end of the tube,
from the powerhead, and inserted into a hole that I drilled into a the
bottom of a plastic prescription pill container. I then drilled a small
hole in the other side of the container. I lightly stuffed the inside of
the container with cotton and siliconed the tube where it enters the pill
container. The end result was quiet. I hope this helps anyone who might
have too much noise from a noisy powerhead. Obviously if I remove the
aeration tube altogether it is also silent but I wanted to aerate the tank.

[RedForeman ©®]

> I hooked up a powerhead last night and the sound of it sucking air
> created a terrible noise. I read about people making mufflers for
> their airpumps so I thought I would take that concept and play. I
> took the end of the tube, from the powerhead, and inserted into a
> hole that I drilled into a the bottom of a plastic prescription pill
> container. I then drilled a small hole in the other side of the
> container. I lightly stuffed the inside of the container with cotton
> and siliconed the tube where it enters the pill container. The end
> result was quiet. I hope this helps anyone who might have too much
> noise from a noisy powerhead. Obviously if I remove the aeration
> tube altogether it is also silent but I wanted to aerate the tank.

Good job.. Most hagen powerheads I've had 201, 301,401, etc, all have a
'muffler' supplied... but what you've done, sounds like the same thing, and
it works... great.

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RedForeman ©® future fabricator and creator of a ratbike
streetfighter!!!

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