August 11th 03, 02:24 PM
Is this tank going to be in the bedroom? put the pumps in the room or closet or ??
behind the tank and run the air hose to the tank.
suspend the pumps so they cannot touch anything.
sometimes a lot of noise is due to too much back pressure on the pump. unhook the
hose and if it gets quiet, that is the problem. new airstones are needed. Ingrid
animaux > wrote:
>I bought my husband a 150 gallon aquarium for his birthday over the weekend.
>Actually, I had to coax him to buy it for himself...
>
>We have an under gravel filter and a Aqua Clear 500 for filtration. The problem
>is, the air pumps are driving us both out of our minds.
>
>We are using 4 ports on the mat filter and two pumps with two outlets each. My
>question is; are there any air pumps which are absolutely quiet without having
>to wrap it in 400 towels, probably asking for a fire to happen!? Ultimately,
>I'd like to put in two more air stones or a single bar at the back of the tank
>to help disguise the 4 tubes from the under gravel filter...so I suppose I'll
>need six outgoing ports.
>
>I have no objection to buying 6 one port pumps if that's what it'll take to be
>more quiet.
>
>Anyone know of any which stay quiet?
>
>Victoria
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behind the tank and run the air hose to the tank.
suspend the pumps so they cannot touch anything.
sometimes a lot of noise is due to too much back pressure on the pump. unhook the
hose and if it gets quiet, that is the problem. new airstones are needed. Ingrid
animaux > wrote:
>I bought my husband a 150 gallon aquarium for his birthday over the weekend.
>Actually, I had to coax him to buy it for himself...
>
>We have an under gravel filter and a Aqua Clear 500 for filtration. The problem
>is, the air pumps are driving us both out of our minds.
>
>We are using 4 ports on the mat filter and two pumps with two outlets each. My
>question is; are there any air pumps which are absolutely quiet without having
>to wrap it in 400 towels, probably asking for a fire to happen!? Ultimately,
>I'd like to put in two more air stones or a single bar at the back of the tank
>to help disguise the 4 tubes from the under gravel filter...so I suppose I'll
>need six outgoing ports.
>
>I have no objection to buying 6 one port pumps if that's what it'll take to be
>more quiet.
>
>Anyone know of any which stay quiet?
>
>Victoria
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.