wrote:
I have a tenant living downstairs complaining that she can hear the
filter at night and it's bothering her. She sleeps directly below the
tank, and there is indeed a slight hummming. Would I be able to switch
off the filter at night from 10.30pm to 6.30am, or would this be a
major no no?

I have a 72 gallon freshwater tank, with a gravel and sand substrate
(no underground filter) and an AquaClear 110 filter.

Jon


The quietest filter I ever had, was an inside-the-tank Fluval filter.
Perhaps you might consider switching to something like that?

I did have a problem with the inside-th-tank Fluval after 5 or 6 years -
the cord became brittle where it looped into the aquarium and was
exposed to fluorescent lighting (U/V?). I replaced the in-tank fluval
with an Aquaclear at that point .

Other folks may have other suggestions.

Steve