Fish tank in my Bedroom , I have a age old problem , Advice please.

Andy Peteman wrote:
Advice please i have a bit of a situation , i have just put a 2ft
tank in the bedroom ,i've cycled the tank and have filled the tank
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during the day , when it comes to the dead of night , i can hear it ,
hummmmmmmmmmming away in the back ground , i can see it becoming a
bugbear .........so i have too options , i have a nice little
suitable space downstairs in my front room , where i can put the tank

It should be fairly simple to build a little soundproof enclosure for the
filter, ideally underneath the tank, and just run the hoses through small
holes.
Of course you have to make sure that the filter is sitting on soft material
such that the enclosure doesn't become an amplifier.

jue

"Dick" wrote in message
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I do partial water changes twice weekly. I look at the water flow out
of the filter. Slow flow is the signal to clean the filter media. If
the flow is still slow after changing the media, I know I need to
clean the impeller, magnet and motor well. Good time to check the
intake plumbing as well.
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I'm down to partial water changes about every 10 days. I have to move some
goldfish outside and knock down several of these tanks. I have so many
irons in the fire and just so much energy to go around. Although I will
keep 3 tanks (two 55s and one 10g) in the house, I find they're so much
easier to care for outdoors. :-)

I'm losing flow in one old AC because the intake tube wont stay snug against
the collar in the filter. It's just worn out. I'm amazed how long these
filters last. I bought the first ones around 1987 or 88.

I have one uncovered 150g in-ground pool and saw a black racer snake out
there this morning. All the other tanks and tubs are covered.

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"Jürgen Exner" wrote in message
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It should be fairly simple to build a little soundproof enclosure for the
filter, ideally underneath the tank, and just run the hoses through small
holes.
Of course you have to make sure that the filter is sitting on soft
material such that the enclosure doesn't become an amplifier.
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Those small, cheap, insulated white Styrofoam picnic boxes at Wal*Mart and
K-Mart work well for canisters that make noise, or so I read on some
website. As for HOB filters..... *sign*........
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Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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Oh man a black racer snake, was there a number 3 on its sides?
Or was that black racer snake actuyally somethng else Carol?


On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:57:09 -0500, "Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my
name by Hipcrime. wrote:

"Dick" wrote in message
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I do partial water changes twice weekly. I look at the water flow out
of the filter. Slow flow is the signal to clean the filter media. If
the flow is still slow after changing the media, I know I need to
clean the impeller, magnet and motor well. Good time to check the
intake plumbing as well.
==============================
I'm down to partial water changes about every 10 days. I have to move some
goldfish outside and knock down several of these tanks. I have so many
irons in the fire and just so much energy to go around. Although I will
keep 3 tanks (two 55s and one 10g) in the house, I find they're so much
easier to care for outdoors. :-)

I'm losing flow in one old AC because the intake tube wont stay snug against
the collar in the filter. It's just worn out. I'm amazed how long these
filters last. I bought the first ones around 1987 or 88.

I have one uncovered 150g in-ground pool and saw a black racer snake out
there this morning. All the other tanks and tubs are covered.

Dick wrote in
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I have a 10 gallon tank in my bedroom. It has a Whisper Jr filter.
It is quiet. Also the socks do not have charcoal preloaded as I quit
using charcoal years ago. I just clean the sock and leave it in the
sun for a few hours then reuse it.

Why do you leave it in the sun, if you don't mind my asking?

It might be a good idea to avoid drying the filter bag out completely to
ensure you keep the nitrifying bacteria living within healthy. If your
tank is mature than there is plenty of other nitrifying bacteria living
elsewhere, but why bother killing off the ones living in the area of
highest flow?

"Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my name by Hipcrime. wrote in
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Those small, cheap, insulated white Styrofoam picnic boxes at Wal*Mart
and K-Mart work well for canisters that make noise, or so I read on
some website. As for HOB filters..... *sign*........

I've never owned a canister that made noise, but then again I've never
owned a Fluval.

"dc" wrote in message
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"Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my name by Hipcrime. wrote in
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Those small, cheap, insulated white Styrofoam picnic boxes at Wal*Mart
and K-Mart work well for canisters that make noise, or so I read on
some website. As for HOB filters..... *sign*........

I've never owned a canister that made noise, but then again I've never
owned a Fluval.
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I heard they've been improved in the last few years. Actually my Fluval 103
was pretty quiet all things considered. I find the worst offenders where
noise is concerned are airpumps. GEEZE! Even the so-called quiet ones can
be heard if the house is quiet enough at night.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*

"Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my name by Hipcrime. wrote in
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I heard they've been improved in the last few years. Actually my
Fluval 103 was pretty quiet all things considered. I find the worst
offenders where noise is concerned are airpumps. GEEZE! Even the
so-called quiet ones can be heard if the house is quiet enough at
night.

We've brought some of the newer models into the store to test recently,
including the fancy FX5. We weren't impressed... they're still using the
same old parts that tend to break that caused us to stop carrying them in
the first place.

The two canister brands I trust are Eheim (biological) and Rena XP
(mechanical). Tetra makes some good pond canisters too.

"dc" wrote in message
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"Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my name by Hipcrime. wrote in
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I heard they've been improved in the last few years. Actually my
Fluval 103 was pretty quiet all things considered. I find the worst
offenders where noise is concerned are airpumps. GEEZE! Even the
so-called quiet ones can be heard if the house is quiet enough at
night.
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We've brought some of the newer models into the store to test recently,
including the fancy FX5. We weren't impressed... they're still using the
same old parts that tend to break that caused us to stop carrying them in
the first place.

I believe Gill bought one for her largest tank a few months ago. She's
happy with it. You probably saw my earlier messages regarding the poor
quality parts on the Fluvals of the recent past. Both disconnect valves on
mine broke, cracked or leaked within a few months and had to be removed.
Then a clip that holds the top on snapped off. The top itself was very
difficult to get back on with that round rubber ring seated right. The
hoses were always coated with a thick coating of slime and no matter how
carefully I pulled the brush through them I had a mess around the sink.
What a PIA,... it now sits in the outbuilding collecting cobwebs. I don't
care for the canisters at all.

The two canister brands I trust are Eheim (biological) and Rena XP
(mechanical). Tetra makes some good pond canisters too.

I think I'll stick to the HOB filters. I read about the pond canisters. I
just have the Tetra regular barrel filters on the 2 biggest ponds (plus UV
lights when I need them) and home-made filters on the 680g and 150g pools
and tanks behind the house.
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Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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You mean your neighbors have those, your pond is only existent in
your feeble mind....or that pot hole in the street.

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:26:33 -0500, "Koi-Lo" Inane messages in my
name by Roy Hauer using Hipcrime. wrote:

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