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

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:28:50 -0400, fish lover
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:36:10 -0400, (Papa Red)
wrote:

You 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 with a
50/50 mix of clean and my other fish tank water , my filter is brand .
I have one fish in there currently , but will be stocking this tank with
around 12 -14 small fish , neons , guppies , a couple of plattys and i
do like the tank in the bedroom , but i imagine you've guessed my
problem , although the filte is not loud or does not seem to be 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 .
Or would it be possible to put the filter on a timer so that when the
light goes off on the tank the filter turns off , this i would happen
during * say 12am - 7am , for 7 hours, but i'm unsure if this is fair
or suitable for the fish ,i've been round the houses and put some filter
sponge between the filter and the glass on the tank , that did cut the
nose down a little , but you guys i'm sure know , that at the dead of
night , if you hear a pin drop you can kinda hear it..........
I hope this will not cause a stir of ppl shouting at me for even making
the sugguestion , my big tank is in my 2nd bedroom and of course the
pump is on 24/7 , but i can't hear that pump in my sleeping bedroom.
Sooooooo guys do i have two options , both been okay and fine for the
fish , or is it a very bad idea and i should simply move the tank
downstairs , if i can't live/sleep with the hummmmmmmming noise from the
filter.
Advice welcome.
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My response:
I live in a small studio apartment, one currently running 11
aquariums,...two 30, one 20, and the rest 10 gallon aquariums,...And for
me it sounds just like I've got a small babblin' brook running through
my place,...very relaxing. But perhaps yours makes a different sound [I
have Whispers 10 & 20's], one not so pleasing,...So it would be better,
after trying to get used to their sound, if you find that you can not,
then perhaps it would be much better for both you and your fish, to
relocate the tank elsewhere, to that place downstairs. But think about
this,...If you were to get used to the sound, you could then watch your
fish swim around their tank, with only a soft light illuminating
them,...with the rest of the room being dark,...something that can be
very relaxing,...making it much easier to nod off after a long hard day.
You should first try that and see if you can get used to it,...and see
what happens. Good Luck! Pax Vobiscum,...~Dean.


I live in a very quiet small town and also treasure quietness. I
cannot hear the Whisper Jr. in my 10 gallon tank which shares the
bedroom. If I don't clean the filters in my 75 gallon,s tank in the
living room, I can hear the overflow.

dick

Don't put your filter on a timer and shut it for 7 hours. You will
kill the filter for sure and that could be deadly to your fish.

My advise: Either get a quiter filter or move the tank out of the bed
room. If you are like me, no filter is quite enough for my ears. I
would never put a fish tank in my bedroom.

Think about it: Someone is watching you while you are having a good
time in there! Fish may not tell the stories but I would not risk it.
Plus, I don't think the noise and shaking is good for the fish either.
Just kidding! LOL.

One plus to having a tank in the bedroom, it is a practical alarm. My
tank lights are on X-10 circuit and are time controlled. Instead of
an alarm or radio, my bedroome is filled with a soft light.

dick