Quietest protein skimmer
 

Hello,

Having a hard time sleeping because my protein skimmer is so loud. Wondering if anyone knows what the quietest hang on back protein skimmer is for a 30g tank?

Thanks.

Which one do you have now?

My Bubble Kings have been damn near silent. At least as silent as something that makes bubbles on purpose.

I have a SeaClone Protein Skimmer. I only have about 1.5 inch of opening between my glass lid and the rim of the tank for the pipes to go into the tank. Kind of limits the options :cry:

Seaclones are on the low end of the skimmer hierarchy and are known to be very loud and inefficient. I used to sleep right beside my old 20 gallon tank which ran AquaC Remora and I could barely hear it. They are cheap and old but works great. You can also look into aquamaxx HOB-1. Not sure about reef octopus though.

Weird part is skimmer sound is so relative that one skimmer that appears silent to one may be like a vacuum cleaner to someone else.

Quietest protein skimmer
 

Aquamaxx cone s and jns skimmers using sicce shark pump are really silent. I believe they make hang on models.


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do you need to skim full time? You could always employ a timer to turn off the skimmer when it's beddy time?

Thanks for all the help, I am looking into all of these skimmers, some are harder to find then others in Canada. As for the putting it on a timer, I've heard it takes skimmers a few days to set in and if you keep turning it on and off, it never gets to its optimal state?

Seaclone isn't going to do much anyway, invest in a better skimmer.

I find the sound my Red Sea PRIZM Deluxe Protein Skimmer makes so soothing it puts me to sleep!