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Originally Posted by Skimmer King
What you can do I had the same problem with my deltec 702 and what I did was get 2 John guess fittings and take depending on how many pumps you have for the skimmer and use RO line and attach it to the air line and take the John guess fittings and insert them into the air holes on your collection cup lid and then hook up the line to that this will quiet the slimmer down 90 % I promise ya look at this pic
Hth
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The pic didn't come through, can you re-post? This skimmer has one pump, which is inside the body of the skimmer. Would that still work?
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Originally Posted by lastlight
Mike I have the TC... totally different beasts =) For what it's worth mine is pretty quiet. Not as quiet as a BK but the pump is even more efficient. These skimmers (as well as any others) would benefit from the silicone feet the BKs employ.
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Yah I think I might add some silicone tabs, but I've tried running the skimmer in a smaller tank right on the glass, and holding the skimmer so that the body of it isn't touching anything and it doesn't make it any quieter, the noise is definitely coming from the pump. I've also noticed that there are air bubbles escaping from the face of the pump, and collecting underneath the skimmer's reaction chamber until they escape through the hole the power cord goes through. I tried re-seating the venturi pipe, which helped, but didn't stop it completely. I found a post on an Irish reefing forum from 2009 which sounded really similar, but the poster didn't go in to details about the fix, just that it was because the venturi wasn't installed properly. He said that once it was fixed, the skimmer was nearly silent, and everyone else I've seen posting about this skimmer talks about it being on the quiet side when it's set up right, so the fact that it sounds like I've left a blowdryer on in the next room when I'm in my kitchen doesn't seem right.
On the flip side, I love everything else about this skimmer. I've never seen one that's this easy to control, or is so utterly stable once you set it. If I can solve the noise issue, I'll likely never part with this thing.
I've got an e-mail in to Deltec USA, and the Canadian distributor for Deltec to see if they can help walk me through whatever the Irish guy did to fix his.