stoping vibrations on submersiable pump in sump

[Milad]

Anyone got some ideas/links kicking around on stopping vibrations on a submersible pump? its got the little suction cups but its vibrating through the sump.

Im thinking of putting a few zap straps together and hanging it just barely off the bottom so its not touching the sump.

ideas appreciated!

[BlueWorldAquatic]

Maybe check the pump and clean it out. Small grains of sand can affect the pumps rotation causing the vibration.

Ken

[lastlight]

Even tho Eheims technically run virtually silent I have never gotten ANY of them NEAR silent when they are contacting the bottom in any way. I've always suspending them by zip-tying the power cord to something and hanging them from that. You can't really tell they're on after that.

[kien]

my magdrive pumps come with a 1/2" thick piece of foam that is stickered to the bottom of the pump that dampens a lot of vibration. I carried this design over to other pumps that I'm using in the sump and simply wrap them in foam with a rubber band. The foam is like a thick spongy material (on the magdrive). For my other pumps I got foam sheets from Michaels.

[Parker]

I've heard of people using mouse pads to dampen vibration. I'm not sure if they are "reef safe" though. I would imagine some are.

[Ron99]

I use some neoprene cut from an old wetsuit as a pad. Made a big difference.

[lastlight]

if you're patient you could very easily make feet out of silicone like on the BK skimmers. Just need to make a few molds. Although...you could just squirt 4 blobs down and let them fry. Attaching them might be trickier.

[Milad]

what about a piece of this stuff:
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...t_ID=cl-ambl19
anyone tried it?

[kien]

You don't want to use anything too porous otherwise it will collect gunk and become a nitrate factory, unless you don't mind taking it out and rinsing it often. That stuff looks really porous to me. It does look like a sweet vibration reducer though :-)

[Bloodasp]

My pump is hangging a few centimeters above the bottom pane only held by the pvc pipe.