Baby Steps

Beverly · #1 02-19-2006, 03:16 AM

But, boB, everybody wants a sump and all those gadgets

It's kind of funny how many people have come over to pick up this frag or that macroalgae and say how QUIET our place is with the three tanks (37g, 67g, 120g). The noisiest thing in our place is, well, me

Yeah, we're very low tech over here, but can't the high tech people figure out ways to make their tanks quiet? Not that I'm knocking high tech, or anything. Each person has their own idea of how they want their reefs to operate. Ours just happen to be low tech and lots of hands on, which may not be for everybody.

Are there reef gurus out there that have high tech reefs without the noise factor? If so, how does do you set up a reef and have it quiet without building an extra room?

Giz,

You will also have to consider the high humidity factor in your closed back room. There was one recent post about this important consideration, probably in the Reef forum.

Quagmire · #2 02-19-2006, 03:21 AM

Just a thought,but since you are building the house.Have you thought about using Aqua board (same stuff that goes around the tub in the bathroom)for the walls in your back room?

mr_alberta · #3 02-19-2006, 03:46 AM

A large, quiet "hi-tech" tank is actually not too too hard to achieve. If you want to keep noise down, run the water level in your overflow higher (so the water only drops down about an inch or less) and run a very low tunrover into your sump (5x or so), and get external, fanless pumps (Little Giant 3 series, Poiseden series, etc) and get some big SEIOs ot Tunzes for flow (if required). For a skimmer, run a needlewheel which are almost dead silent as well. If you run into heat issues, open some window

Also, I forgot to mention, plumb the majority of the system in Flex PVC or Vinyl hose as that flexes a little and takes away some of the vibrational noise.

If you do all those things, I bet that your tank would almost be 100% silent.

asherah · #4 02-19-2006, 03:54 AM

My sump is noisy where the water drains into the trickle filter that I have filled with live rock.... but it was noisy when it had bio balls in it too...
I dont have a skimmer yet but I plan on getting one, and I want one of those wavemakers.
I'm getting off the subject. How do I make my sump quieter. It drains from the overflow hose into the trickle filter and there's a constant sound of water.
amanda

mr_alberta · #5 02-19-2006, 04:05 AM

Lets not hijack Gizmo's thread. PM'd you with a possible solution.

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Originally Posted by asherah

My sump is noisy where the water drains into the trickle filter that I have filled with live rock.... but it was noisy when it had bio balls in it too...
I dont have a skimmer yet but I plan on getting one, and I want one of those wavemakers.
I'm getting off the subject. How do I make my sump quieter. It drains from the overflow hose into the trickle filter and there's a constant sound of water.
amanda