skimmer question

[mark]

Bubbles in mine at the bottom of the chamber more just white, (can't really made out bubble size because so small and moving around). Midway up the collector cup ~millimeter to a couple at the top of the cup.

Found my current skimmer is quiet but on my first one there was quite the sucking noise. Found one of those little mufflers off a Maxijet quieted it a lot. Eventually added a piece of either 1/4" or 3/8" vinyl tubing X 4 feet to the venturi tube which made it near silent.

[Todd]

I dont have a seaclone, but do have some noise problems with my tank. I use an aquaclear to provide surface agitation and carbon (as I am running a HOB Remora Pro without the surface skimmer attachment, and my water surface gets pretty bad after a few days). As my tank is between two couches near the TV, and the water falling from the aquaclear is loud when combined with light fans, skimmer and powerhead, I have put the aquaclear on a timer to run from 2 am to 8 am. Might be a nice solution to put your skimmer on a timer, then you don't have to worry about turning it on/off. You could program it to turn on when you (or more important to future purchases, your wife) know you wont be near the tank.