Are Mag Drives Noisy
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RichConley
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my Mag5, and Mag7 were dead quite. Like you couldnt hear them quiet. They were run on soft vinyl tubing, and had rubber pads under them. They were run internally.
Wryknow
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Okay, I recently have had some direct experience with this. I bought a used 215 Oceanic last week. The previous owner had two mag drives plumbed ecternally: a mag 12 and a mag 24. He plumbed them externally "to reduce heat" but the problem is that they are internally cooled.
The mag 24 was way too loud for my living room. We had to turn the TV volume up about 25% in order to hear dialogue clearly. My wife threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't fix it quickly.
Also, the mag 24 and mag 12 together REALLY heated the tank up a lot. With NO lights running and no heater my tank temp was pretty steady at 80.5 F in a 72 F room (and that's on a 270 gallon water volume mind you.)
I bought an E-heim 1262 for my return pump and moved the return inside the sump. I also moved the mag 12 into the sump pre-chamber in order to get the water directly from the over-flows.
The results were huge. My tank temperature dropped 6 full degrees down to 74 in less than a day. The noise decrease is HUGE as well. The loudest thing in my tank is the water fall effect from the over-flows.
The mag 12 is pretty OK noise-wise now that it is internal but it is still at least twice as lound as the e-heim (I actually had to visually check to see if the E-heim worked when I plugged it in.)
Anyway, I would absolutely go with internal plumbing on the mag drives (especially if you opened one up and saw that there is only 1 flimsy little seal holding all of your water in the tank - not that the E-heim is much better in that regard
They worked great at moving water though and are pretty reasonably priced.
The mag 24 was way too loud for my living room. We had to turn the TV volume up about 25% in order to hear dialogue clearly. My wife threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't fix it quickly.
Also, the mag 24 and mag 12 together REALLY heated the tank up a lot. With NO lights running and no heater my tank temp was pretty steady at 80.5 F in a 72 F room (and that's on a 270 gallon water volume mind you.)
I bought an E-heim 1262 for my return pump and moved the return inside the sump. I also moved the mag 12 into the sump pre-chamber in order to get the water directly from the over-flows.
The results were huge. My tank temperature dropped 6 full degrees down to 74 in less than a day. The noise decrease is HUGE as well. The loudest thing in my tank is the water fall effect from the over-flows.
The mag 12 is pretty OK noise-wise now that it is internal but it is still at least twice as lound as the e-heim (I actually had to visually check to see if the E-heim worked when I plugged it in.)
Anyway, I would absolutely go with internal plumbing on the mag drives (especially if you opened one up and saw that there is only 1 flimsy little seal holding all of your water in the tank - not that the E-heim is much better in that regard
They worked great at moving water though and are pretty reasonably priced.
alien9168
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wryknow- those are really big mags
not to mention there is two of them, and they are plumbed externally.
I doesnt really make sense that the previous owner installed these pumps anyway.
As u said, "internal plumbing on mag drives"
Glad it worked out and hope your wife doesnt beat you too bad
-alien
not to mention there is two of them, and they are plumbed externally.
I doesnt really make sense that the previous owner installed these pumps anyway.
As u said, "internal plumbing on mag drives"
Glad it worked out and hope your wife doesnt beat you too bad
-alien
xinumaster
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Mine hums and its load. It does vibrate a lot too. I been using a m5 for my cal reactor and m12 for return.
fservillon
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mag12 here running internal. pretty quiet. just a faint hum. i have plumbed it external in the past in a closed loop and it was about twice as loud. no complaints as far as running it submerged. great pump for the price. hth.
I'm needing a return pump too for my brand new 72gal. A few of you like the Eheim 1260 better... I've got a 3/4" return pipe that would suit the Eheim, compared to the mag 7 that is only a 1/2" outlet that would lessen the flow. Question though.. Is the Eheim 1260 a submersible pump? Or do you have to hook it up inline out of the sump? thanks and hello to you all!... I'm new here by the way.
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