Can I turn off return pump and skimmer at night?

[koko maung]

Hello Guys,

I have a tank setup in my bedroom and the noise that made from herbie over flow is noticeable during bed time. I am wondering if I can turn off return pump and skimmer at night with one heater and 2 wave maker circulating the tank during that time. Is that doable or have anyone done similar to that? I would like to hear some comments and advice please.

Thank you!

 

[Sk8r]

No. It would likely kill everything you have from lack of oxygen, plus elevation of nitrates.
SUggest you revise your overflow to a noiseless one.

 

[heathlindner25]

If you have power heads in the display it will be fine, but everything in the sump will start to die.

 

[thegrun]

If your heaters are in your sump that alone necessitates that you run the return pump 24/7. I would look into fine tuning your herbie overflow, it should be dead quiet and possibly getting a better return pump to quiet things down. Your skimmer will work better if you let it run 24/7.

 

[nereefpat]

How about a white noise machine?

 

[Sk8r]

There ARE silent overflows: for one thing, fix the intake so that it intakes lower than the water level in the sump.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Ear plugs work.

 

[Tanthaitrung]

I think, if your water is good, it will be fine.

I'm here in Vietnam. Sometimes, there is no power in few hours. But my fishes are fine

Khanh

 

[MorganAtlanta]

I had a bedroom tank where I used to do this. It was fine, but make sure you have a heater in your sump as well so that the temperature matches when you turn the pump back on. Eventually, I changed the system so that the return flow rate was very low (100 gph on a 40 gallon tank), and played with the valve on the drain so that the overflow is now silent.

 

[phc567]

Your just asking for trouble. Don't do it. Read up and figure out how to make what's making noise quieter.

 

[A sea K]

Hello Guys,

I have a tank setup in my bedroom and the noise that made from herbie over flow is noticeable during bed time.

Thank you!

A herbie overflow system should be dead silent if set-up and tuned properly (I know mine is) do some research on the Herbie system to make sure you have everything set-up correctly. One other problem could be too strong of a return pump causing quite a bit of racket just by the rushing of water through the overflow weir so that is another thing to look for.
As far as turning the skimmer off overnight I dont see that as a problem but I would advise against turning off the return pump.

 

[Squidmotron]

I used to have a timer that turned of my return pump at night because it annoyed me. It was fine. There was enough oxygenation from other things. I agree, though, that your sump might be a problem so throw in a powerhead down there.

 

[koko maung]

Thanks for tips and advice guys. I will play around with my over flow and return pump first. If I can't get it to work then, i will have to setup my sump with power head and schedule to run it at night. Thanks again!

 

[shellsea]

A herbie overflow system should be dead silent if set-up and tuned properly (I know mine is) do some research on the Herbie system to make sure you have everything set-up correctly. One other problem could be too strong of a return pump causing quite a bit of racket just by the rushing of water through the overflow weir so that is another thing to look for.
As far as turning the skimmer off overnight I dont see that as a problem but I would advise against turning off the return pump.

Plus 1 on this. Tune that Herbie and make sure it is set up right.