Hello, I am new to the hobby. I am trying to make my tank as silent as possible. The guy I bought it from put in Mag 9.5 as a circulation pump. I feel this is too much as it generates a lot of heat and makes some vibrating noise.
Since this was bought from Lifereef new I contacted them. Jeff is very helpful. He says Mag drive pumps are "completely silent". I thought maybe I have a bad impeller. Ordered new ones. It made some difference, but they are not completely silent! After careful research I decided that Tunze Silence 1073.020 would suit my tank better. Got the pump yesterday in the mail. One strange thing was that it was wet inside. Not sure if its a returned item or there is some liquid that is used to package it. I ran the new thing in a 5Gal bucket - humming noise/vibration. Put it in my tank now. It makes about the same noise as the Mag does. The cabinet and surrounding floor have some vibration from that pump running alone. I have it on the suction cups completely submerged of course. Since I have no experience with other circulation pumps (except for a Maxi-Jet 900 that I use for mixing salt, and getting the water in-out of buckets, I would call it "quiet") I am hoping that someone can tell me what is "Silence"? Should this Tunze be as silent as the Maxi-Jet? Are all pumps that have the higher capacity this noisy? Many thanks for your help.
About my tank:
57G RR Deep Blue with Gen II stand
LifeReef CLF1 Compact Berlin System with a custom 27" long sump
Danner Mag Drive Supreme 950GPH Skimmer pump
Coralife Aqualight Pro 36" w/150W MH + 2 65W PC (the PC should be all blue, but mine are blue/white, I wonder why)
Since this was bought from Lifereef new I contacted them. Jeff is very helpful. He says Mag drive pumps are "completely silent". I thought maybe I have a bad impeller. Ordered new ones. It made some difference, but they are not completely silent! After careful research I decided that Tunze Silence 1073.020 would suit my tank better. Got the pump yesterday in the mail. One strange thing was that it was wet inside. Not sure if its a returned item or there is some liquid that is used to package it. I ran the new thing in a 5Gal bucket - humming noise/vibration. Put it in my tank now. It makes about the same noise as the Mag does. The cabinet and surrounding floor have some vibration from that pump running alone. I have it on the suction cups completely submerged of course. Since I have no experience with other circulation pumps (except for a Maxi-Jet 900 that I use for mixing salt, and getting the water in-out of buckets, I would call it "quiet") I am hoping that someone can tell me what is "Silence"? Should this Tunze be as silent as the Maxi-Jet? Are all pumps that have the higher capacity this noisy? Many thanks for your help.
About my tank:
57G RR Deep Blue with Gen II stand
LifeReef CLF1 Compact Berlin System with a custom 27" long sump
Danner Mag Drive Supreme 950GPH Skimmer pump
Coralife Aqualight Pro 36" w/150W MH + 2 65W PC (the PC should be all blue, but mine are blue/white, I wonder why)
