Quiet filter?

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Krustylove

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After breaking down and selling my drilled 29 tall w/ sump (that I only thought was loud), I was all ready to try some of the more “low tech” methods of filtration like using sponge filters until I actually placed one on my new 30 gallon bow front only to rip it out at 3am because of the loud noise it makes (my SH tank is not only in my bedroom-but right next to my bed!?!-what was I thinking). Since then it has almost become a daily ritual to put in a different power filter on my tank and “sleep on it” and I am now at my wits end kicking myself for selling my bad@ss set-up to begin with. So far this week I have tried the Bio-wheel, The Whisper (more like a storm), and the Tetra PF 150. Now I am considering a canister filter-as the thought of having to prime a power filter everyday after turning the thing off to feed the SHs has me undone anyways so what would you guys suggest? I currently have my SHs in a heat trap 24 Nano and do have some wiggle room as far as time-but I am worried about the 86 degree daily temp. On that note I did install a computer fan that is as loud as an air-driven pop corn maker, there is a theme here, SH tanks=noise, please help-desperate for some quite in Fullerton!!!
 
The first thing that concerns me greatly is you are keeping seahorses in that kind of temp. They will die in temps that hot.

I urge you to please try to get it down to at least the mid 70's.

Is it possible for you to move their tank so the noise will not disturb you?
I don't know of any tank that is completely noise free. Some equipment is quieter than others, yes but will still be heard.
 
Thanks for your reply, and there is no more space avilable in my home-I already have a 100 gal reef and a 24 nano in the living room! The temp is way too hot-I have been placeing frozen water bottles in the tank but that is getting tiresome. I may try a fluval canister filter-that is my last option before I throw in the towel. Luckily I have countless filters laying around to work with. Thanks for your help.
 
Well after trying just about every filter on the market last week (it felt like) I now have an old school Fluval 203 canister filter on the tank-and I have to crouch down and look at the top of the water level to check for water flow/movement because the thing is so quiet!!! Ahhhh, can't wait for some nice and quiet shut-eye ;p
The one thing I learned last week was that the bio-wheels where the loudest with the Tetra PX 150 as a runner-up followed by the sponge filter and the Whisper as the most silent of the group-but the hands down winner is the canister filter, it is even more quiet than the sump and pump set-up the bow front is replacing. I am starting to feel a little better about selling that set-up, some sleep tonight sure will help...
 
Congrats. When I read the first post I was like you need a fluval, now that you have one, things will be great.

IME you will not need to reprime if the ends of the filter do not leave water. Also the easiest way I have found to prime those filters is with a maxijet 1200 aimed so the out of the MJ goes into the in of the fluval. JME.
 
Yha, I have mucho freshwater experience-but I guess it’s true, if you don't use it you loose it-or it takes you a couple of days to remember life before the wet/dry system LOL. Any ways that is a good idea to use a maxi jet also to prime the thing. I have just gotten into the habit of holding the whole unit on its side till all the air finds its way out. And do you turn yours off when you feed your seahorses or do you have them trained to use a feeding station? Thanks again
 
I used a Ecosystem 40 on my old SH tank. Its 24 in long & 5 1/2 wide i think. It grew the cheato really well. I would pull it out in bricks. I had lots & lots of pods. The SHs loved the tank. I didnt use a skimmer. It came with a 600 Rio I think it was. I keep my tank next to my recliner so I can spend more time watching them then the TV it was quiet though & the tank look really good. I liked it allot. I now have a 46g BF.
 
I think you need to recheck that thermometer. I find it hard to believe that the SHs are surviving in that kind of temp. I have had my Thermo probe in my reef go and report temps 10 degrees higher. Imagine coming home to an alarm and seeing that your reef is at 89F. Talk about panic.

Scott
 
bump321:
That is a neat idea to just use an Ecosystem refugium for a SH tank! It comes with everything you need! That will be my next challenge to figurer out how to mount some decent lights into this system so I can continue to grow my macros. The tank currently comes with a weak florescent bulb /fixture that is built into the lid and hardly illuminates the tank. This will be easy to fix-just a drive to the glass shop way to a solution. I already have a set of power compacs that will do the job nicely…

Scott:
Yha, 3 weeks ago during our heat wave everyone in the So Cal forum were posting their city followed by their tank temps-unfortunately their thermostats were not broken posting 89 degree reef tank readings-some were even 98!!! Anyways I just have a basic low tech floating mercury type thermometer and the reason my horses are still alive is that intermittently I have the time & energy to float some iced water bottles and when I am not going to be home I plug in the air-popper computer fan-really, the thing is sooooo loud.
 
Try Target or Bed Bath and Beyond for a clip on fan. You can try a 6" one and point the fan so it causes ripples in the surface of the water. Having temps that high will not let your seahorses live long.

I just moved from So Cal. When everyone was posting there tanks were in the high 80's and low 90's, my tank was running at 78 without the use of water bottles.

I also ran my lights at night.

In the So Cal forum ou will alos read about all the tanks that crashed at those temps. Just saying.

As far as a HOB refugium, IMO it would be cheaper to just get a CPR HOB Refugium, and buy a clip on light. Ecosystem makes great products but the price on there HOB refugiums is kinda up there. You could get a CPR and just buy the mineral mud and be fine.

As far as lights to grow macro's they don't need very much. You could probably get away with a 36w on your 24g and be fine.

JMO.
 
GOSH-lUCKY! You got to fly the coupe...I have been here in OC since I was 3 and I am bitting on the bit to find a greener pasters-but my hubby wont budge...he loves the weather and rude people, but I guess that is everywere :( Anyways thanks for the advice-BTW, where did you move to?
 
The Ecosystem 40 is 18in long not 24 like I said above sorry. I also have the CPR HOB & I love it but for a SH tank I like the Eco better because it has a overflow box that skims the top of the watter. I dont use a skimmer on my SH tank.

On the CPR I have the 24inch one & I had it on my 75g frag tank. It was great but by the time i bought a light is wasnt cheep either. I bought a JBJ AQUA-LIGHTING with a 36w bulb for 99 bucks & it would also grow the plants well. I prefer the CPR the best for other tanks but for a Seahorse tank I use the Eco because it has the overflow that keeps the top of the water skimmed.
 
Holy cow 98 degress! I think i would have pulled out the Credit Card and bought the biggest chiller I could find. We had a pretty hot summer in upstate NY but we never saw tank temps of 98. I don't know how SoCal is but most people in Upstate don't have AC.

Goodluck finding a solution. I hope you can find some restful nights

Scott
 
55kfog really - thats great ! I will look around & ck it out becouse I want to use my old CPR on my mantis's new tank I am fixing to set up next weekend. Do you know who has one ?

Thanks for the FYI.
Im off to start looking for one.
 
New quiet set-up

New quiet set-up

Here are pics of the new quiet set-up-the loudest thing on this tank is the fan built into the lighting hood-and that is still pretty quiet- I have had JBJ’s that sounded like rocket ships taking off when the lights power on. Even thou I still miss my drilled sump set-up this will do nicely. I have made a few modifications to make it more of a reef-tank and less of a fresh water system like cutting apart the plastic Pet Co style canopy, adding a nice big piece of glass and some Hamilton power compacs. It looks really sterile right now without any culerpa because I am treating that to make sure it is Bristol worm free before I introduce it to the new system. The horses seem to like it also, for them it was like moving from Death Valley (87degree Nano cube) to the tropics as this tank stays a nice 78-80 degrees thanks to the quality fan built into this Hamilton hood-they also quietly move tons of air, it is really nice.

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Hi Krustylove,
That is a nice tank but please cut the temp down to at least the mid 70's. 78-80 is too hot for any seahorse long term.
 
Oh no, you mean I have to get a chiller-it took me 5 years to get one on my 100 gallon. My husband is going to slap me with a used sump sock for the mer mention of it f@&$ me...can the high temp contribute to GBD?
 
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