Aquarium in a very loud environment?

[brewercm]

I think the plexiglass in front of it and the tank in the wall would be the way to go, it would also stop the stray flying beer bottle from crashing into the tank and busting it open.

[LoneStar]

You must hang out at some rowdy places then....

[brewercm]

Used to at times, but all it takes is one drunk.

[scuba_steveo]

What bar???

I know Austin has a bunch of bars with some pretty cool aquariums in them that seem to do fine. I think their is one guy that services most of them. The nicest tank in a bar I have seen is at Saba in Austin. I talked to the manager there about it before but that was over a year ago. He told me that they spent alot on maintenance. You might try giving them a call and getting the name of the guy that takes care of it.

[Instar]

Try getting a stethoscope and putting it against the glass of your tank and see what your pumps already sound like. Louder than we think in there already and some powerful pumps really have a high decible noise in the water. Even the one in the sump can be heard through the water return. As noisy as some tanks are already, I'm not really all that sure bar music would be that noticable unless the speakers were right beside the tank.

[matt]

Wow Larry, have you really done that with a stethoscope? If anyone saw you they'd think you were pretty out there.....

Chris, glad to see you're seeking gainful employment while continuing your education!

[mathias]

I get my fish used to my music on the ride home from the store...

[Thunderkat]

The thing about sound is it hates to go to mediums with different densities and sound prefers mediums with high density. When sonar from a ship goes active and pings a submarine the sound does not bounce off the hull of the ship it bounces off of the air in the ship. Sound that goes through the air and hits a fish tank will not penetrate as much. Sound that originates in water tends to transmit very well, that is why whales can talk to each other even if they are miles and miles apart. I would imagine that the noise in a club would not affect a tank as much as you would think. If the bass was loud enough and the tank close enough then yeah the sound will enter the water readily. What I would think would make the largest difference is sound that is aborbed by the stand from the floor to the tank, a rubber mat would do wonders for dampening the sound from the floor/stand to the tank.

[jroescher]

I would guess that would be like putting your head underwater in the hot tub or spa. You can hear the pump real loud because it's in the water, but nothing from outside the water.