Its 2am, I cant stand the HUM anymore!

[Jynxgirl]

Or does anyone have a velocity pump? Those also seem to be high up on the quiet scale from my research today.

[Fish4life]

i don't think its possbile to experience silence with external pumps, i like a little noise with the tank, tells me thats its working......IMO a silent tank is a dead tank

Being tied into the aquaculture world by profession, I've used plenty of sequence pumps and can honestly say you won't be overly thrilled with it. I might be completely out of line here but isn't a panworld and an iwaki very similiar?

cheers,

kurt

[Richard]

Panworlds are a little quieter than iwaki's ime. Genx pumps too.

The velocity pumps are really quiet but since they use the water to cool them instead of a fan they can add a good amount of heat to the tank.

[captexas]

Yeah, I've heard the Velocity pumps can raise your water temp a couple degrees.

Before you get too far into looking into a monster pump to run everything on your tank, check to see what the max flow is for your overflow/drains. I was fixing to buy a larger pump for my tank for more flow until I realized I had gotten ahead of myself. I hadn't calculated to see if the drain/overflow I have could handle the extra GPH. That put a big dent in my plan.

[Henry]

I had a velocity pump, I used it to power my skimmer and it made my tank about 2-3 degrees hotter.

[TexasTodd]

Velocity pumps add heat and break at about 2 years....but are quiet.

Is the tank in your bedroom?

As mentioned, about the only way is to go to a smaller return..like Ehiem and add Tunze or equivilent to your system.

Todd

[txstateunivreefer]

also keep in mind that your iwaki is most likely like mine... a pressure rated pump, unlike a sequence dart which is a flow rated pump put your iwaki on some carpet neoprene, or some sort of hot pad etc.

[Jynxgirl]

Well, I will throw the velocity out of the pile then. I dont want to add heat.

I know the old adage about the quiet tank not being good, but its gotten to the point where I am turning the pump off when I am in my living room attempting to watch a movie.

What do other people do with big refugiums? Mine is about 28 to 30 inches long, 22 inches wide, and is about 14 or 15 inches high with water. How much water do other people having going thru comparable areas?

I need a fish room!