ya the pump shouldn't be that loud. and if you are only gonna do fish only( FO or FOWLR), especially predators or aggressive fish, there is no need for T5s, you can save a little money and just get REG flourescent bulbs from anywhere, very cheap. But i would recommend a Skimmer if you are going to do a aggressive/ predators, being that most of these fish are VERY messy eaters and try to reak havoc on ur levels, a skimmer helps big time.


what kinda fish were you thinking?