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View Poll Results: What is the noisiest part in your aquarium?
Light Fixture Fans 55 20.30%
Main Pumps 35 12.92%
Powerhead Pumps(Vottech,Koralia,Tunze etc..) 17 6.27%
Protein Skimmer 87 32.10%
Sump Waterfall 65 23.99%
Others(Please specify) 12 4.43%
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Old 01-04-2011, 10:09 PM
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Loudest part of my system would be the nagging sound I hear on a regular basis about how much time and money I spend on the tanks.
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The 2 waterfalls into the overflows and the one durso that wont settle down after I cleaned it. Every 15 seconds I get this giant sucking noise.
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I voted sump waterfall as it will be until I change to a Herbie this weekend coming up.

After that, it'll be in this order:

1. Skimmer pump (Vertex IN-100)
2. Vortech (when near max gph)
3. Return pump
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definitely my skimmer, the pump is making an odd noise but I'm kind of scared to take it apart with my track record on equipment "maintenance"
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definitely my skimmer, the pump is making an odd noise but I'm kind of scared to take it apart with my track record on equipment "maintenance"
Just make sure you have a spare of every possible part on hand....
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Loudest part of my system would be the nagging sound I hear on a regular basis about how much time and money I spend on the tanks.
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Loudest part of my system would be the nagging sound I hear on a regular basis about how much time and money I spend on the tanks.
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Loudest part of my system would be the nagging sound I hear on a regular basis about how much time and money I spend on the tanks.
I second this one, There is just a slight hum from my tank and it is probably from the 4 pumps running my 2 skimmers.
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on my 40gal reef the loudest part is the skimmer for sure, its the injector thats loud (remora HOB skimmer) I tried putting foam in there but doesnt seem to help much.

as for my 35gal with sump I would say its the water rushing into the sump, next time I would do 2 or 3 smaller pipes rather than one big one..
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I voted main main pump because of it's constant humming but also the overflow box which makes a slight trickling sound.
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