Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

Nothing exciting lately

Just did a WC on the curing LR
I had the rock in a covered rubbermaid while cleaning out the main one and decided to inspect it all again
Found another fireworm and, stupid me, grabbed it with my bare fingers
Looks like all my years of manual labor has toughened my skin enough to protect me
I broke the bugger, so I took the rock to the sink. I turkey-basted hot water into the hole a bunch of times and the worm oozed some black stuff
I broke away some rock around the hole and, when I grabbed it with tweezers, it came right out

[gregzz4]

I'm seriously considering removing the in-sump 1262 that runs my accessories. It's been driving me nuts for days. It may have something to do with all the Highway construction that runs from dusk 'till dawn, but regardless, I have become sensitive to humming ....

I have found that, because of the way I plumbed the PVC and Spa flex for the accessories, I had to clamp the plumbing to the wall to stop sagging, and now the humming is too much
Even with the acc pump off, the noise from the return pump is still transmitted through the plumbing, so I need to make some changes
I'm glad this came up now, before I start stocking the tank

I am considering buying some Eheim compacts to run each accessory by itself with vinyl hose, thus ( hopefully ) eliminating the need to clamp stuff to the wall

I have some return re-plumbing to do that is also vibrating
I may or may not wait until I do that before I decide what to do next ........

Is there an icon for 'pull-your-hair-out'

[Nano]

There's this

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Nano

There's this

I have been doing this and am close to the other

[Casey8]

Oh no ... waiting for you to tearing apart and redo your plumbing, it looks like you are trying to torture me again Your building thread is the only one that I am following closely because the size of your tank is like mine and you have a terrific building skill too. I understand the humming sound can easily drive you nuts when you are sleeping next to it. My tank now is quite quiet, the only thing that still makes me go nuts sometimes when I have a difficult time to sleep is from the water sloshing down from the overflow box.

[Enigma]

Could you wrap the PVC pipes in those foamy pipe insulation thingies?

I'm quite sure that's the technical term.

I have an air pump (for my auto feeder) sitting on an old foam mousepad. It totally eliminates the vibration hum.