Tuataress Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Has any one got any recommendation on quiet air pumps? I have SonPar CA3200, 50hz 2w. It's supposed to be silent but it really is very noisey. I need about 3 to do the job. thanks for your help Janice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 currently i am running 2 Rena(or something like that) and one chinese branded "haishe" or soemthing close to it. frankly the Rena hardly makes any noise and because it has a little "loop"on the side i just used a cable tie and hanged it on the shelf making it even less noisy. the Haishe one i can comment entirely on it since its on the garage and frankly for now i really dont spend that much time in there yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leema Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I find that all of mine are only noisey when they're banging against things... Which is most of the time for me. My quietest one I just went to look at, and it's brand less. So I guess I'm not useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 i'm using an Aqua One SR-2500 it's basically the smallest one you can get 150L/hr but it's in my bedroom and i can't hear it unless i'm within 1 ft of it. it's just sitting on the desk next to my tank. on the box it says "safe and quiet operation" so i guess it must be right! it only cost me about $10-12. ~Stacey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 the one in my kitchen is so silent I had to double check to make sure it was on! All it says on the top though is Aqua Good - not sure if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuataress Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 thanks Guys - sounds like Aqua is the brand to try But it is only noisey if someone is there to hear it..... well that's silly because the fish are there and I think the noisey one has led to one of my betta's getting stressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 from what i have seen most of them have a small hinge on one side, and if you hang the pump, it will seriously reduce the "buzzing" they do. or if you have some of it spare, those rubber mat's they use on dashboards work wonders too! you can buy those of bunnings and cut to whatever size you require. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I've been through a few, and really like the Stellar Thom brand. Providing the diaphragms are all intact they are almost silent :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuataress Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 thanks everyone! I got one called "Mouse" it's not too bad. Be interesting to try the others next purchase. I wouldn't recommend a SonPar to anyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finley Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Hi Any updates on this topic since last year?...Does anyone have any more recommendations for very quiet air pumps, or warnings about noisy ones? Thanks, Finley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Well, I'm still right behind the Stellars, the little one I have is still pretty hush hush and was still plodding along doing its job after getting saltwater backflow through its tube! Tis quieter now it is dry I had a hefty big Sera that was fairly quiet, but it is in need of repair so no comment on that one til it has some new lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Leela sold me her Eheim - it's soooooo quiet, you don't even know it's on. On the other hand I got one from Big W, noisiest thing I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 I have an Elite 799 in the loungeroom which is a bit noisy and a Aquarworld in my bedroom which is very quiet when its not touching something , the Aquarworld one has pretty longish rubber legs which must reduce the vibrations or something , Id buy the Aquarworld over the Elite.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sara Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Stellar, Rena and Eheim are one of the quietest airpumps you can buy along with the german Schego brand the rolls royce of all airpumps with a matching price tag to boot, i have used the sera and stellar and aqua one and the seras are currently giving me grief only 18months old but noisy as , and dont seem to work as well as they did in the beginning cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Elflett Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Matching the load on the pump to the pump seems to go a long way towards 'silencing' them... the best I have is a cheapie from the net, I'd have to look at it (at home) to find the brand, but it has a dial to turn the motor up and down... using that dial, I can tune it so it's pumping the right amount of bubbles to be utterly silent in the hex tank... I have an Aqua One SR 7500 here at work, and as long as it's running flat out, it's happy (two speeds, both are quiet), but if it's throttled back with the t-piece's I have to swap between my bubble coil and the bubble wall, it gets huge amounts of vibration - I've had three or four of various other brands and sizes, and they've made a ton of noise because they're not up to pumping against the pressure of water/depth/length of wall, etc... pressure on the pump mechanism seems, to me, to be the biggest reason for noise - if you want less bubbles in a tank, rather than throttling the air back, bleed it out of the lines and it's much, much quieter - and that's with ALL the pumps I've run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axoloto Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I just posted this link in "Do you think this is doable on a smaller scale?" when i stumbled into here. The pump is not suitable for a fish room but for a community tank it would be great. (and very,very,very quiet) http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_AquariumPage...ario_turbo.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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