Alright, I have a few questions regarding my HOB filters. I just set up my new (to me) 33 gallon tank in my room over the weekend and last night was my first night sleeping in my room since and boy was that not fun. Before this tank i've had 3 other tanks in my room the largest of which was a 225. All of these tanks made some amount of noise but it was at least quite enough that I could deal with it and get myself to sleep at night. But last night was brutal.
On my tank I have two filters. I have an aquatech 20-40 HOB filter that came with the tank (just running this for extra filtration) and I have an Aquaclear 70/300 as the main filter which I purchased used, seperatly after I bought the tank. The aquatech still makes a tad bit of noise but it is strictly from the waterflow into the tank (and maybe a lil vibration but nothing serious) however the aquaclear's motor seems to be making quite some noise. Sounds like its half burned out. I would normally just assume that the motor wasn't in the best shape and buy a replacement motor however I've had 2x other aquaclears in the past that were both purchased used and both had the same problem, making that annoying loud motor sound. The last time I had this problem I just scraped them and bought a canister filter, however, that is not an option at the moment due to my current funds.
Here are a few questions:
1) Anyone know why the motor is making this sound? (is it actually old and burning out , meaning my last ones were too? or is this a generic problem with aquaclears?)
2) Any way I can quite this down without a replacement motor or is that basically my only option?
3) To cut down on the sound of water hitting water .. is filling the tank up more the only solution?
4) How beneficial is the aquatech to the tank in all honestly? Are the benefits miniscule enough that I can just take it out to cut down on some water sounds?
5) any other general techniques people have had success with to cut down on the sound of any part of their tank? I'd like to get my whole set up as quite as possible for getting to sleep at night.
Thanks in advance! I'm also running a tetra whsiper 40 (brand new) on the tank.
On my tank I have two filters. I have an aquatech 20-40 HOB filter that came with the tank (just running this for extra filtration) and I have an Aquaclear 70/300 as the main filter which I purchased used, seperatly after I bought the tank. The aquatech still makes a tad bit of noise but it is strictly from the waterflow into the tank (and maybe a lil vibration but nothing serious) however the aquaclear's motor seems to be making quite some noise. Sounds like its half burned out. I would normally just assume that the motor wasn't in the best shape and buy a replacement motor however I've had 2x other aquaclears in the past that were both purchased used and both had the same problem, making that annoying loud motor sound. The last time I had this problem I just scraped them and bought a canister filter, however, that is not an option at the moment due to my current funds.
Here are a few questions:
1) Anyone know why the motor is making this sound? (is it actually old and burning out , meaning my last ones were too? or is this a generic problem with aquaclears?)
2) Any way I can quite this down without a replacement motor or is that basically my only option?
3) To cut down on the sound of water hitting water .. is filling the tank up more the only solution?
4) How beneficial is the aquatech to the tank in all honestly? Are the benefits miniscule enough that I can just take it out to cut down on some water sounds?
5) any other general techniques people have had success with to cut down on the sound of any part of their tank? I'd like to get my whole set up as quite as possible for getting to sleep at night.
Thanks in advance! I'm also running a tetra whsiper 40 (brand new) on the tank.
