I'm thinking about making a sump for my 40 breeder, but I already have a silent canister filter that works just fine. I would like to add the sump for more bio filtration, and I have axolotl's in my 40 breeder so I could use a cheap pump with low flow. Problem is the tank is in my bedroom and it needs to be silent. I was thinking about buying a premade overflow, but I'm not sure if this would insure the sump would be compeltly silent like the canister filter. If I go through with buying an overflow, and make a sump will it be silent, or will I spend hours and hours trying to make it silent to no avail?
Pre-made Overflows?
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A second thought I just had is the possibility of just using small pumps to push water into the sump. Because this sump is for axolotl's I won't want to have much flow, what if I just bought two $15 pumps and used one to push water in the sump, and one to push it out? That way no overflow would be needed
Stick with a canister for now.
Yes, it is possible to have an entirely silent sump & overflow, but that is the Holy Grail of sumps. Few ever achieve it. Sumps require significantly more thought and experience than canisters. Canisters are plug & play but sumps are not.
Your bedroom is a bad place for a first sump. However, don't give up on sumps. They offer so much more flexibility over canisters, and their maintenance is significanly easier. Get a sump for one of your other tanks and learn how to tweek it until it is totally silent. Then you'll be ready to add sumps to the tanks in your room.
Yes, it is possible to have an entirely silent sump & overflow, but that is the Holy Grail of sumps. Few ever achieve it. Sumps require significantly more thought and experience than canisters. Canisters are plug & play but sumps are not.
Your bedroom is a bad place for a first sump. However, don't give up on sumps. They offer so much more flexibility over canisters, and their maintenance is significanly easier. Get a sump for one of your other tanks and learn how to tweek it until it is totally silent. Then you'll be ready to add sumps to the tanks in your room.
just out of curiousity why wouldn't having two pumps work? I know it's a little silly to have two pumps when one would work just fine. I think I'll take your advice and stick to the canister, I've done a lot of research into sumps, but that was about a year ago. Im pretty sure my diy ability would lead to a very noisy sump. I was just hoping that a pre-made overflow would solve the noise problem
I would like to add the sump for more bio filtration,
Are you having ammonia issues?
If not, why do you think you need more bio filtration?
Often we get it in our head we need a thing, like a sump, for a bunch of wrong reasons.
We will even make up excuses to do the project.
If you want a sump, build it.
If you have ammonia issues, do the easy first.
Check your feeding and tank cleaning routine first.
Are you having ammonia issues?
If not, why do you think you need more bio filtration?
Often we get it in our head we need a thing, like a sump, for a bunch of wrong reasons.
We will even make up excuses to do the project.
If you want a sump, build it.
If you have ammonia issues, do the easy first.
Check your feeding and tank cleaning routine first.