Product Review:Coralife Super Luft Air Pump

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Good question. I'm looking for a new (quieter) pump to put in my basement.
 
They work well but are slightly noisey and IMO way over priced for what you get. I run all of my Hydro5 foam filters with $11.00 MA-600 dual outlet air pumps by million air. I can't honestly think of a reason to spend more money on a piece of equipment with basicly the same design...All of ours are VERY quiet unless you place them on a resonant serface and then all you need to do is slip a block of foam under it.

I've compared the MA-600 to just about everything out there and they are as reliable...powerful and as quiet as pumps costing many times more.
 
Wolf3101;1287938; said:
They work well but are slightly noisey and IMO way over priced for what you get. I run all of my Hydro5 foam filters with $11.00 MA-600 dual outlet air pumps by million air. I can't honestly think of a reason to spend more money on a piece of equipment with basicly the same design...All of ours are VERY quiet unless you place them on a resonant serface and then all you need to do is slip a block of foam under it.

I've compared the MA-600 to just about everything out there and they are as reliable...powerful and as quiet as pumps costing many times more.
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on a noise level from 1-10 what would you rate it?
 
2...you can't hear them over the waterfall sound of a HOB. In fact the bubbles breaking the serface in the fry tank make more noise than the pump does..
 
Wolf3101;1287955; said:
2...you can't hear them over the waterfall sound of a HOB. In fact the bubbles breaking the serface in the fry tank make more noise than the pump does..
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How many sponge filters can you run off of them? My pump is in my basement and runs 5-10 filters on the ground level.
 
Wolf3101;1287938; said:
They work well but are slightly noisey and IMO way over priced for what you get. I run all of my Hydro5 foam filters with $11.00 MA-600 dual outlet air pumps by million air. I can't honestly think of a reason to spend more money on a piece of equipment with basicly the same design...All of ours are VERY quiet unless you place them on a resonant serface and then all you need to do is slip a block of foam under it.

I've compared the MA-600 to just about everything out there and they are as reliable...powerful and as quiet as pumps costing many times more.[/quot

Thats not to bad. I can always just construct a box with foam pad walls and a vent in the back for cooling and air intake. that should quiet it down a little
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I usually run two hydro5's with round air stone off of each pump and get plenty of output even in 30" deep tanks. I would imagine that in shorter tanks they could run even more of them but I have my tanks scattered so it's easier to have several MA-600's For the price you can certianly run more than one of them.

Honestly...I'd set one up and listen to it before building a muffler box. These things are a TON quieter than most diaphram pumps.
 
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