HOB Filters

[Davy]

I started a 29g tank and had a penguin 100something and hated it. I took it back and got and aquaclear 200. I love the filter but the motor is kinda loud for in my room and it was missing a part (the part is not NEEDED, it still works without it) so I'm also taking it back (stupid petsmart!). I have heard that aquaclears are great filters so should I get another one and hope it is quieter? They also have a whisper that I could try. What do you think?

Also, is there a way to quiet filter motors in case they are all loud? I don't want to be forced to move the filter out of my room because of a loud filter. Any ideas. Thanks.

 

[Jawz]

aquaclears are usually dead silent, mine are, try another one

 

[Davy]

I thought it would be too. It sounds like something is rattling. Anyone have any experience with whispers?

 

[Davy]

I just took back the aquaclear and got a whisper 40. They lady at petsmart said she had two whisper 30s on her 30g and that they were dead silent. I brought it home and set it up. No rattling! And no missing parts! Just the quiet humm of the motor.

 

[Jawz]

u hear a hum? geez that shoddy aquaclears are totally silent, come with machetes and can take down a columbian drug ring in 2 weeks. oh wait thats Special Ops, nevermind lol

 

[Davy]

Sorry I didn'y get the aquaclear jawz. Really liked the fact that the aquaclears didn't use little cartridges but had bags and sponges. I didn't want to risk getting two loud ones so I went with whisper. I asked the workers in the fish department what was a good quiet filter and they tried to sell me a UGF! It was the cashier that told me about power filters. I hate chain stores!

 

[catfishmike]

that's too bad that you have had a bad experince with aquaclears because they are a superior filter.plus we are holding a ban on tetra products because of their cheap attempt to sell stuff at the detriment of fish everywhere.

 

[mandi0808]

I have a 29 gal with a Whisper 40 and a HOT Magnum on it. They are both dead quiet. The only time you will hear anything on my tank is when the water level gets low and the water starts to trickle. I love my filters!

 

[Jawz]

i think we should ban Marineland too, have u seen their display boxes?

http://www.marineland.com/products/consumer/con_combos.asp

http://www.marineland.com/products/consumer/con_explorer.asp

http://www.marineland.com/products/consumer/con_hex.asp

http://www.marineland.com/products/consumer/con_jssuper.asp

in the last one, the black tank, 2 oscars, a big pleco and 2 pacus in an 80!!

 

[Davy]

Those tanks were way over stocked! 5 blue gouramis in a 5g hex?!?!?!

Catfishmike, I really liked the way the aquaclear filter was set up, (not using cartridges, very powerfull), but mine was very loud. My Whisper 40 only makes a small humm similar to our AC. I think an aquaclear will be my first choice if I ever get a bigger tank, at least one of the filters on it.

 

[catfishmike]

most likely you just had real bad luck with yours.perhaps next time.you can always cut an aquaclear sponge to fit inside your wisper and get the best of both worlds
yea your right about the boxes having way too many fish but lots of aquarium ads are like that.i figure that if people were advertised the truth which is a tank stocked resonibly it would seem kinda dull and who wants a dull tank.none the less what tetra did was inexcuseable and if marineland ever pulled a stunt like that i would boycot them too.

 

[Davy]

What did tetra do catfishmike? If it was posted here I must have missed it.

 

[J'sRamAir]

Yeah, what did they do? I have a Tetratec filter.

 

[Igor The Cat]

they had an ad on tv that should you how to make a 5 gall. saltwater tank and put 2 "nemo" clown fish, 1 blue tang and 2 seahoures in a tank that had cyccled for about 1.5 minuntes, sick

-Java

 

[Davy]

Oh, I see. What kind of jack@$$ would do that? I've never seen an add for fishtanks before on TV.

 

[J'sRamAir]

Originally posted by Davy
Oh, I see. What kind of jack@$$ would do that? I've never seen an add for fishtanks before on TV.

Haha. Plenty of people I'm sure.

 

[Davy]

Yah, I'm sure plenty of people would.

 

[fishysmell]

I bet Martha Stewart would. Good thing you can't get a hold of fish in jail. lol

Back to the aquaclears. If they're rattling chances are the cover is warped from the moisture. I don't use the covers (after they kept keeping me up at night) and mine make 0 noise. Now back to jack@$$es and their d@mn 5 gallon nemo tanks. That movie is killing more clown fish than I can dream of.

 

[Davy]

Sometimes Disney can be a huge jack@$$ just to make some money.

I took the cover off my aquaclear and it was still loud. Oh well, my whisper 40 is very quiet so I'm happy.

 

[fishysmell]

Sounds good. Whatever works. I'm still surprised the AC made noise w/o the cover...probably a defective pump...