Shh! (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

Do you skim, and if so how do you keep your skimmer quiet?

I'm thinking about using my red sea prizm deluxe on my 17 gallon nano. but its loud.

 

[Guest]

mine was never loud

 

[CBBSteve]

My prizm made lots of noise, I never could figure out how to make it quieter...

Good luck, if you do succeed, post it here cause a lot of folks would like to know....

Steve

 

[incysor]

Once you get the skimmer flowing, you need to remember to attach the airline tubing to the collection cup hose barb. This makes it MUCH quieter. Look on pgs 5-6.

http://www.redseafish.com/Languages/95/PDF/107.PDF

 

[CBBSteve]

Not only does it make it quieter, it also prevents the dreaded overflow...must do

 

[Guest]

Yeah, thats done. the main noise I'm getting is pump/venturi related. I think I have a solution , but it will have to wait until Tuesday. Hint: sand.

 

[Guest]

Here are my results.

The main noise I get is from impeller cavitation. This sound is amplified because of the hollow V shaped volume the the input tube goes through (just above the pump/impeller)

First thing I tried was to pack this with foam, that seemed to reduce the sound well.

Thinking that sand would do a better job muffling the vibration, i pulled out the foam and added dry sand to the V. It _might_ be better than the foam, but not much better.

In the end I settled on dry sand at the bottom, and foam on top

Now the major source of sound is from the air input tube. it's resonating in the collection cup. I think I can quiet this down by adding an inline filter to the line before the collection cup.

Anyhow it is quieter now, FWIW

 

[tedu]

Or try a length of silicone airline tubing ? I'm not real familiar with the Prizm, but I know that a longer length of silicone tubing on the venturi intake certainly makes my BakPaks quieter.

 

[Guest]

prizms are garbage, get a good skimmer like an Aqua C or a BakPak you will not regret it.

-G

 

[Guest]

prizms are garbage, get a good skimmer like an Aqua C or a BakPak you will not regret it.
-G

This is on a 17 gallon tank. This skimmer is perfectly fine for the volume and stocking I intend.

 

[incysor]

prizms are garbage, get a good skimmer like an Aqua C or a BakPak you will not regret it.

-G

For a nano tanks they work just fine. They are a lot cheaper, and take up less room than a bakpak or an aqua c. For larger tanks I agree with you though.

B

 

[Bakapuma]

for a HOB skimmer, I prefer the sea clone. They are big, but that work great, oh, you can also use them on large tanks too.

 

[incysor]

Actually seaclones have a much worse rep, although you can modify them somewhat to make them more efficient.

B