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murphreef
04/02/2006, 08:22 PM
hey everyone

i just got my new lee mar flat polished 180 set up and running 2 weekends ago

anyways its doing great and so are all of the fish and corals i transferred over from my 100

the one thing i have found a lil annoying is the sounds from my return pump

it hummmmmssssss

its a Pan World 100px-x

it actually has a lil more power than i need as well my sump doesnt flow as fast as it returns so i have it throttled down

anyways this thing hummms i guess its the magnetic fan that cools the thing off but still

is there anotehr pump that does about 900-1000gph thats external and less noisy please tell me

thanks

Fast Fred
04/02/2006, 09:05 PM
Try putting a neoprene mouse pad under the pump to absorb the vibrations.

murphreef
04/02/2006, 11:23 PM
its not even so much the vibration its the noise that the cooling fan makes it hums

i have a sequence Reeflo Dart which makes zero noise compared to this

its a humming made by the motor itself that a pad wont help