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...to bring a more pleasant atmosphere to our surroundings, placing a small aquarium preferably with water pump that adds soft sound and movement to the water is one of them. Of course in toxic environ...
... a syphon starter for their system. It's just a squeeze bulb, but it eliminates the need for the faucet pump when draining water. People who live in places with water use restrictions should find the ...
Anyone know where can purchase a Hawkeye 201 Aq. Pump. Need 2 of them. tks
About 25 years ago I built a sound proof box for an airpump which hung inside on a fabric cradle. When I was finished I discovered 3 things. i) airlines are noisy ii) airstones are noisy iii) airpumps
...hest w/diver. Can I have air going to the airstone tube and to the tresure chest w/diver using one air pump and the 2-1/2 gang valve? If so what hose to I hook up where? At the moment I have the ai...
The Aqua Expert 600 that came with my 2.5 Mini- bow seems to pump to much air for my Betta's liking. Any suggestions on what to do? Is there a air pump that would pump less air and work for the 2.5
...at around 900L in volume) with no fish. There's a 2m pipe in the bottom with holes, powered by an air pump to make bubbles. The problem is our airpumps keep dying. The last one was quite expensive...
... it in the bottle and add the water. It also comes with a rubber hose with a one way valve and a little pump that diffuses the bubbles and injects them into the water. The smaller the bubbles the more...
Can anyone tell me which is the quietest air pump on the market, I have a 48 gallon tank and prefer to run 3 small airstones from it? Roughly, if anyone can quantify it in words, how much noise should
... the first time. I have a CPR Overflow box, which works well. Right now I'm using my canister filter to pump water back up to the main tank. This setup works well, and does not overflow when the power...
...ir 1200 (270 gph) or 3000 (700 gph) to the water inlet or oulet line thus bypassing the internal fluval pump. Has anyone tried this? Any success. Would the 700 gph pump be too powerful for the system?...
.... The powerheads are 'Aqua Clear 50'. Would a couple more powerheads help/hurt? Or possibly trying to pump the outlet of my Tetratec PF500 power filter into the UGF also, somehow splitting the flow ...
have a very small tank 20cm (8' for those in u.s.). could anyone recommend a small pump/airater please. i have a small japanese one; but it has only lasted two years and now only pumps like 10% of
... turnover. Any suggestions would be very welcome at this planning stage with regard to size of sump / pump, kinds of media for the sump and how best to divide the sump into sections. Would a sump ...
I am currently using an Iwaki MD70 turned down a little bit and it is quite a loud pump. I would like to get another pressure pump that is quieter, doesn't sound like a jet engine. Does anyone have an
...d it angel hair.), and a bubbler to circulate the water through the plastic box. The vibrating type air pump was under the aquarium. My first mistake was buying what ever fish looked good to me. So...
...uals that usually sit next to the carbon in the store.) Would adding something like a bio-ball to the pump area help maintain an established biological filter? Why can't I stop tinkering with my a...
... so please be gentle. :) I have a 48" community tank and have been looking for a very quiet airpump for the past few weeks but to no avail. :( Many years ago I invested in a piston type p...
I must first say that this is a beautiful fish. I saw one at the lfs and thought it would be so nice to have one, but my tank is only a 46G bow front (36inches across)! I have had a slight GHA probl
...against it. The under gravel filter is still my favorite, and I hook it up to a relatively small air pump. Some people abbreviate the thing with UGF, but I prefer to write things out. Thus, it's an...
...ectangle thing where the bubbles come out from. Only, it seems that less bubbles come out with the same pump connected to the stone... Is this possible? If so, is there any danger for the fishes, or f...
...shwater, planted aquarium. It has an overflow with a wet dry filter. I need to replace the old external pump with a new one. I'm curious about what the ideal flow rate would be, and what pumps are the...
Hi- I recently got a very small (1 gallon) aquarium with an air pump (Hawkeye 201). Currently I'm 'cycling' it for a few days before I add fish as I was told to do. The problem is that I live in a
...re they are. Mom and Dad are still taking turns fanning the eggs, it's the cutest thing! I shut off the pump and I think I'll drop another TopFin10 in the tank because the water flow through them is m...
...his fish tank and would like to get it going. Problem is that I can not get the water to go through the pump. Is there some special trick I need to know about or is this think just junk? Any help is g...
... on my back patio so that the sunlight would start the algae growth on it own. I would then drop in a pump so to circulate the water 24/7. I would think that within a couple of months I would have s...
...er changing systems described on the web intrigue me. Due to chloramines used in my area I will have to pump dechlorinated water from a garbage can or 45 gal drum to 6 to 8 tanks. A pond pump or the l...
i have a fluval underwater pump with built in filter. it says to change the filter after a while. but i have found from previous experience of a filter in a hagen tank; that when the filter becomes
...ith optional Tetratec HC200 heater 48' undergravel filter with 4 risers powered by a Tetratec AP200 air pump 48' bubble wall, plus 2 small air stones powered by an Elite 803 air pump Gravel substrate ...
...me a 30 gallon tank and two power filters. I can NOT seem to get water to flow up the tube and into the pump though. Is there some trick to prime this thing to get it working ? Water is barely, I mean...
...e wasn't oxygen in the water, I put it in quarantaine. Now, I don't have a second aquarium/filter/oxygenpump etc, so I simply put it in a bassin. For a few hours he seemed to do better, swimming a lit...
I have got the filter up and running and it is doing a great job. Trouble is thge pump seems to lag, it seems to really struggle for a second then pump out a heap of water at once. does this about o
The SeaClear System 2 (75 gal) uses a slightly modified AquaClear 802 powerhead for about 400 GPH circulation through the built-in wet-dry. The powerhead is submerged at the bottom of the return chamb
Do you have any airpumps running,could be lack of oxygen in the water? I have 2 running in my 200 ltr tank. What is your water temperature,I have mine set at 28 deg C. Think you are adding too many ad
...filter because I've used them for years and have had good results from them. Any recommendations on air pumps? This is going in the bedroom next to the bed. I don't mind the bubbling, but the humming ...
...L 12'W 24'H, and plan on designing it so that water will always be 6' from top and 4' from top with the pump off, or so I hope. Do I really need the bio balls if I am using 240 pounds of live rock? ...
...reef.com/) going to a 10 gallon sump underneath the stand (all that will fit) with a mag 3 for a return pump and a remora hang on skimmer (on the sump) with another mag 3 in the sump to drive it. As y...
...g anyone for parts... I've a 20 gal set up... I need a protein skimmer...and a filter maybe another air pump I am in the NY area and willing to travel the area...please let me know...
...ong can one keep 20 gallons saltwater available for a change if it's kept 95% covered with a heater and pump for circulation?...
... been doing 20-30% water changes every 3 or 4 days. There are no plants, no under-gravel filter, no air pump. Filter is a Penguin Mini bio-wheel. Please advise, many thanks to all respondents in adv...
Newbie alert :) So, I'm ready to start pumping in the water! I notice as I set the tank on the stand (Top Fin table thing, bought at PetSmart, had a 30% off coupon) (supposed to hold up to 80 gallon
...at I've always wanted a eheim, I had an old fluval about 15 years ago and loved it (green canister/grey pump). As best as I can tell the eheim has the input on the side, and the outlet on the top on a...
Does anyone know what the estimated liufe expectancy of various powerheads is (rio 800, mag 7, etc;)?
...ally outfit another complete tank with only the expense of buying another hood and light. Two extra air pumps, two extra heaters, many feet of air line, fittings, connectors, airstones, bubble wands, ...
... came with two airlines and air stones, so I know it's designed to work with either a power head or air pump, but the instruction don't mention anything. Does it need one of those or will enough water...
...edundant equipment. So I'm going to try to get a few small heaters, rather than one big one; two return pumps, rather than a single pump, etc. Anyone have more reliablity advice? The pumps and heaters...
i am looking at either a powerhead or a pump to circulate my 220gal. which will generate less heat(all things being equal)? and, is there another way to circulate with no heat with the same ease and e
...an Tire sells a product called Simple-Set Translucent Pool Package, 12 ft. x 30 in. and it includes the pump. It's roughly 1300 gallons of water, and the pump moves between 500 and 1000gph. I figure...
...ank bust. Second thought: How can 70 gallons fill a townhouse with 3 inches of water? I dropped my pool pump (little Giant) into the tank and drained him...again. It takes seconds with that pump. I th...
I'm debating between three pumps, the Quiet one 3000, Mag-Drive 7, and a Rio 2500. The price difference is too small to worry about so that doesn't matter. I'm curious about which one has the least am
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