anyone know a really quiet filter, LIKE SILENT!

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Mike0372983
 
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anyone know a really quiet filter, LIKE SILENT!

by Mike0372983

have been buying filters for the last year, and basicly throwing them at the wall, because they say they are silent on the box, and when I plug them they are loud still


hoping for a canister for CHISTMAS... just need peoples opinion on good and really quiet filters... and since someday I might want to start a saltwater, one that can go with saltwater too would be great!

thanks for the help, Mike


seankh
 
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by seankh

i have a whisper 60 and a penguin 200 with a bio wheel on my 55 gallon and they are silent


Mike0372983
 
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by Mike0372983

i just bought a whisper EX45 and its freaking loud


a1k8t31524
 
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by a1k8t31524

ok i have a question for you is it the filter that is loud or the water noise?


seankh
 
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by seankh

usually its the water noise but ive seen some loud filters


yasherkoach
 
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by yasherkoach

I use Fusion 500 from That Pet Place. It is unheard, I have 2 of these pumps. The only thing I hear is the trickling of the water filters flowing into the tank from Marineland Penguin Bio-Wheel 200 (I use 2 for the 55 gallon tank).

Between the pumps and the filters, I can hear the fish's flipping at the water surface at about 5 feet away.

hope this helps


dehn
 
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by dehn

I have a RENA XP1 I picked up off of Craigslist for 25 bucks, on a 55G with a BioWheel 150, the combination is dead quiet, and only set me back about 50 bucks total.

I know another person with XP3 and XP4 cannisters, and they are silent as well. I've seen the XP4 for as little as 60-70 bucks used.

Hope that helps!

Duh, super old thread...info still counts though I guess!

anyone know a really quiet filter, LIKE SILENT!

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