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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Tanks and Equipment => Topic started by: lovefish54 on October 15, 2019, 12:12:31 AM

Title: Air pump help
Post by: lovefish54 on October 15, 2019, 12:12:31 AM

Hi there I want to buy an air pump for a small 24L spare tank and I want to run a single sponge filter with it.  Does anyone have any recommendations for one that would be powerful enough but not too powerful being a small tank.   Doesn’t have to be near silent but a fairly quiet one would be even better.  Thanks

Title: Re: Air pump help
Post by: Matt on October 15, 2019, 05:43:35 AM

I have found the Interpet Nano Aquamini Aquarium Air Pump to be quite literally silent in operation. The air bubbles themselves of course make a noise. It is designed for tanks of this size and I am currently using it to run an air powered sponge filter on my Betta tank. I have also used it to prevent films from forming on the water surface in larger tanks and tobprovide filtration for hospital tanks.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00IF9NW62/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1521789217&tag=hotelaccom-21&sr=8-11&keywords=silent+air+pump (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00IF9NW62/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1521789217&tag=hotelaccom-21&sr=8-11&keywords=silent+air+pump)

Title: Re: Air pump help
Post by: Sue on October 15, 2019, 09:46:05 AM

I have a sponge filter in my betta's tank and it is powered by the smallest Eheim air pump https://www.eheim.com/en_GB/products/technology/air-pumps/air . It has an adjustable flow rate and I also have a 2 way splitter with taps (like this (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aquarium-Chrome-Metal-Manifold-Air-Line-Control-Valve-Air-Tap-Multi-Splitter/302807201716?hash=item4680b737b4:m:mWbEmhReUykrDCn2Ai_H3ww) ) which I use to bleed air into the room if I feel the flow is too strong.
The Eheim is very quiet except when something gets pushed against it, which is easy in this case as the tank is on a kitchen worktop where we also keep a lot of junk.

Title: Re: Air pump help
Post by: jaypeecee on October 15, 2019, 06:26:52 PM

Quote from: Matt on October 15, 2019, 05:43:35 AM

I have found the Interpet Nano Aquamini Aquarium Air Pump to be quite literally silent in operation. The air bubbles themselves of course make a noise.

Hi Matt,

I believe the above product uses a very clever way of generating a stream of air. Instead of the conventional diaphragm pump, some of the silent, ultra-compact air pumps use a vibrating piezoelectric element. That's why they are very quiet. Piezoelectric elements are used in microphones and buzzers. I have no personal experience of using these new air pumps so will be interested to hear how it continues to perform.

JPC

Title: Re: Air pump help
Post by: Matt on October 15, 2019, 08:18:06 PM

That's right... I've been using it on and off for about 4 years so id say it's performing pretty well!!

Title: Re: Air pump help
Post by: jaypeecee on October 18, 2019, 09:06:10 AM

Quote from: Matt on October 15, 2019, 08:18:06 PM

That's right... I've been using it on and off for about 4 years so id say it's performing pretty well!!

Hi Matt,

That's quite a recommendation!

JPC

Title: Re: Air pump help
Post by: Littlefish on October 19, 2019, 08:10:38 AM

I also have a few of these, and I can second what Matt has said.