Neptune Aquatics

Quiet Skimmer?

@Meshmez which G5’s are noisy the XR15 or 30? My G4 XR15s are quiet even compared to my Kessils.

Actually I put my watch noise meter next to my skimmer today to “quantitatively” measure noise and it’s right about 50dB. But I guess it doesn’t tell you about the quality (annoyingness) of the noise... is it gurgly and irregular or like a nice white noise machine sound...
 
Chromis said:
@Meshmez which G5’s are noisy the XR15 or 30? My G4 XR15s are quiet even compared to my Kessils.

Actually I put my watch noise meter next to my skimmer today to “quantitatively” measure noise and it’s right about 50dB. But I guess it doesn’t tell you about the quality (annoyingness) of the noise... is it gurgly and irregular or like a nice white noise machine sound...
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I assume both. I think they have the same fan. I have a 30 though. It's louder the the G4s.
 
RandyC said:
I personally don’t think it’s noisy by any means. I just notice that it’s on.
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Ya, it's not ridiculous. But when they claim something is quiet, and then it's louder than their previous product.... It was definitely surprising the first time I heard it.
 
Any recs for a quiet HOB skimmer? I have 24 gallon Lifegard AIO. The back compartment is pretty small and does not fit all of the "nano" in tank skimmers. Bought a Macro Aqua but it's really loud even after a couple months; does a good job at creating a nice dark skimmate. Looking at the Reef Octopus but it's pretty pricey.
 
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