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So huge changes going on in my house this winter/spring.
It also looks like I will have room in our new master bedroom for a tank! I will probably put my 41G Osaka in there.
Here's the thing: I have both a Vertex In-80 and an In-100 skimmer with new impellers (and a Vertex Omega 150, but that's not for a smaller tank).
There is no way -- not a frikkin chance -- that I will run either of those Vertex In-80/In100 skimmers in a bedroom. My wife would never allow it. She said that white noise is okay -- and A Tunze Silence return pump and a Vortech or Jabao WP10 will be fine for flow. But I've been running the In-80 while curing my dry rock for the past five weeks and that's just *not* going to happen. No way, no how.
So while a tank in the bedroom will be fine, what won't be fine is one of these 2nd Gen Vertex In-80/100 skimmers in there. It's just too loud for a bedroom.
I would be happy to hear recommendations on a new skimmer with performance and silence in mind. It should be able to fit in an Aqueon Model 3 Sump's Return chamber, so 8.5" x 10" footprint is my max size for footprint. In terms of bioload, it should be able to handle at least 70g at medium load, but I would prefer to get it at least "+1" size, so being able to handle 100 or even 120 moderate load would be preferable.
Silence is golden though.
Thoughts?
It also looks like I will have room in our new master bedroom for a tank! I will probably put my 41G Osaka in there.
Here's the thing: I have both a Vertex In-80 and an In-100 skimmer with new impellers (and a Vertex Omega 150, but that's not for a smaller tank).
There is no way -- not a frikkin chance -- that I will run either of those Vertex In-80/In100 skimmers in a bedroom. My wife would never allow it. She said that white noise is okay -- and A Tunze Silence return pump and a Vortech or Jabao WP10 will be fine for flow. But I've been running the In-80 while curing my dry rock for the past five weeks and that's just *not* going to happen. No way, no how.
So while a tank in the bedroom will be fine, what won't be fine is one of these 2nd Gen Vertex In-80/100 skimmers in there. It's just too loud for a bedroom.
I would be happy to hear recommendations on a new skimmer with performance and silence in mind. It should be able to fit in an Aqueon Model 3 Sump's Return chamber, so 8.5" x 10" footprint is my max size for footprint. In terms of bioload, it should be able to handle at least 70g at medium load, but I would prefer to get it at least "+1" size, so being able to handle 100 or even 120 moderate load would be preferable.
Silence is golden though.
Thoughts?
My wife even in the absence of the running skimmer does not hear what I say 
