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I am in the final stages of redoing my animal room after remodeling the house. I am going to have around 5 or more aquatic enclosures for newts and fish when done. In years past I have experimented with various submersible power filters but now I think that I am going to just use sponge filters all the way around. I am debating on buying one big air pump to supply all of the filters. Does anyone have any recommendations as to a particular brand?
Chip
 
At some point, I considered buying one truly BIG air pump and running all my bubbles from a single pump. I decided not to go that route for a variety of logistical reasons, and the possibility that it would be really noisy. What I have instead are 3 Rena-400 air pumps. They each have 2 outlets, and I usually split each outlet 2 ways, so I can run 4 tanks from each pump. Renas are the quietest pumps I have ever owned, and I like the fact that you can buy repair kits for them; in theory they should last forever. You can sometimes find good deals on them on eBay.
 
Thanks for the reply Jen. A friend of mine told me pretty much the same thing, adding that lots of valves can be a real hassle when trying to maintain even airflow to all of the sponges.
Chip
 
Chip,

I just got a Super Luft Pump (see http://www.petsolutions.com/Super+Luft+Pump-I-96301656-I-C-10-C-.aspx) and it's working pretty well for my UG filters. It's pretty reasonable, fairly quiet, and has built in valves to restrict airflow at each of the 4 outlets. I chose the less powerful model and it's been fine. Pet Solutions even has it on sale!

-Brian-
 
How's the noise level, Brian?
 
Hey Jenn,

Aside from the rattle of it sitting on a screen top, the pump itself is very quiet. No louder than a 4 outlet Whisper pump sitting next to it...

Brian
 
One can avoid the rattling noise by placing the pump on a large sponge or another foamed material.
 
I have a large diaphragm pump that I got from JEHMCO.com (US). The owner of JEHMCO, John, is in my fish club and promised me that the pump would be quiet enough to sleep next to. I am very sound sensitive. I love this pump. I have it running sponge filters on 16 tanks right now. I have to get right up close to it to tell that it is running. The bubbles from the filters are louder than the pump. It was very eash to set up a pvc pipe with valves to supply all of the tanks.

Anna
 
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