How to reduce noise from skimmer?

[Pete Hammersley]

Hi,
I’ve got my tank set up, I’m only 13 / 14 weeks in. 200 gallon tank. I made a custom 5 foot sump to go under the 6 ft tank, hand built the stand and light canopy etc...

my sump has 5 chambers:
1 for RO water with tunze ATO,
2 for filter sock, lots of live rock and ceramic rings
3 has my skimmer on a stand to give it exactly 19 cm of depth (recommended 18-20 )
4 a refugium with 2 grow lamps
5 return 10,000 ac pump, and a gallon of marine pure bioballs.

I’m pretty happy with it all, except I find the skimmer particularly noisy. Its the Red Sea 600 skimmer, with only one method of adjustment which is the Big dial at the front for the water height.

Has anybody managed to reduce the noise of a skimmer? Or am I best just putting it on a timer so it comes on throughout the night and when I’m in work, leaving it quiet in the evenings?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi,
I’ve got my tank set up, I’m only 13 / 14 weeks in. 200 gallon tank. I made a custom 5 foot sump to go under the 6 ft tank, hand built the stand and light canopy etc...

my sump has 5 chambers:
1 for RO water with tunze ATO,
2 for filter sock, lots of live rock and ceramic rings
3 has my skimmer on a stand to give it exactly 19 cm of depth (recommended 18-20 )
4 a refugium with 2 grow lamps
5 return 10,000 ac pump, and a gallon of marine pure bioballs.

I’m pretty happy with it all, except I find the skimmer particularly noisy. Its the Red Sea 600 skimmer, with only one method of adjustment which is the Big dial at the front for the water height.

Has anybody managed to reduce the noise of a skimmer? Or am I best just putting it on a timer so it comes on throughout the night and when I’m in work, leaving it quiet in the evenings?

I attached a pipe to exit the outflow underwater which served as a muffler

 

[Brad ward]

Hi,
I’ve got my tank set up, I’m only 13 / 14 weeks in. 200 gallon tank. I made a custom 5 foot sump to go under the 6 ft tank, hand built the stand and light canopy etc...

my sump has 5 chambers:
1 for RO water with tunze ATO,
2 for filter sock, lots of live rock and ceramic rings
3 has my skimmer on a stand to give it exactly 19 cm of depth (recommended 18-20 )
4 a refugium with 2 grow lamps
5 return 10,000 ac pump, and a gallon of marine pure bioballs.

I’m pretty happy with it all, except I find the skimmer particularly noisy. Its the Red Sea 600 skimmer, with only one method of adjustment which is the Big dial at the front for the water height.

Has anybody managed to reduce the noise of a skimmer? Or am I best just putting it on a timer so it comes on throughout the night and when I’m in work, leaving it quiet in the evenings?

Look up diy protein skimmer silencer on YouTube
Basically it’s a small plastic bottle with hoses going in and out
Similar to a muffler on a car
Should give around 50% or more quieter

 

[mtraylor]

You can silence air intake but not much can be done for pump as the unit is already on rubber feet