Rekord 60 - Noisy?

[millyspook]

Hi, I've just purchased a Rekord 60 and this is my first tank. Just got the tank filled up and turned the filter on and have noticed thats the sound of trickling water is pretty noisy. Now you will have to excuse me but I don't really understand all the terminology, but I have a tube that shoots out water at the top and the bubbles are making quite a bit of noise. Its in the front room, so its quite annoying. I have topped up the water level to the max, but there is still a few bubbles on the surface of the water. Is this normal, will it get quieter over time, maybe once the filter media has got dirtier? I have friends that have got tanks and have never noticed the noise from their tanks.

Sorry to be a bit thick

 

[backtotropical]

Hi Millyspook and to TFF,

In Juwel tanks, the tube you speak of should be moveable if i remember correctly. Just turn it slightly so it points in a slightly different direction.

It is good to have the outflow from the filter pointed at the surface as this helps the water to oxygenate, however you can't have it drowning out the TV.

Cheers

BTT

 

[rabbut]

The trickling you mention is from air in the media. This is just because it is new. It should clear by itself within a few hours, so it should be quieter in the morning

It isn't a daft question, as the answer isn't obvious

How are you perpairing the tank for fish? Are you just setting up the tank, leaving it to run for X lenght of time and then adding fish? If so, then sorry but you may have a welfare issue heading your way. This is bacause the system isn't doing anything (other than wasting electricity) while it is doing this You need to "cycle" the filter, using liquid ammonia before you can add fish without harming them. If the tank isn't cycled before the addition of fish, your new pets will be subjected to ammonia and nitrite, the first of those two chemicals will do long lasting damage, or even kill them Please, do what is know as a fishless cycle with ammonia, as per the link in "backtotropical"'s signature above This avoids the issue. The tank cannot "cycle" untill an ammonia source is added.

There are work-arounds, such as adding mature media from an established tank, but these short-cuts often don't work

HTH
Rabbut

 

[Efren]

hiya!

i've got the same tank... arrived last friday from seapets.com
i set it up and luckily it's not that noisy - the filter media in their
so called "compact super" filter system works great. but
i'm having problem with the dis coloration of the water,
perhaps beacause of the mopani wood because that's the only
one in there aside from some artificial aqua plants.

but so far thumbs up to juwel...

 

[millyspook]

Hi Millyspook and to TFF,

In Juwel tanks, the tube you speak of should be moveable if i remember correctly. Just turn it slightly so it points in a slightly different direction.

It is good to have the outflow from the filter pointed at the surface as this helps the water to oxygenate, however you can't have it drowning out the TV.

Cheers

BTT

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I have sorted it now - it always helps to actually read the instructions, which is what I finally did. It seems that the tube can actually be removed if you don't want the running water sound, so thats what I have done and its lovely and quiet now.

We've just brought three platys and they seem to be enjoying themselves, they have eaten one of my plants already!!

Thanks for the advice.

hiya!

i've got the same tank... arrived last friday from seapets.com
i set it up and luckily it's not that noisy - the filter media in their
so called "compact super" filter system works great. but
i'm having problem with the dis coloration of the water,
perhaps beacause of the mopani wood because that's the only
one in there aside from some artificial aqua plants.

but so far thumbs up to juwel...

Hi. I've sorted the trickling water sound out now, just removed the tube! We've got some Mopani Wood to put in but the LFS said to soak it in boiling water for a couple of days before you put it in the tank.

But, I am impressed with the tank, its looking pretty good.

 

[waterdrop]

Glad you sorted out your noise problem millyspook, did you make a concious decision to do the cycling of the system with a "fish-in" technique? It didn't sound like you had had enough preparation time for the filter to cycle (as rabbut mentioned above) so that always has those of us members on the forum worried that maybe the local store has given you some bad advice, such as to add fish after only a week or so of preparation...

~~waterdrop~~

 

[millyspook]

Glad you sorted out your noise problem millyspook, did you make a concious decision to do the cycling of the system with a "fish-in" technique? It didn't sound like you had had enough preparation time for the filter to cycle (as rabbut mentioned above) so that always has those of us members on the forum worried that maybe the local store has given you some bad advice, such as to add fish after only a week or so of preparation...

~~waterdrop~~

Hi, yeah, it was a concious decision to do the cycling with some hardy fish mainly because everyone I know who has a fish tank had said just to get some hardy fish and not to bother with the fishless cycling. So thats what I did. I will wait about 4 weeks until I get some more fish and I am being careful not to overfeed the fish.

 

[OldMan47]

Well MillySpook, welcome to the forum and now you get to actually do the fishy cycle. It goes something like this. A few days from now the ammonia will be building up in your tank and poisoning your "hardy" fish. To help them survive you will start changing maybe half the water every day. How much water and how often will be determined by the test kit you need to go out and get. You want one with liquid reagents, not the silly test strips. Whenever the ammonia gets near 0.25ppm, you will do a large water change. If it takes 3 days to get that high you will be doing it every 3 days. You will also be testing daily for nitrites. Again, when it gets as high as 0.25 ppm you will do a large water change. Since ammonia gets turned into nitrites by the bacteria that you need to build up in your tank's filter, eventually you will just be changing water to keep up on the nitrites and the ammonia will be taking care of itself. Once the bacteria build up a second population that can deal with the nitrites, they will start taking care of themselves and you will need to test for nitrates. When nitrates get up to about 20 ppm above what is in your tap water, it will be time to do a water change. In a lightly populated tank, this final stage could be as seldom as every 2 or 3 weeks and could be as small a change as 30% but without the test kit for nitrates you won't know how often or how much to change. All 3 tests that you need to track the nitrogen cycle can be obtained in what are called master test kits. They often come with pH testing ability also.
Once you have a stable system that works to keep nitrites and ammonia under control, you can start to think about getting something besides the few "hardy" fish that you already have. The time is usually much longer than 4 weeks but you could get that lucky, it does happen.
You signed up for this when you decided to do a fish-in cycle so unless you want a bunch of dead "hardy" fish, you now need to follow through. If all your fish die, which will happen if you don't stay on top of your water changes, you can try a fishless cycle since it takes far less testing and water changes but doesn't reward you with watching fish swim about.

 

[mikky77]

Hi, I've just purchased a Rekord 60 and this is my first tank. Just got the tank filled up and turned the filter on and have noticed thats the sound of trickling water is pretty noisy. Now you will have to excuse me but I don't really understand all the terminology, but I have a tube that shoots out water at the top and the bubbles are making quite a bit of noise. Its in the front room, so its quite annoying. I have topped up the water level to the max, but there is still a few bubbles on the surface of the water. Is this normal, will it get quieter over time, maybe once the filter media has got dirtier? I have friends that have got tanks and have never noticed the noise from their tanks.

Sorry to be a bit thick

Hello Millyspook, I'm a noob,and I have a Rekord 60. As Backtotropical said, the reason for the spray bar,is to help oxygenate the water.Mine has quietened down after a couple of months.I find the sound of trickling water quite soothing,( in fact sometimes,when the telly is on,I have to listen real hard to make sure its still going.I'm no expert,but if you have removed the bar,won't you need an air pump to stir the surface.By what I've read they will be much more noisier.

 

[Tag2008]

Hi..

Ive got a rekord 60 going in the bedroom and its never bothered me noise wise till I read this Damn thread!!!! lol Now all I hear is trickling water...

Just Kiddin..Mines as old as the hills now and still runs quite quietly, I think you need the water to go through the spray bar as the others say to oxeginate the water unless you have another way of doing it..