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I have a 10 gallon quarantine tank set up at the foot of my bed that I occasionally use as a stud farm or fry tank for my guppy colony. I recently replaced my filtration unit (dating from the late 80s *old dude - phew!) with a Marineland Penguin Biowheel 100 (for up to 20 gal tanks) and hated it; I have too many people and pets in my life waking me at 2am for my fish tank to join in. The buzzing sound that developed within 12 hours of assembly was just awful, and couldn't be solved with adjustments. I returned the unit to PetSmart a day later and was given store credit (easy to spend on 4-legged friends).
I'm happily running (reasonably quiet) Marineland Penguin filters elsewhere in my home: a 150 (for up to 30 gal in my 20 gal) and 350 (for up to 70 gal in my 55 gal - along with another filter). Seriously, all three other filters together aren't as noisy as that Penguin 100 was!
I broke out my quiet, trusty old cartridge filter and was mortified to find that I can't get it running again. It won't suck, which sucks. Can anyone suggest a quiet filtration unit suitable for a 10 gallon tank? I'd prefer to get a replacement quickly, but don't think that my resident snails and plants will mind being filterless for a while - I'm willing to order online rather than dash off to PetSmart or Petco.
My fish and I thank you for your input!
I'm happily running (reasonably quiet) Marineland Penguin filters elsewhere in my home: a 150 (for up to 30 gal in my 20 gal) and 350 (for up to 70 gal in my 55 gal - along with another filter). Seriously, all three other filters together aren't as noisy as that Penguin 100 was!
I broke out my quiet, trusty old cartridge filter and was mortified to find that I can't get it running again. It won't suck, which sucks. Can anyone suggest a quiet filtration unit suitable for a 10 gallon tank? I'd prefer to get a replacement quickly, but don't think that my resident snails and plants will mind being filterless for a while - I'm willing to order online rather than dash off to PetSmart or Petco.
My fish and I thank you for your input!