air pump for hydro?

[potentcheesydick]

Putting this up again since it got no replys, haven't got a clue which pump to buy for these totes they are 60L but will probs fill up to about 40L,

noise is an issue, I cant have a humming noise so loud it can be heard in the tent with room door closed from down stairs

It also needs to be able to oxygenate 5 40Ls of water in these totes

I will use more than one pump if necessary so long as its quiet, I was even thinking submersibles but they don't have much lpm

Have been looking for a pump for ages now and i can't get started without it genuinely won't be able to buy pump until I know which to buy too expensive to try for it to be too loud

Any recommended Airstones?

Please n cheers

[Nanook]

Never saw the first one im afraid, Hailea ACO Super Silent Air Pumps. They still make a noise but they arnt as bad as most. I think BBBB did a comparison somewhere about different pumps and noise :)

[bigbadbillybob]

Hailea ACO9730, its not silent, but its as quiet as you will get.
thank me later

[potentcheesydick]

Will that do all the totes in one or will I need 2-3 mate? Some man

[Nanook]

just 1 and a manifold imo.

[potentcheesydick]

I thought someone on here said id need a pump that does 40lpm per tote gen up thought I was going to be about 3 ton for they totes size lol, is there any specific type of airstone that gets the job done better u can recommend, that's nearly everything bought apart from nutes should be up n runnin in a week

[Nanook]

I quite like air curtains tbh, theres a better type tho but I forget the name... bbbb will know. I think alien sell them.... at like £40 a pop!

[bigbadbillybob]

whoever told you you need 40 litres per minute per tote was talking bollox.

ALso just use the cheap golf ball type airstones, there are diffuseers but they are expensive, you have to hard wire them to your tote, which makes cleaning thm a pain, and the cheapos are just as effective. the diffusers do not make much difference in the real world to be honest and are 50 quid each so id forget it..

And therees a manifold with the pump when you buy it, so you will just need airline.

[Nanook]

just use the cheap golf ball type airstones, there are diffuseers but they are expensive and not make much difference in the real world

But they look shiny!

[potentcheesydick]

I won't mention names then hahaha,so golf ball over a circle flat one, I ask because the flat circle looks to cover more surface area but if u use golf ball thts gd enough