Fluval 13.5 - a quiet pump is finally found

[BurgerFish]

So, I tried:
Eheim compact 1000, noisy and heat the tank to 30C.
MJ 900, noisy.
Sicce Syncra 1.0, noisy.
Stock pump, less noisy, weak and easily clogged.

Every AC pump that touch the chamber walls creating vibration noise.

Now I found the one and only silent pump: Jebao DCA1200. And no, it wont fit the Fluval 13.5 by default. You need to trim the plastic the the saw, 2 min job:


At the max power the pump is noisy, but after reducing its power via included controller - its a absolutely silent pump. Even at minimum its a pretty powerful pump.

Now I can sleep near the tank without turning the pump off.

 

[blaxsun]

Now you only have to worry about the pump failing!

 

[BurgerFish]

Jebao DC must be pretty reliable.

 

[frostie18]

So, I tried:
Eheim compact 1000, noisy and heat the tank to 30C.
MJ 900, noisy.
Sicce Syncra 1.0, noisy.
Stock pump, less noisy, weak and easily clogged.

Every AC pump that touch the chamber walls creating vibration noise.

Now I found the one and only silent pump: Jebao DCA1200. And no, it wont fit the Fluval 13.5 by default. You need to trim the plastic the the saw, 2 min job:


At the max power the pump is noisy, but after reducing its power via included controller - its a absolutely silent pump. Even at minimum its a pretty powerful pump.

Now I can sleep near the tank without turning the pump off.

Thanks for your input on this pump, was really helpful. My local shop has swapped my noisy pump for one of these for free ! Just waiting for it to arrive. They pointed out that it was too long, so I told them I’d cut it down thanks to you !
Thank again

 

[Reef.]

So, I tried:
Eheim compact 1000, noisy and heat the tank to 30C.
MJ 900, noisy.
Sicce Syncra 1.0, noisy.
Stock pump, less noisy, weak and easily clogged.

Every AC pump that touch the chamber walls creating vibration noise.

Now I found the one and only silent pump: Jebao DCA1200. And no, it wont fit the Fluval 13.5 by default. You need to trim the plastic the the saw, 2 min job:


At the max power the pump is noisy, but after reducing its power via included controller - its a absolutely silent pump. Even at minimum its a pretty powerful pump.

Now I can sleep near the tank without turning the pump off.

Exactly my experience too, tried both the Eheim and Sicce, ended up with the same pump as you. Mines in a Nuvo 14.

 

[Dave1993]

tmc compact 500 makes no noise what so ever

 

[frostie18]

tmc compact 500 makes no noise what so ever

I will keep this in mind. Thanks for that. Much appreciated

 

[Dave Clark]

tmc compact 500 makes no noise what so ever

I couldn’t find it for sale with reasonable shipping as I’m in the USA. But I did find this pump, which is very similar. So far so good … very quiet.

 

[frostie18]

I couldn’t find it for sale with reasonable shipping as I’m in the USA. But I did find this pump, which is very similar. So far so good … very quiet.

Thanks for that, I will make a note of that incase this one goes!
I managed to get mine swapped and this one is very quiet, now to wait till I can put more fish and corals in. Nitrites are a bit too high at the moment but not horrendous.

 

[Dave Clark]

Thanks for that, I will make a note of that incase this one goes!
I managed to get mine swapped and this one is very quiet, now to wait till I can put more fish and corals in. Nitrites are a bit too high at the moment but not horrendous.

My tank is new and I'm also waiting for nitrites to drop. Hopefully they'll be good when I test today. I got a gorgonian coral hitchhiker on my live rock and it seems to be doing OK, other than some exposed skeleton which I think was due to being smacked around during shipping.

 

[Dave Clark]

ZKSJ pump (ignore that it says "pool"): https://www.zksj.com/product/White_And_Blue.html