How quiet is the Tunze MAR 3181 Algae Reactor

windemerejack · Jul 12, 2020

Any body use one of these, need to know if they are silent or not.

proxy001 · Jul 12, 2020

I can't tell its running. There is a pump in the water, it shouldn't add noise to what you already have

Blue Ring Octopus · Jul 12, 2020

They are silent.

BullyBee · Jul 12, 2020

I’ve seen one and couldn’t tell it was running. It was very nice, just a tad bit expensive so I built my own. However the designs very nice and had I not been saving up for something else, I would have gotten one.

windemerejack · Jul 12, 2020

proxy001 said:
I can't tell its running. There is a pump in the water, it shouldn't add noise to what you already have

Blue Spot Octopus said:
They are silent.

What are your experiences with it so far guys?

Blue Ring Octopus · Jul 12, 2020

When I hooked it up to my IM Lagoon 25, I was able to get a full reactor full of cheato, so then I put it on my 120 gallons, I am having issues with my 120, way too much dietrus and it is clogging my cheato, so I have to fix that problem before I can get it to work correctly on my 120-gallon tank.