Silent air pump for small QT/ TTM

[Pbh-reef]

I will be setting up a 10 gallon QT. I am looking for a cheap air pump that is really quiet (quiet enough to have in a small bedroom). Any advice?

Right now I have the whisper pump that is shaped like a bell. It is too noisy. I’ve read the Eheim air pumps are quiet, but they are $40. I would love to find a pump that is less than $20 and also silent. Is this possible?

 

[reefwiser]

Thats a big ask. What one person thinks is silent another person will think it too loud.:) Would be best to run an airline to the tank from a pump installed out of the way where the noise would not be an issue. I use to run a piston air pump in the basement for a wood air stone skimmer. Just ran a air line up thru a vent in the floor.:)

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

The aPump air pumps are pretty quiet. Nearly Inaudible.

 

[Pbh-reef]

Thats a big ask. What one person thinks is silent another person will think it too loud.:) Would be best to run an airline to the tank from a pump installed out of the way where the noise would not be an issue. I use to run a piston air pump in the basement for a wood air stone skimmer. Just ran a air line up thru a vent in the floor.:)

Would love to do that but in a 1 bedroom apt I am renting running an airline from a basement is impossible! The place is so small that I can hear the pump from my living room. One day I’ll have a bigger place that will let me do things like that.

 

[Pbh-reef]

The aPump air pumps are pretty quiet. Nearly Inaudible.

Cool! I think I will try it. Have you had one last more than a few months? The only bad reviews I see say it dies in 3 months or so.

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

Cool! I think I will try it. Have you had one last more than a few months? The only bad reviews I see say it dies in 3 months or so.

Mine has been running about 10 months and still going...

 

[Pbh-reef]

Mine has been running about 10 months and still going...

Cool thank you