What powerheads are quietest?

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I’m running a Jebao dmp20m and I want something quieter my pump is loud even at 30%
 
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I’m running a Jebao dmp20m and I want something quieter my pump is loud even at 30%
A broken one is dead silent.... But seriously.. What kinda size we looking at here..
I’m looking for something good for a 50 gallon about 40” long x 18 wide x 18 tall I’m aiming for a DC pump with a turn over in a range of 1000-2500 gph between 2 pumps
 

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plus one on the tunze, I have reef octo pumps echo tech and tunze. guess which one makes the most noise. the most expensive one
 

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I’m running a Jebao dmp20m and I want something quieter my pump is loud even at 30%
A broken one is dead silent.... But seriously.. What kinda size we looking at here..
I’m looking for something good for a 50 gallon about 40” long x 18 wide x 18 tall I’m aiming for a DC pump with a turn over in a range of 1000-2500 gph between 2 pumps
Got the dry and wet side lined up perfect? Sometimes I had a problem with that and also the internals cleaned out.. Can hear them vibrating a mile away..
 
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I’m running a Jebao dmp20m and I want something quieter my pump is loud even at 30%
A broken one is dead silent.... But seriously.. What kinda size we looking at here..
I’m looking for something good for a 50 gallon about 40” long x 18 wide x 18 tall I’m aiming for a DC pump with a turn over in a range of 1000-2500 gph between 2 pumps
Got the dry and wet side lined up perfect? Sometimes I had a problem with that and also the internals cleaned out.. Can hear them vibrating a mile away..
I adjusted them while running to find the sweet spot but even at that it’s noisy coming from the dry side are your dmps quiet?
 

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I use a tunze 6025 wavemaker on my seahorse tank (70g cube) and that tank is really silent. Espcially compared to my 150g with 2 maxspect gyre which i should add are pretty silent too but it took 6 months before the mechanical noise to be reduced.
 

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Tunze is one of the best around.
Customer service is awesome.
Rodger is almost always available here on R2R.

Well,, fairly frequently anyway,
 

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All the Tunze I have are super quiet.
 

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I have tunze Orca, multiple vortechs. MP40s and 10s, Jebao MP knock offs and neros and TBH I don't hear any of them unless I get next to them and try to listen. But I'm old and hate silence. I have to sleep with a noise maker so my noise sensitivity is probably different than others.
 

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I’m sold everybody loves tunze in this thread I believe they are a good brand as well
You were looking for a pair for a 40" long tank.
I have a pair of 6055's in my 32" x 24" x 20" lps tank and have them on about 50%.
They are controllable.
 

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