hey you sound super frustrated .....take a deep breath........ok what kind of filter?? maybe some one can advise ...when mine have been noisey I scoop water in cup keep running it through...or somethings loose.......sorry about the guppy...Im sure some one out there/here can help

 

Yup im super frustrated!! Cant sleep coz its so noisy!! Aqua el fan 2
https://sklep.aquael.pl/webapp/wcs/.../servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=13797. Thats the filter. I am taking it to the really good garden centre where we now the workers tommorow and they are gunna test it and see if its something in the filter which is brok so....... But if not he is going to help me find a soloutuion th the noise, but the fish are gunna be without a filter.....
Thanks

 

:greenyay: I have an idea about the filter. When you put it on it makes noise right?? so turn it on in the day and before u go to bed turn it off. The fish won't run out of oxygen that fast...

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Mirdad97
33 Gallon Tank
3 Red-Tails
3 Kissing Gourami
2 Gold Fish
4 Guppies (breeding)
4 Siamese fighter fish / Betta
1 Freshwater Eel
1 Turtle
1 Plecostomos

 

or check the impeller... usually filter noise comes from the impeller. If its bent even a little it will make a whirling/grindish rapid clicks.

 

Checkedd the filter all fine just really annoying but found a way to quieten it!! And mirdad you cant turn the filter off!!

 

if the impeller is ok, then the only other options are the motor (misalignment, lack of lubrication) which means u need to get a new one anyway, or the design is flawed and its just a noisy filter by design.

How did you reduce its noise?

 

Weel ast night i lift the lid up and towards the back a few cm's and it helps alot!

 

oh so its the vibration making noise...

 

Glad you got it figured out...

Usually when my filter starts making noise it's due to something vibrating against something... and I just muck around with it until it quiets down again. It could be the lid got misaligned somehow, or I'll wiggle the flow adjustment back and forth a bit until I can get it sitting in a spot where the vibration goes away... or else it'll be loud if there's something clogged at the intake.

 

also i shake the filter to get a few air bubbles out

 

i avoid playing with my filter parts, i once tried to fix an aquaclear impeller that was making noise and it ended up getting bent a little, but was quieter, dunno why, but it eventually caught on the edge of something, fried my motor and spilled 10 gallons of water all over my hardwood floor, soaked through the wood, and went into my basement, damaged 2 cieling tiles and made my luggage cases that were stored there moldy. Needless to say i am never going to try and fix my own filter ever again...

 

doesnt sound very good..

 

no it was terrible, had to spend like 5 hrs to mop and move all the luggage cases outside to air out. I still havent changed the cieling tiles, they have these brownish stains on them and i still havent moved my tank to fix the floor, sometimes i wonder if my tank will just fall through the ground cuz the wood is weakened by water... ANYWAY, moral of the story: dont play with filter impellers.

 

Sounds terrible. But aren't you supposed to clean the impellor once a month?

You have mechanical and biological filtration, right? The filter you are useing appears to be an aerator. The noisy filter isn't the only filter is it?

 

yea u clean it, mine was making noises so i was pushing the impeller around seeing if i could alter its positioning just a little. rinsing it and brushing it is fine. My impeller was rubbing against the side of the filter intake area so it was making a light humming noise which wasnt so bad but it was annoying as hell so i thought if i could bend it away a little it would be ok, but the plastic didnt bend just the metal.

 

Its very annoying just like sincrisis said...

 

You have mechanical and biological filtration, right?

 

I think sooooo....

 

have an idea

Your water level is obviously to low.I had that problem but i filled the tank with more water and it became quieter! :-D

 

Hey fishies, this is kind of an older thread. I think the issue is resolved.