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Sponge filter for breeding shrimp tank
- Thread starter jacopo16
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Hi all,
cheers Darrel
<"Big Sponge block from a Koi place"> and a <"Czech air-lift">? <"Envobee shrimp"> sells them via ebay.
That might be more difficult. The "piezoelectric ceramic plate" type are quiet, but I don't know how long they last. I know a few members are using USB powered air pumps.
cheers Darrel
aec34
Member
I have a very cheap and cheerful USB pump running an old school sponge filter - the noise I have is from bubbles, not from the pump.
There are loads of sellers of these on eBay; can’t say how long it will last but so far so good:
Other tank has an aquael pat mini which is absolutely silent (basically a sponge with a power head). Both my tanks are shrimp.
Myrtle
Member
As a pump, I can vouch that these are silent, the bubbles not so silent though.
Nicrew pump
Nicrew pump
The quietest I’ve found are the little jbl air pumps that come with their brineshrimp hatchery kits. Unfortunately I can’t seem to find anywhere that sells these separately.
Other option is a small power head with a sponge block as these are much quieter.
Other option is a small power head with a sponge block as these are much quieter.
Hi all,
cheers Darrel
That is normally what I use. I've nearly run out of Maxi-jet powerheads now, but I bought them over 20 years ago.
cheers Darrel
I have been using 5 of them on my amano shrimp breeding project. They are very silent. One was periodically stoping for some reason. Tried dismantling it to see what was going on but was unable to bring it back to life. I bought a new one. Other than that they work nicely.
