Two questions...

[snipes287]

first, the room im putting the tank in has a few thousand dollars worth of stereo equipment, so my question is, will the fish do ok if I blast the music every now and again?

Secondly...anyone know of a good QUIET air pump to pump a 48" wand or two 24"s?

 

[Blucat]

Fish will survive music blasting, but they will be stressed by this and will be scared. Too much stress can lead to death

 

[snipes287]

ok, ya thats what I thought. just wanted to make sure my sub wont vibrate them to death or something. It will be playing a few hours a day but only blasting an hour or two a week.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

This same question was asked a couple months ago. I think the consensus was to put a piece of foam under the tank to help absorb the vibration.

Regarding the airpump, I'd suggest this: http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=30954;category_id=1625;pcid1=1623;pcid2=

But is also depends on how large the tank is. Since you said you are using 2 24" wands, I'd assume it's a 55 gal?

 

[Jchillin]

The entire width of the tank is 48" which will create havoc with your filter (air bubbles getting into the intake). I would go with two 12", which will look fantastic and not cause a problem.

 

[snipes287]

so the cheapy will do well and isn't to loud?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

I have that airpump on my 10 gal and 5 gal tanks (well not that EXACT pump, but the smaller version) and the only time I can hear it is if something falls against it, making a vibrating sound. But all airpumps do that. Airpumps in general aren't really all that expensive, so this one isn't a cheapy one. Actually, I bought it at the lfs and it was almost twice that amount of Big Al's pricing.

 

[Mazdaman]

you've got a huge stereo to blair and you are concerned about a little air pump being noisy...... I doubt you'll hear it over your music...... Just an observation and not meant to be taken too seriously.....

 

[snipes287]

yea but it is in my bedroom... and although I previously had a mini fountain in my room I enjoy a lilttle noise when I sleep...so I don't want anything tooo loud

 

[Guest]

first, the room im putting the tank in has a few thousand dollars worth of stereo equipment, so my question is, will the fish do ok if I blast the music every now and again?

Secondly...anyone know of a good QUIET air pump to pump a 48" wand or two 24"s?

ok, just wanted to comment on the oxymoron here " will the fish do ok if i blast music?".... "anyone know a good QUIET air pump"

 

[Blucat]

Another idea, when you are blasting music is to each time place a dark cloth/blanket over the tank. This will reduce the stress and gives the fish time to prepare for the music as they will learn to associate blanket with music.