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01-13-2008, 02:01 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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|  Are we torturing our fish?
I just though of it...
Does the noise of the pumps and other stuff rattling in the tank drive them crazy? _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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01-13-2008, 02:30 AM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Age: 25
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01-13-2008, 03:45 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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I made mine @earmuffs@ to cut down on the noise!!!! Just kidding.. I don't know, I hope not. I guess they would grow used to the noises and not really pay attention to them after a while.. Hopefully!! _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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01-13-2008, 10:20 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Originally Posted by Bruce  I just though of it...
Does the noise of the pumps and other stuff rattling in the tank drive them crazy? | My fish do not seem "crazy".
..now my wife???  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott")
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01-13-2008, 10:49 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Maybe that's whats causing my wife to act a little crazy once in a while..... | |
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01-13-2008, 11:19 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 43
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One thing that I'll never forget when I started SCUBA diving, is how surprisingly LOUD a place the ocean is. You'd think that 60 feet down in a calm sea is a quiet place. Not on your life! The ocean is probably far noisier than our tanks are.
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90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer. Wet/Dry converted to 10 Gal Sump w/ auto topoff float valve connected to Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI. Little Giant inline (external) return pump. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
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01-13-2008, 11:21 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Good Point.... | |
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01-13-2008, 02:17 PM
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| | Living in the Wind.......
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Originally Posted by omard My fish do not seem "crazy".
..now my wife??? | Good one! 
If a pump would make them go def then the 110 db of Godsmack playing in the basement would really hurt them.    _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | |
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01-13-2008, 02:25 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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rock on..... | |
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01-13-2008, 02:32 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne, VIC,Victoria
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Originally Posted by Bruce I just though of it...
Does the noise of the pumps and other stuff rattling in the tank drive them crazy? | As ReefSparky (et al) has pointed out, the ocean is a pretty noisy place anyway, but what about the magnet field that surround the pumps and other electrical devices, surely they must have an effect.
I am sure that fish have a sense of direction and 'place' that is driven by their ability to 'sense' the Earths magnetic field. Their was a discussion about this and the 'mental' effect the magnetic fields can have of marine organisms and if I can find it and pics of the 'solution' I will post it.
Cheers
John 
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Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it! | |
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