Equipment Review and Discussion :: Tetra Whisper air pump 100 to strong...

[Rollen]

( I have a 90 Gallon Tank ) I haven't gotten a bubble wall yet but not only is this thing a bit noisy but it's way to strong for my tank. It makes huge bubbles and my turtle can't seem to swim in it. He has to try really hard to swim against the currents that he gets really tired and just sits on top of the heaters. I have it turned off right now and will try a bubble wall but I really wish I could use my ornament or else I feel like I wasted money.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.j ... Id=2752248

This is the ornament I have using the pump atm.

[Diamondbacks4Life]

You should look into getting an airline valve to control the amount of air going to the ornament. Get one of those to cut back the amount of air going to it so it doesnt create huge bubbles. Im pretty sure everything is susposed to go through a valve, nothing is susposed to get 100% of the air from the pump.

[Rollen]

You should look into getting an airline valve to control the amount of air going to the ornament. Get one of those to cut back the amount of air going to it so it doesnt create huge bubbles. Im pretty sure everything is susposed to go through a valve, nothing is susposed to get 100% of the air from the pump.

I'm gonna have to check around the aquarium again though because I didn't see anything besides the pump and the manual in the box.

[Diamondbacks4Life]

airline valves are sold seperatly. Dont you just hate when you get something and then to really make it work you have to buy something else =P

[theartbook35]

I had a Tetra Whisper for a while, and I can say, they are very obnoxious filters for turtle tanks. You are much better off with a submersible filter, like a Fluval or Cascade. Canister filters are relatively easy to fix, and easy to take apart and clean when needed. When I had the Tetra for Sadie, because she's a larger turtle, the cartridge became completely filthy after three days. Rinsing it off didn't help get rid of all the dirt, either, and, the fuzz from the cartridge was being poured into the tank. I went back to the store and exchanged it for a Fluval 3 plus.

[sull324]

I used to have one of there pump too,couldnt sleep at night since the tank is in my bed room.
What you can do is use surface agitation instead,ive set my xp3 output to make little waves at the surface.No sound,no airpump and it does the job just fine.

The bubble coming from the airstone does not actually get more oxygen in the water,when the bubbles come out at the surface they make waves that make surface agitation and this is where the exchange happen.