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Last night, I had a couple of guys stop by and we shared a few beers and chatted about reefkeeping. At one point, one mentioned how he didn't like the Vortech pump because it was too noisy. I looked at him, and asked him what did he hear? He wasn't sure, so I went over to the power center and turned off both skimmer pumps, both Dart pumps, the Coralvue saltwater circulation pump, and the dehumidifier. Then he said "But that's an Mp60." No, that was an MP60, an MP40, AND an MP10 all running simultaneously, but even with the house pretty much as quiet as it could be, he barely heard them. I turned everything back on, after proving my point.

What people refer to when discussing noise is Pulse mode (the pump ramps up and down to create a wave). I don't know a lot of people that choose that mode over the other five available, but you can always run Pulse for part of the day, and then any of the other modes when you prefer it. My corals are happy, and my reef is clean, and no noise to complain about.

It seems like lately I've been hearing people discuss (or complain) about stuff that they may never have tried to do themselves or attempted to resolve, or they forward along thoughts by others. So I figured I'd clear this point up... I'm rather picky and if it honestly was a factor, do you think I'd run them on my system? For years??